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Reporter Emma Roth at The Verge talks about the challenges of implementing internet age verification.

Utah banned gender affirming surgery for trans youth in January, but now the state's largest health care system has apparently abandoned plans to offer gender affirming surgeries for adults, too.

A new breakthrough deal for sharing the over-promised Colorado River has been reached by the seven states that share it.

For centuries, certain groups have buried the dead without caskets, letting the body naturally decompose. Now, more cemeteries are offering this alternative.

A number of initiatives across the state aim to highlight the growing concern some parents and others have about book removals in public schools.

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met for the first time since debt limit negotiations stalled in recent days. They tried to sound optimistic, but both sides are still far apart.

U.S. Park Police say a preliminary investigation indicates that 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, Mo., plowed into the bollards around Lafayette Square on purpose.

The lawsuit is one of numerous cases filed in Florida alleging that colleges and universities - including USF - breached contracts and should be required to refund money to students.

Dr. Vivek Murthy says social media makes kids feel worse about themselves, and they can't get off of it. He says "we need safety standards for social media the way we have for cars, for car seats."

The reveal of the new drummer was a performance in itself. It began with cameos of other drummers — such as Tommy Lee bringing in some take-out and Danny Carey leading the poodles he groomed.

Before this week, Peggy Whitson had spent a cumulative 665 days in space over her career, giving her the NASA record. She's not done yet.

Key components of a Florida tax package (HB 7063) include a 14-day period in which sales taxes would be lifted on hurricane supplies, common household items and pet supplies.

After emergency surgery, an American expatriate now carries the baggage of a five-figure bill. Costs for medical care in the U.S. can be two to three times the rates in other developed countries.

Two lawsuits filed by families of Uvalde victims against gunmaker Daniel Defense will be a key test of an unsettled legal theory.

A crew of four astronauts, on a private Axiom Space trip run by SpaceX, has reached the International Space Station. Among them: mission commander Peggy Whitson, 63, and no stranger to orbit.

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are meeting to see if they can break the impasse on spending cuts as the deadline to lift the debt ceiling draws ever closer.

Authorities quickly confirmed that no explosion had taken place but the faked images spread on Twitter for a short time. The incident briefly sent the stock market lower.

Meta faces a record fine from the EU for allegedly breaking Europe's privacy standards.

The Human Rights Campaign warned on Tuesday that newly passed laws and policies in Florida may pose risks to minorities, immigrants and gay travelers.

In the book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author tells the stories he's heard as well as his own.

Earlier this month, a jury found the former president liable for sexual abusing Carroll at a department store in the mid-1990s. The day after the verdict, Trump again denied the allegations on CNN.

Musk seemed to confirm the news Tuesday in London, saying DeSantis would be making “quite an announcement’ on Twitter on Wednesday.

As Typhoon Mawar thrashes Guam with 140-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain, two people on the island share eyewitness accounts of what they're seeing.

As California's massive winter snowpack melts, one industry is having a great year. Across the state, whitewater rafting is roaring back to life after years of debilitating drought.

It's been one year since a gunman killed 19 students and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Three families who lost their children shared their memories with NPR.