A Florida man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond in 1996 is scheduled to be put to death in October under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who continues to set a record pace for executions

The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University sent shockwaves through classrooms worldwide

After Koreans detained in a historic raid on a Georgia Hyundai plant were sent home, lawyers and social workers say the nearly 200 non-Korean workers ensnared in the crackdown remain in legal limbo

A University of Pennsylvania researcher is leading an effort to connect photos taken of the Yazidi population in northern Iraq in the 1930s with descendants who lost much of their history in the 2014 Islamic State attacks

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a “vacation home” in a loan estimate

President Donald Trump says he believes the Russian-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum

Around 50 college campuses across the country have been deluged in recent weeks with hoax calls about armed gunmen and other violence, laying bare the challenges of detecting fake threats quickly to prevent mass panic

The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 17-18-21-42-64, Mega Ball: 7, Megaplier:

The California Legislature plans to vote Saturday on whether to extend the state's cap-and-trade program

FBI Director Kash Patel is bracing for scrutiny over his leadership of the Charlie Kirk investigation and other areas when he appears before Congress this coming week for oversight hearings

At least six historically Black colleges and universities received threats or “potential” threats Thursday, prompting lockdowns and class cancellations

The trial of the Florida State University student accused of killing two people and wounding six others in a mass shooting on campus in April has been postponed until next year

Federal prosecutors have charged the leaders of a church with congregations in five states with swindling millions of dollars in educational benefits from military service members

President Donald Trump has threatened sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, to quell protests

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s efforts to remove immigrant Guatemalan and Honduran children from US

High school and college educators say that student use of artificial intelligence has become so widespread that they need to rethink how to assign and assess students

Two people detained and released after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk have faced threats and scrutiny even after police said they were not suspects

The sentencing of Nadine Menendez has brought to a close a prosecution that focused on the years after she met then-Sen. Bob Menendez in 2018

A judge has rejected an attempt by Georgia and a local development agency to make residents pay legal fees after they unsuccessfully sued to block the Rivian electric vehicle plant

Opening statements are set to begin for the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year, when he was campaigning for a second term

A Colorado funeral home owner who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses has withdrawn his guilty plea

Authorities are investigating a false report of an active shooter at the U.S. Naval Academy that led to one person being injured at the Maryland military college on Thursday

Attorneys are still facing obstacles in contacting clients at the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida

The board overseeing Florida’s public universities has confirmed Dr. Donald W

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial polluters to report their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to the government

The Philippine defense and military chiefs have rejected a call for the country’s armed forces to withdraw support from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Allegations of massive corruption in flood control projects have implicated several congressmen and p...

It's part of an effort to normalize relations with the United States.

A relic of Carlo Acutis was stolen from a parish in western Venezuela, the coordinator of a youth group devoted to the man known as “God’s Influencer” has confirmed

The Pakistani military says security forces have raided two hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban near the Afghan border in the past two days, triggering fierce clashes that killed 12 soldiers and 35 militants

Lebanese dancer Alexandre Paulikevitch takes to the stage in Beirut, defying extremist threats

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered this week’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Qatar, he took a major gamble in his campaign to pound the group into submission

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is intensifying his crackdown on protests challenging his rule

Dozens of relatives of former Dutch prisoners of war who suffered abuse and starvation during their captivity in one of Japan’s largest World War II prison camps have visited the site where their loved ones were held in Nagasaki to pay tribute to their...

Turkish authorities have detained the mayor of an Istanbul district and 47 other officials over corruption allegations

Nepalese authorities have lifted the curfew in the country’s capital and surrounding areas as calm returned following the appointment of the Himalayan nation’s first woman prime minister in the wake of protests this week that left at least 51 people dead

Authorities say Polish and allied aircraft were deployed in a “preventive” operation in Poland’s airspace because of a threat of drone strikes in neighboring areas of Ukraine

Police in Ecuador say that a shooting by a criminal gang has killed at least seven people dead and four others wounded

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to over 27 years in prison for attempting a coup

More than 100,000 demonstrators have packed the streets of London for a march organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region

Israel’s attack on Hamas’ top leaders as they weighed a new ceasefire proposal in Qatar was the latest in a series of unprecedented measures it has taken to vanquish the militant group — all of which have so far failed

A gas tanker truck has exploded and burned multiple vehicles under a Mexico City highway overpass, killing four people and injuring 90 others

The Philippines is protesting a plan by China to establish a nature reserve at one of the most hotly disputed shoals in the South China Sea and demanding that Beijing withdraw it immediately

Slovenia has banned separatist pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik from entering the small European Union country

Saudi Arabia says it will supply Syria with 1.65 million barrels of crude to help the country rebuild its economy and infrastructure after a nearly 14-year civil war

Some small-scale farmers in the southern African country of Malawi are using an AI chatbot for advice to help them improve their methods and become more resilient to climate change

A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices has sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat

Grieving families of protesters killed by police in Nepal are expressing anger at authorities for not addressing their concerns

For over three years, Ukraine has been battling Russian attack drones

Britain’s Prince Harry arrived in Ukraine on Friday for a surprise visit in support of wounded service members

He says the issue may come up when he meets with Vice President JD Vance later this week.

Democrats are trying to block the redraw in the state by denying the state legislature a quorum.

The co-host of "The Breakfast Club" radio show labeled the president as “Donkey of the Day” on Monday.

The Texas governor's court threat could take months to resolve — despite a fast-approaching redistricting deadline.

Ritchie Torres is threading a needle after emphatic defense of Israel for most of the war.

There's little evidence so far that Democrats are going to crash the gates of Washington.

The Delaware congresswoman also explains why voters “feel like Democrats have sort of been assholes to them” and what the party must do to win them back.

Possible 2028 contenders’ leadership PACs have raised and spent millions of dollars combined this year, new filings show.

They spoke from a Democratic Governors Association meeting in the purple state of Wisconsin.

The former governor is six points up in what will be one of the most competitive Senate races in the country next year.

The president can’t run again, but he can put his war chest to use next year.

Rep. Sara Jacobs represents her party's dilemma.

The next week, he said he was starting a third party.

Joe Biden is staffed by only one or two aides. He holes up for hours at a time in Delaware working on his memoir with a new ghostwriter, while undergoing treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Welcome to life after the White House.

Ottawa’s recognition of Palestinian statehood will make it “very hard” to reach an agreement, the U.S. president warned.

The former North Carolina governor set a fundraising record with his day-one haul for his Senate campaign.

He joins an increasingly crowded field hoping to take control of one of South Carolina’s Senate seats.

The Food and Drug Administration commissioner reveals what health officials are prioritizing in a forthcoming report on childhood chronic disease.

As Big Tech’s data centers continue to grow threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are considering bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies

A dying octopus in a Southern California aquarium is receiving an outflowing of love and well wishes as she spends her final days pouring her last energy into caring for her eggs

A New Zealand court has rejected the latest bid by internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom to halt his deportation to the United States on charges related to his file-sharing website Megaupload

Some small-scale farmers in the southern African country of Malawi are using an AI chatbot for advice to help them improve their methods and become more resilient to climate change

Scientists have discovered that octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they more often use their front arms for tasks

Australia has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia

High school and college educators say that student use of artificial intelligence has become so widespread that they need to rethink how to assign and assess students

OpenAI has reached a new tentative agreement with Microsoft and said its nonprofit, which technically controls its business, will now be given a $100 billion equity stake in its for-profit corporation

Amazon’s Zoox on Wednesday launched its robotaxi service in Las Vegas, offering free rides through parts of the entertainment mecca for anyone willing to gamble on the safety of a driverless vehicle

A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life

At the Port of Los Angeles on a site that once housed oil tanks, seven steel structures that look like small blue boats are lowered into the ocean, where they gently bob up and down with the waves to generate power

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has reached a deal worth about $17 billion with EchoStar for spectrum licenses that it will use to beef up its Starlink satellite network

Experts say a ship likely cut cables in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Africa, Asia and the Middle East

Ethiopia has inaugurated Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam to produce more than 5,000 megawatts and boost the electric vehicle industry in a country that has banned the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles

Police in Kathmandu open fire on anti-government protesters, killing 8 and injuring several more, Nepal's media report

Two former executives for the now-shuttered classified site Backpage

A curfew was lifted for a few hours in Nepal’s capital allowing people to rush to buy groceries and supplies as confusion set on the Himalayan nation about the future after the collapse of the government

Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea have disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East

Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people Monday, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech

The battle among billionaires for bragging rights as the world’s richest person got heated Wednesday with the surprising surge of an old contender: Larry Ellison

SpaceX to spend $17 billion on wireless spectrum licenses owned by EchoStar to beef up its Starlink satellite network

Artificial intelligence is transforming call centers by streamlining tasks and improving customer service

Nepal’s government has faced violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms, leading to police use of deadly force and the resignation of the prime minister

The end of summer means many of us have a phone full of vacation photos

Designer Christian Siriano transformed a Macy's department store into a New York Fashion Week runway show for his latest collection

The union that represents tens of thousands of actors and other entertainer and media professionals has elected Sean Astin as its new president

Songwriter and producer Bert Berns has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

Fans of Jane Austen are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the beloved author's birth with costumed balls and themed events

Ed Sheeran has long sought to bring people together with his music, whether it be his emotionally resonant acoustic ballads or unproblematic, danceable pop hits

Shaun White and Nina Dobrev have called off their engagement and brought an end to their five-year relationship, a person close to the couple tells The Associated Press

The NFL averaged 22.3 million viewers per game during the league’s opening week, making it the most-watched Week 1 on record for the second straight year

The Netherlands has joined several countries urging the Eurovision Song Contest to exclude Israel due to its actions in Gaza

Real moviegoer energy has always made the Toronto International Film Festival a good measuring stick for not just what might catch on during Hollywood’s awards season but what will click with audiences

Julian Fellowes has been saying goodbye to “Downton Abbey” for nearly as long as it has existed

“Jaws” is the subject of the first ever large-scale exhibit devoted to a single film at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles

A new Whitney Houston song has arrived 13 years after her death

Kendrick Lamar and Barack Obama were both winners at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards

"Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale" brings change to the Crawley family as they face the 1930s

Britain’s National Gallery has announced it will use almost half a billion dollars in donations to open a new wing that will allow it to expand its collection into modern art

Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick is Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, “All the Way to the River.”

For the third time, the knives were out at the Toronto International Film Festival

Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga set the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night with standout moments

Movie theaters nationwide are celebrating Dick Van Dyke’s 100th birthday in December with a new documentary

Polly Holliday, known for her role in the CBS sitcom “Alice,” has died at 88

President Donald Trump celebrated news that an alumni group from West Point canceled an award ceremony set to honor Tom Hanks

The Creative Emmy Awards on Saturday gave “The Penguin” eight awards for the “Batman” spin-off's technical work

Rick Davies, the lead singer and co-founder of British band Supertramp, has died at 81 after a long battle with cancer

Charlie Sheen shares how fatherhood became central to his life after getting sober eight years ago

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says “violence or threats of violence” against judges shouldn’t be the cost of public service

WebMD brought together experts from four federal agencies to talk prevention, monitoring, and what the “what ifs” of bird flu might look like.

As WebMD’s chief medical officer, John Whyte, MD, is in a unique position to see both the current state of medical care for America’s older adults and the way things are trending for the future. We asked him to share his insight on a few topics, along with a bit of advice.

What to expect at the doctor’s office, hospitals, and long-term care facilities, the future of telemedicine, and how to get the best care during COVID-19.

A savvy black entrepreneur guides you on an eczema-friendly shopping spree.

Colorectal cancer cases increased a whopping 333% among 15- to 19-year-olds and 185% among 20- to 24-year-olds from 1999 to 2020.

Schizophrenia caregiver support is essential to avoid burnout. Learn how to build a support network when you're a mental-health caregiver.

Schizophrenia treatment is tricky when your loved one resists it. Learn ways to help someone with schizophrenia stick with their treatment plan.

Is it time for a change in your loved one's schizophrenia treatment? Learn the signs caregivers should watch for.

If you’re a schizophrenia caregiver, communication with your loved one's doctors is important. Learn how to stay in the loop.

The American College of Lifestyle Medicine and Blue Zones will soon offer a new clinical certification to physicians and health professionals.

If you have two copies of the APOE4 gene, new research suggests that you’re very likely to develop Alzheimer’s. Experts break down the findings and share what you can do to lower your risk.

The virus variant that is circulating among cattle is not an efficient cause of disease in humans. There may be more concern if H5N1 passes to pigs, because their viral receptors are closer to those in humans.

Three women with eczema describe how they combat nighttime flare-ups.

Two moms reveal the great lengths they went to in their determination to give their children relief and good health.

Three keys to managing your eczema at the gym and then heading off to a productive and itch-free workday.

Cow udders have the same receptors for flu viruses as humans and birds, raising concerns that cows could become “mixing vessels” that help the bird flu virus spread between people.

Estimates show that by 2040, age-related macular degeneration may affect nearly 300 million people worldwide. And we are very limited in our ability to treat or prevent it. Here's what to know.

Turn around those bad family genes with four lifestyle changes.

Kidney care in the U.S. is at a watershed moment of moving past a deeply entrenched, institutionally racist equation.

Vegans and vegetarians sleep around 30 more minutes per night than average and up to 90% of them report good or excellent sleep quality, according to a new survey published by the Sleep Foundation.

What, exactly, does anorexia nervosa do inside the human body? The heart and bones suffer the most.

Many new mothers aren’t aware that postpartum PTSD even exists, but it’s far from rare. Here's what to know.

See how one person manages the ups and downs of major depressive disorder -- and how her depression inspired her career as a therapist.

A therapist talks about managing major depressive disorder (MDD): what to expect, strategies for dealing with setbacks, and when to talk to your therapist.

Learn from a mental health advocate how the stigma of depression is changing and how acceptance is the first step to managing major depressive disorder.

A person with major depressive disorder shares how they talk about their condition with others.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) at work: tips, strategies, who to tell, what to do, and asking for accommodations.

Not all exercises are created equal. Some are simply more efficient than others, whether they target multiple muscle groups, are suitable for a wide variety of fitness levels, or help you burn calories more effectively.

These tips will help you enjoy the foods at social events when you have ulcerative colitis and still steer clear of a flare.

Ulcerative colitis is a relapsing-remitting disease, so it’s hard to predict symptoms over time. Here’s what to expect and how to recognize remission.

Friendship can be a good medicine when you have ulcerative colitis. Learn how to keep your social life going when you don’t always feel like going out.

Curious if your body’s aging is normal? WebMD discusses healthy and normal signs of aging.

Your dietary needs change as you age. WebMD advises what should be on your grocery list.

After falling for over a decade, the death rate climbed for several years and now is about the same as in 1999.

There are far more powerful motivators than “get abs!” to help you start an exercise routine you’ll stick to.

The goalpost for old age has been moving. Until now.

More than 1 million Americans live with Crohn’s, a chronic and sometimes crippling bowel disease that affects the intestines and leads to digestive issues. But in 2024, breakthroughs could bring relief in different ways. Here's what to know.

How realistic is the Grey’s Anatomy episode that shows a Parkinson’s disease cure? A neurosurgery professor weighs in.

You shouldn’t draw major conclusions about the safety of marijuana amid the recent announcement that federal regulators may reclassify the drug, experts are cautioning.

A new study suggests female doctors may provide patients better care, especially when those patients are women. Here's what to know.

Eliseo Pérez-Stable, MD, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, talks about health disparities and how his studies aim to improve interventions in clinical settings and across communities.

A data scientist who has accurately predicted COVID waves since the beginning of the pandemic warns that a surge is on the horizon.

New Season Brings Boost of Energy, but Also Unplanned Pregnancies

With age, your body doesn’t absorb nutrients well, so every calorie you consume must be packed with nutrition. Here are 9 nutrients older adults often need more of.

How does getting older affect your immune system? How can you keep those effects to a minimum? Your answers are here.

Trouble chewing and swallowing? WebMD shares six ways to make everything go down a little easier.

Staying healthy as you enter your golden years has a lot to do with your diet. Here are some foods that are good for your heart, your brain, your bones, and your muscles.

Losing your hearing, or learning a loved one is, can bring about a range of uncomfortable emotions. Here's how you can deal with this tough transition.

Before there was Ozempic, there were these cost-friendly, safe, and highly effective weight loss drugs. FDA-approved obesity medication like orlistat (Xenical), phentermine/topiramate (Qsymia), and naltrexone/bupropion extended release (Contrave) have been on the market for decades.

Learn how genes and lifestyle interact to affect your health over the course of your life.