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LIBERTY, Mo. — Over her 25 years living in a quiet suburban mobile home park, Kristi Peterman got to know the neighbors directly next door and a few across the street.

But since she and her neighbors collectively ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm about to turn 40, and I'm nervous about getting my first mammogram. I hear they can be uncomfortable or even painful. Is breast cancer screening really that important?

ANSWER: It can be a bit ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Over the past 3 1/2 years, Baltimore has had millions of extra dollars to spend on public safety, thanks to the federal government.

The city received a total of $641 million through the American Rescue Plan ...Read more

KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients.

There was Joshua McCray, 69, a public bus driver who, four years after catching COVID-...Read more

On a sweltering afternoon in July 2020, Belinda Ramones got a call that her brother was in the hospital. The call was from a woman at the Florida landscaping business that he had joined that week, the Davey Tree Expert Co....Read more

Early one morning last year, as state Rep. Josh Bray left his small town of Mount Vernon in southeastern Kentucky to make his way to the Capitol in Frankfort, he decided to count how many drivers he saw texting or ...Read more

No matter if you need five hours of sleep or eight, the key is getting good, refreshing rest. According to Dr. Virend Somers, a cardiologist who specializes in sleep disorders, how much sleep a person needs varies from ...Read more

Health literacy refers to the ability of people to find, understand, and use information and services to make informed health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.

In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Angela...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The same technology that saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to hold promise against another scourge of infectious disease, according to new research from the University of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Transportation is slated to fully close the cracked and spalling 61-year-old Vincent Thomas Bridge connecting San Pedro to Terminal Island as soon as next year — stirring fear...Read more

BALTIMORE — Right now, without getting up from your chair or leaving your house, you can search and review court records related to the 2020 Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. Minnesota courts provide online ...Read more

SEATTLE — Striking Machinists voted Monday to approve the company’s most recent contract offer, ending a strike and enabling Boeing to begin restarting work at assembly plants in Everett and Renton that have been ...Read more

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer was shot Monday night on the South Side, sources said.

The officer was shot around 8 p.m. near the intersection of East 82nd Street and South Ingleside Avenue. Additional details of ...Read more

If Americans could choose one word to describe their feelings about the 2024 race, it would be anxious, a new poll found.

The poll, conducted by YouGov on Sunday, asked 4,373 U.S. adults to choose one of 12 words that ...Read more

Rutgers University's Institute for Translational Medicine and Science has received a $47.5 million federal grant to develop practical applications for scientific discoveries, the university announced last week.

The ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX sent up 6,000 pounds of cargo on a resupply mission to the International Space Station on Monday night with the rocket booster’s return trip bringing a sonic boom to parts of Central Florida.

A ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Only 17% of about 2,500 voter registration applications the Lancaster County district attorney was reviewing have been found to be fraudulent so far, county officials said Monday. Another 26% are still ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia law enforcement officials said Monday they are prepared for Tuesday's election and issued steep warnings to anyone who may seek to interfere with the democratic process.

"F around and find ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A year-old voter identification law in Idaho has made it more onerous for some residents to register to vote, preventing dozens of voters in Ada County from voting in this year’s election so far.

Ada ...Read more

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile on Tuesday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and Japan’s Coast Guard, ratcheting up tensions just hours ahead of the U.S. election.

At least one missile...Read more