May 5 is International Day of the Midwife. This year's theme is "one million more" — reflecting a shortage of midwives.

California’s treasurer manages bonds, pensions, and billions in cash. These are the six people vying for the job.

So far, only two merchant ships are known to have passed a new U.S.-guarded route through the Strait of Hormuz.

California is investigating one of the Trump administration’s deals to end an offshore wind project. Golden State Wind was a ...

Fuel is airlines' second-largest expense, and getting even costlier due to the U.S. war with Iran. Airlines are looking for ...

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw helped name two contested ideas in U.S. politics — intersectionality and critical race theory. Her ...

Families in Norfolk, Va., await the return of roughly 15,000 sailors and Marines as the USS Ford continues a deployment that ...

The San Diego County Health and Safety Act would pay for infrastructure projects related to cross-border pollution.

An analysis by NPR suggests that frames from an iconic music video were used to generate content for a tweet by the FBI ...

The impact of Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities can still be felt, even three months after it ended. For immigrants, ...

Krista Catwood wanted a fun way to exercise, so she started a mall-walking group whose unofficial costume was 1980s garb. The ...

Summer blockbuster season has begun — on the big screen and in bookstores. This month brings new titles from Douglas Stuart, ...