All USA Update
Los Angeles' homeless can now sleep in cars, but will that help?The Los Angeles City Council enacted a 'shelter crisis' – but no 'state of emergency' for the city's homelessness problem. L.A. is offering more housing options and softening property seizure laws.
Congress says it's time to start mining the solar systemCongress has approved a bill to regulate space commerce and – for the first time – space mining.
On US college campuses, a debate over what is considered 'free speech'On US college and university campuses, are views changing on academic freedom of expression?
Polarize and conquer? How ISIS inflames anti-Muslim hostilityThe goal of ISIS, according to experts and the group's own words, is to sow discord, ultimately polarizing the world into two sharply opposing camps.
Missouri: Can hiring more black professors shift institutional racism?A study released by Stanford University suggests bias is too embedded. But there may be hope.
Michigan restaurant owner offers free meals to 'lonely' diners on ThanksgivingAs families gather this Thanksgiving, many others will be alone. Thanks to some initiatives, those folks have holiday dining options.
Stranded Israeli passengers receive cowboy hospitality, kosher styleAfter an El Al flight had to make an emergency landing Sunday morning in Billings, Montana, the local Jewish community leaped into action.
Bernie Sanders joins Snapchat: Will the app shape the election?There are an estimated 50 million Snapchat users, and presidential candidates have been quick to take advantage of reaching the young audience. But will 2016 really be the Snapchat Election?
Obama pledges more than $100 million towards girls and women of colorThe White House announced Friday $118 million worth of funding commitments towards economic and research initiatives, honing in on the inequalities faced by minority girls and women.
Is fight over drug price increases a win for transparency advocates?Three of the nation's largest prescription benefit managers have cut ties with major pharmacies that they say relied excessively on particular brand-name medicines to make profits, rather than offering more affordable generics.
Supreme Court to hear first major abortion case in 8 yearsWhole Woman’s Health v. Cole deals with a challenge to a 2013 Texas law that imposes strict requirements for abortion clinics.
Gov. Brown extends California's water limits: 'We are in a new era.'As Californians enter their fifth year of drought, many are changing their daily habits as they realize that temporary inconveniences, and the drought itself, may be here to stay.
'Goodfellas' mafia trial: How mobsters became history's latest has-beensVincent Asaro, accused of taking part in a heist featured in 'Goodfellas,' was found not guilty in one of the last cases against a group once feared as an existential threat to society, but that is now a shadow of its former self.
Smoking rate drops to all-time low in United StatesIn the last decade, the smoking rate for US adults dropped about four percentage points, including a full percentage-point drop in 2013 alone.
Report: States with handgun background checks have fewer mass shootingsThere were fewer mass shootings in states that require background checks for handgun purchases over the past several years, a report by a national gun-violence-prevention group indicates.
Hillary Clinton’s $30 billion plan for coal countryUnder the plan, former coal workers would have a helping hand in finding new employment and maintaining healthcare coverage.
Must campus rapists face the law? Not always, say some survivor advocatesMandating that colleges report sexual assaults to the police before they conduct their own investigations, as the Safe Campus Act would do, seems like common sense. But women's advocates and universities say it ignores unique factors that make campus rapes extremely difficult to prosecute – and to heal.
Paying parking tickets with food donations: A win-win scenario?Parking tickets can be paid with donations of canned food through the Food for Fines program in Lexington, Ky. It helps the hungry but also appeals to people's need to feel that they make a difference.
'Creepy' Bloomingdale's ad reveals the power of social mediaA questionable catalog photo made waves this week for possibly promoting date rape. As thousands tweeted their disapproval, experts point to the shifting powers in ad media.
Salt Lake City elects its first openly gay mayorWhat does this mean for the rest of the Mormon-dominated state?
