It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

Back in 2008 when the country entered a recession, states like Virginia took austerity measures to help balance their books.

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass ...

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have ...

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have ...

President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing ...

From Day 1, the Trump team has issued a series of orders and statements aimed at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The Library of Congress has given Mac Barnett the job of promoting books and reading to kids across the country. His plan is ...