Iowa passes transgender bathroom bill and bans gender-affirming care for minors

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Wednesday two bills that affect transgender minors in the…

Latinos were spared the worst of the opioid crisis, but now overdose deaths are skyrocketing

While the face of the opioid crisis is thought to be predominantly white and rural, overdose…

5 killed in California storm reported; Rare tornado tears off roofs near Los Angeles

A rare tornado struck a Los Angeles suburb on Wednesday, blowing the roofs off a row…

University of Texas president slams drag shows, compares art form to blackface

The president of a public university in Texas on Monday canceled a student-run drag show, arguing…

Two administrators shot at Denver high school, student on the run

A student who was under a “safety plan” and agreed to get patted down every morning…

Los Angeles strike exposes low-wage school workers in the US

Bus drivers take America’s children to schools where cafeteria workers feed them and teacher aides help…

US planning major reform of troubled organ transplant system

The federal government on Wednesday outlined a plan to reform the country’s organ transplant system, which…

Tainted eyedrops now linked to three deaths and widespread vision loss, CDC warns

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that three people have died, and four…

Inside rural Texas resistance to GOP’s private school choice plan

After a bus driver got sick one recent afternoon, Aaron Hood, the district superintendent of the…

Los Angeles schools closed as district workers strike begins the first day

Officials said a three-day strike by service workers working in the country’s second-largest public school district…