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In Sweden, few people use cash anymore. Most people pay by card, online or with digital apps, and that trend is spurring a new debate on whether going cashless is fair for everyone.

The president’s State of the Union address made a bold pledge. But his 2019 budget proposal calls for massive cuts to foreign assistance programs that address AIDS.

The deaths from the homemade booze, known to many Indians as “hooch” or country liquor, have sparked protests, accusations and finger-pointing.

International supporters, who had rallied around Hakeem al-Araibi under the hashtag #SaveHakeem, rejoiced over the news. But Bahrain said it “reaffirms its right” to pursue legal action against him.

Democrats want to cap the number of beds ICE may use to detain people arrested for overstaying their visas or committing minor crimes. President Trump says the idea is “crazy.”

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House leaders had called on the Minnesota Democrat to apologize for comments on social media about Israel.

Does exercise recovery work? Science writer Christie Aschwanden examines the physiology and effectiveness of sports drinks, protein powders and other products and services in her new book, Good to Go.

Members of the Hartford, Conn., newsroom said they are petitioning for a union election while also asking Tribune Publishing, the paper’s parent, to voluntarily recognize the union.

Indexes climbed on Monday as Washington and Beijing officials continue to try to hash out a deal and avoid an escalation of a trade war.

“The border ’emergency’ is a manufactured crisis,” Newsom is expected to say at his State of the State address this week. “And California will not be part of this political theater.”

After more than a year of negotiations, the teachers union and the school district still can’t agree on a base pay increase. The district’s plan depends too much on incentive bonuses, the union says.

The restaurant business can be tough on your mental health, and has led some chefs to suicide. Chef Patrick Mulvaney is helping Sacramento kitchen workers learn the warning signs and ask for help.

Clinics in the Pacific Northwest are ordering 10 times the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella as they normally do because some who have avoided vaccines are changing their minds.

Faced with high U.S. prices for prescription drugs, some Americans cross the border to buy insulin pens and other meds. At least 1 insurer reimburses flights to the border to make such purchases easy.

In a recent survey, 1 in 5 parents said they thought using a household spoon was OK for measuring their child’s medicine. It’s not. Here’s how to help little kids without overdosing them.

President Trump has threatened to declare an emergency to go around Congress and build a border wall. The same law that gives him that power also gives Congress the ability to push back.

Jones helped add “freedom fries” to the Congressional cafeteria menu. Since then, he came to deeply regret his vote for the war in Iraq, and wrote thousands of letters to families of fallen soldiers.

No single artist dominated, but over the course of a night in which a handful of artists won major awards, a thread became clear: The Academy was attempting to make amends for past mistakes.

Gov. Ralph Northam says he’s “not going anywhere.” Attorney General Mark Herring has no plans to leave either. And while Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax may face impeachment hearings, he’s pushing back too.

The town of Mission, Texas grew up around La Lomita chapel. Last week, the local Catholic diocese tried and failed to stop the government from surveying the chapel’s land.

If an agreement isn’t reached by Friday at midnight, the government could partially shut down again, just three weeks after the end of a 35-day partial government shutdown.

“We are tired of the shutdowns and the showdowns, of the gridlock and the grandstanding,” said Klobuchar, who was reelected to her third Senate term in 2018.

The artist whose massive wooden structures have become a fixture at the annual Burning Man festival is now constructing a Temple of Time to help mark the first anniversary of the shooting.

Virginia’s governor and attorney general face calls to resign amid revelations they appeared in blackface decades ago. That’s reviving a conversation around the history of blackface in our culture.

Psychologists and the FBI say they are getting a better understanding of the mix of factors that lead some kids to open fire on a classroom. The shooting can be an act of desperation fueled by anger.

Gizmodo’s Kashmir Hill spent six weeks trying to cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple out of her life completely. “Spoiler,” she says. “It’s not possible.”

Vegetable-based dishes may be better for the Earth but don’t always sound seductive on menus. Marketers, researchers and food chains think they know how to get meat lovers to make the swap more often.

Violence broke out Saturday as yellow vest protesters kept the pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron’s government, for the 13th straight weekend of demonstrations.

A rare winter storm in Washington state prompted its governor to declare a state of emergency. More than 200 flights were canceled on Friday and drivers are being urged to stay off the roads.

Also this week, Sen. Lamar Alexander proposed a new system for keeping colleges accountable and simplifying the application for federal student aid.

Ethan Lindenberger had never received vaccines for diseases like polio or measles because his mom is anti-vaccine. Now he’s 18, he’s finally getting his shots.

When the AIDS crisis started in the 1980s, the official response was tepid. Then activists channeled their anger into into one of the most effective protest movements in recent history.

The Central American country has been in turmoil since last April, when President Daniel Ortega launched a brutal crackdown on protesters and other opponents.