PFAS are a family of chemicals accumulating in the soil, rivers, drinking water and the human body. How much exposure to these substances in clothes, firefighting foam and food wrap is too much?

Most snoring is harmless, aside from the misery it might cause your bed mate. In some cases though, it’s a sign of sleep apnea, a serious condition. Here’s how to know the difference.

On the eve of the biggest battle yet, the series pauses for an episode that delivers old-school Game of Thrones thrills: characters talking in rooms — including a milestone Jaime/Brienne moment.

Coal miner Lee Hipshire was photographed in 1976 emerging from a mine after a long day’s work. Years after his father’s death, his son found out the photo was used by Russian trolls to support Trump.

With Iowa caucuses still nine months away, candidates in the huge field of Democrats are looking to stand out. One way: show up in voters’ homes.

Protesters set fires in eastern Paris as they marched for the 23rd Saturday in a row. They say the efforts to restore the damaged Notre Dame cathedral are eclipsing their demands.

Authorities say they arrested an 18- and 19-year-old under the U.K.’s controversial Terrorism Act and took them to the Musgrave Serious Crime Suite, a police station in Belfast.

Few authors get to pick who will provide the exclusive first review of their work, and Mueller didn’t either. That choice was made by the principal character in the story, the president himself.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers across the House and the Senate introduced a bill that would allow people in prison access to federal Pell grants to pay for college.

What can you do when you fear someone you know may be considering suicide? It can feel daunting, but suicide prevention experts say we all can help someone at risk by reaching out and showing we care.

NPR’s Scott Simon reflects on the efforts of the firefighters who rushed into the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris when it caught fire earlier this week.

Thousands of Massachusetts residents have been committed to treatment for addiction against their will. Some families say locking up addicts in prison isn’t treatment. Others say it saves lives.

On Easter, people will gather to pray in the cathedral, situated 600 feet underground in the Andean mining town of Zipaquirá. It was built in the caverns and tunnels left behind by salt miners.

Our readers share ways to get your children to listen without raising your voice — sometimes without saying a word.

Lyra McKee, 29, was a rising star in journalism in Northern Ireland and abroad. Her death was condemned by nearly all political factions there.

The Mueller report on the 22-month probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election is now a bestselling book, even though its contents are free and widely available.

After dozens of health care workers were charged with illegally prescribing opioids in Appalachia, local health agencies are trying to make sure chronic pain patients don’t fall through the cracks.

Citing an “unprecedented spike” in teens vaping, Sen. Mitch McConnell said the bill would raise the minimum age for people to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. Tobacco companies back the proposal.

Since the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, a generation of American children has learned how to hide from a potential shooter. But there’s little data on what kinds of drills work best.

Jess Roskelley, David Lama and Hansjörg Auer had been attempting a route in Canada’s Banff National Park. The park said that all three are “presumed to be deceased.”

With winds of 160 mph, the October hurricane was the strongest on record to make landfall on the Florida Panhandle, where communities are still trying to recover. NOAA upgraded it from a Category 4.

Clemantine Wamariya talks about her memoir The Girl Who Smiled Beads, what people don’t understand about refugees — and her hopes for the future of Rwanda.

Ordering more tests or treatments is not always best for patients’ health or wallet. A group of medical educators is trying to address the problem where they think it starts: medical training.

Therese Oneill’s new book presents plenty of suitably eyebrow-raising excerpts, but amid the snark at parenthood past and present, there are some unavoidable issues that come at a fraught time.

There have been at least six hunger strikes at detention centers in the first three months of 2019 alone. One of the detainees’ demands was to be released while their cases were adjudicated.

“The women and children who have been raised on the mentality of ISIS and terrorism need to be rehabilitated,” an official warns. “Otherwise, they will be the foundations of future terrorism.”

The tabloid’s parent company, American Media Inc., has become embroiled in controversies surrounding President Trump. It also sparred with Jeff Bezos over blackmail accusations.

Impeachment talk started again among Democrats Thursday with the release of the redacted Mueller report. Many still see that as too politically risky even though they see Trump as unfit for office.

The special counsel’s report said the FBI believes Russian military intelligence was able to gain access to at least one Florida county government’s computer network during the 2016 campaign.

Judge Lawrence Knipel refused a request from parents to lift the vaccination order that was imposed last week to stem a measles outbreak. The parents claimed the city had overstepped its authority.

The panel also upheld two other state laws protecting immigrants in the workplace and in detention facilities. The judges say the state has the right “to refrain from assisting with federal efforts.”

“Never before have US journalists been subjected to so many death threats,” Reporters Without Borders said in its annual World Press Freedom Index, adding that President Trump “exacerbates” problem.

Thirty-one thousand Stop & Shop workers are striking in New England over proposed changes to wages and benefits. Eight days in, the strike has shuttered some stores and slowed business at others.