Students and faculty are trying to save Portland Community College’s modernized music program that could soon disappear.

Virginia lawmakers are a step closer to setting up paid family medical leave for up to 12 weeks — ensuring people are ...

Dental amalgam fillings have a bad rap. Advocates argue they are toxic and can harm people. But how common are they?

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Thursday, readers! In fun Olympic news, ski mountaineering (skimo) made its historic debut at the Milan games today. ⛷️🏅🏔️ The new sport is ...

The reigning world champion and Richmond native delivered a stellar short program that featured a triple lutz-triple loop, ...

The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans and Alaska Natives has announced it will phase out the use ...

In May 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, a short suborbital mission that proved humans could survive launch, weightlessness, and reentry. Behind the calm headlines was Project ...

Long assumed by some to have been diluted and washed away over time, mercury contamination from 19th-century gold mining is ...

The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC’s “The View” over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear ...

In an effort to boost local employment, San Mateo County approved at least $2 million this week to launch a hiring initiative aimed at linking recent graduates and other job seekers with local ...

Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, holds an outsized secret that some researchers believe could reshape how ...

Commercial dog foods contain high levels of lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium and plastic toxins, according to laboratory tests by a nonprofit organization.