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The cheerleader may be the first NFL squad member to take a knee, a move that football players have used to protest racial inequality and police brutality.

Critics, including some leading anesthesiologists, say the drug is unnecessary, and they worry it will be diverted and abused. The Food And Drug Administration says it is addressing safety concerns.

The judge said allegations made by Native Americans seeking a waiver from the law gave the court “great cause of concern.” But he was not willing to change election laws at the 11th hour.

Experts say nearly every woman migrating to Spain from Africa is sexually abused along the way. They sometimes arrive pregnant or with infants conceived on their journey, often a result of rape.

After her double mastectomy, writer Catherine Guthrie came to embrace her new body, without breast reconstruction. But, she has learned, women have to push the medical system to support this choice.

Black men don’t get seen as adults. Black boys don’t get treated like kids. Meanwhile, a certain class of men can float in and out of either category as the need arises.

Mario Segale never sought the spotlight, despite inspiring one of the most recognizable characters in the world: Super Mario.

One scientist is training the ultimate disease watchdogs — canines that can smell the disease’s parasites living inside a person’s blood.

State media says a brawl between a passenger and driver in Chongqing caused the bus to crash into the Yangtze River, killing 15 people.

An opinion could come in early 2019. Both sides say they plan to appeal, which means the fate of affirmative action policies could once again end up in the hands of the Supreme Court.

If the state’s ballot initiative to fund Medicaid’s expansion passes, it will mean a $2-per-pack increase in taxes on cigarettes and a new tax on electronic cigarettes.

We tapped our network of political reporters and editors across the country to bring you an analysis of every one of the 36 gubernatorial races in 2018. Here’s what they said.

The inmate had challenged the constitutionality of lethal injection execution. His lawyer said he chose electrocution because he expected it to be less painful than the drug method.

“My continued presence on the board will inhibit its ability to move Maryland’s higher education agenda forward,” James Brady said, after outrage over the decision not to fire the football coach.

In focus groups for the U.S. census, some participants identified the citizenship question as a significant reason why they would avoid taking part in the head count.

President Trump is not on the ballot but the midterm elections are a referendum on him. GOP candidates are using four strategies to discuss their close, not so close or nonexistent ties to Trump.

President Trump addressed what the White House called a “crisis” of illegal immigration on Thursday, underscoring what has become the central focus of his midterm election campaign.

As a woman ages, choosing when to try for a second or third child means weighing fertility odds against the risks of getting pregnant again too soon. A new study provides more data to help decide.

The midterm elections are days away, and Friday’s jobs report will give voters a final glimpse of the strength of the economy. A key recurring question: Is wage growth finally picking up?

NASA mission managers haven’t heard from the Martian rover Opportunity since June. A dust storm interfered with communication but the storm is over now and engineers hope to hear from the rover soon.

Observers offer three key reasons why the world isn’t paying heed to what a UNICEF official calls a “living hell for its citizens and their children”

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed several women to senior government posts, part of a wave of reforms since he came into office last April.

A bipartisan sanctuary law that Oregon lawmakers passed easily in 1987 is now subject to a repeal vote.

Atlantic journalist McKay Coppins says Gingrich “set a model for future Republican leaders” by engaging in extreme partisanship while serving as speaker of the House.

The Environmental Protection Agency has given farmers the OK to continue to spray the controversial weedkiller dicamba. The chemical is prone to blowing in the wind and damaging other vegetation.

Hmong immigrants began losing native bacteria in their guts soon after arriving in the U.S., a change associated with more obesity. Eating an American diet plays a role but doesn’t explain everything.

Setting up the case for a jury trial, Robert Bowers pleaded not guilty to all 44 counts against him in connection with Saturday’s massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue that resulted in 11 deaths.

Polls show that Americans broadly support the concept of affirmative action but oppose preferential treatment for minorities in college admissions.