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One of TV’s most famous families laughed off measles in the 1960s. The episode has resurfaced in battles over measles vaccinations today.

Ayurvedic products and treatments based on ancient Indian healing practices are part of a multibillion-dollar industry. A yoga guru with ties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has built a retail empire.

The president skipped the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in favor of a rally, where he touted economic growth and mocked Democratic presidential contenders.

Looks like this year, April showers brought April flowers. As in, a bouquet of outstanding poets. So stop and smell the roses, my friends.

A construction crane hit six cars, killing four people and injuring four others. Seattle has about 60 construction cranes operating in the city.

In an apparent move to crack down on intellectual property infringement, Chinese authorities raided a company that was allegedly manufacturing and selling $30 million worth of counterfeit Legos.

The mayor of Poway, Calif. said the shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue near San Diego was a “hate crime.” A 19-year-old man has been arrested.

The disclosure from one of the largest archdioceses in the U.S. follows similar revelations that further exposed the depth of a decades-long abuse crisis in Catholic communities across the nation.

Attorney General Letitia James’ announcement came shortly after the president of the gun rights group, Oliver North, said he would not seek a second term.

A wife and then a mother to Canadian prime ministers, she addresses her time in the public eye and her battles with mental illness in an upcoming one-woman show called Certain Woman Of An Age.

In Vermont, there are more elderly patients with medical needs than there are nursing homes. A growing number of families in the state are opening their homes to the elderly as an alternative.

Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick died this week at age 35. She was an opera singer who underwent double lung transplants twice. NPR’s Scott Simon got to know her and her family.

It’s not a front-runner, but the Vox party is predicted to win some legislative seats, giving Spain its first far-right lawmakers in about four decades.

Refugee women from a group called Newcomer Kitchen are cooking traditional Levantine food for their community in Toronto — and have found a way to share it with displaced Syrians in the Middle East.

The more than 250-mile, $6 billion railway is set to cut through the northern part of Laos and is primarily financed and built by the Chinese. So far, the project has mostly employed Chinese workers.

Amnesty International says the U.S.-led coalition offensive against ISIS in the Syrian city killed nearly 1,600 civilians, or about 1,400 more than the U.S. military has acknowledged.

“We will never surrender America’s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy,” the president said. He announced the move at the National Rifle Association’s convention.

The court said that the state’s Bill of Rights “allows a woman to make her own decisions regarding her body … decisions that can include whether to continue a pregnancy.”

In their new book Compassionomics, two doctors review the field of compassion research. Their finding? When physicians take time to connect and express care, both patients and doctors benefit.

After Britain voted in 2016 to leave the European Union, many feared other countries would follow and the EU might collapse. But Brexit’s chaotic example has helped strengthen the EU’s standing.

The Denver-area crash involved at least 24 cars and four semitrucks. One of the trucks was carrying a flatbed full of lumber — which contributed to a large fire on the roadway.

The government lost track of thousands of kids it had separated from families trying to cross at the U.S.-Mexico border. Now the administration has six months to find them.

Six Border Patrol checkpoints in southern New Mexico and Texas are temporarily closed as agents were diverted to the border. Local officials worry illegal narcotics are flowing northward unchecked.

Critic Chris Klimek crunches the numbers to examine how and why blockbuster films like Avengers: Endgame grew to such great, bladder-busting lengths.

Havlicek was voted one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history. He played 16 seasons with the Celtics — eight of them as NBA champions. Boston media report he had Parkinson’s disease.

Conversion therapy aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The practice is discredited by mental health professionals and is linked to higher rates of suicide.

Prosecutors asked a judge to give Butina more prison time, citing the threat they said she posed to national security. Her attorneys say her motives weren’t “nefarious” and she is ready to go home.

The Commerce Department says the U.S. economy picked up steam in the first three months of the year. GDP grew at an annual rate of 3.2% in the first quarter, up from 2.2% at the end of 2018,

Newly revealed court testimony suggests the Boy Scouts of America had considerably more leaders involved in the sexual abuse of minors than previously thought.

There are 20 candidates vying to take on President Trump in the 2020 Democratic primary, and all the big names are now in. So what does each of them need to do to survive?

The University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University have told hundreds of students and staff to stay home for up to 48 hours unless they can prove they’re immune or vaccinated.

New regulations that would have taken effect on May 3 would deny federal funds for low-income patients to clinics that make abortion referrals. The Title X rules are on hold while lawsuits proceed.

The judge notes the only charges against Coast Guard Lt. Christopher Hasson involve drug and weapons violations and says he should be released pending trial with “a whole lot of supervision.”

The Trump administration is delaying efforts to boost offshore oil and gas drilling in the wake of a recent court setback. The plans have been controversial, even in Republican-held states.

Kanye West has been hosting exclusive worship gatherings he calls “Sunday Service.” Jia Tolentino, staff writer for The New Yorker, breaks down the rapper’s religious evolution.