Hawaii health officials say testing on west Maui residents shows no evidence of widespread lead exposure from last summer’s wildfires

New York lawmakers want to change the legal standard Harvey Weinstein used to get his rape conviction overturned, proposing a bill to strengthen sexual assault prosecutions after the disgraced movie mogul’s case was tossed

Two climbers reported missing this week on California’s Mount Whitney have been found dead

The U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Friday on a resolution that would grant Palestine new “rights and privileges” and call on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nati...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says the city will open a new space for people to recover and receive treatment for nearly 24 hours after they have overdosed on fentanyl or other drugs

Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving as state lawmakers hope to reduce distracted driving accidents

Maui officials say they will hire an outside expert to analyze how the county’s emergency management agency handled devastating wildfires nine months ago

Minnesotans can expect more air quality alerts than usual this summer, but probably won’t have to hide out from the wildfire haze as much as last year, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

A man who says he was paralyzed after being hit with a Taser while running from police in Colorado has filed a federal lawsuit against one of the officers

The fatal shooting of a U.S. Air Force airman at his off-base apartment by a Florida sheriff’s deputy brings to mind other instances of Black people being killed by law enforcement in their own homes as they’re going about their day