Communities across continents held vigils, protests, moments of silence, and prayer services.

Between 2011 and 2016, drug overdose deaths in the United States involving the synthetic opioid fentanyl dramatically increased, according to a report released Thursday.

To gain a historical perspective on how Trump and his closest allies might react if the Mueller report proves damning, one only needs to look as far back as 1974.

The marijuana sector is growing, the Texas Senate plans for the next Hurricane Harvey, and some pets still need homes four months after the Camp Fire.

Silence speaks volumes (and so does interrupting women and making mean jokes).

A new major report finds that laws around medication for opioid addiction aren't based in science.

Nowruz, which starts on the vernal equinox and marks the Iranian New Year, is celebrated by more than 300 million people in diverse communities across the world.

A report from NOAA warns that two-thirds of the lower 48 states are expected to face increased precipitation and flood risk through May.

Women with lower socioeconomic status are among those at a higher risk for developing postpartum depression—and the new treatment is estimated to cost $34,000 per patient.

Some assumed courts would stop the plan immediately. But because the details of the plan remain opaque, advocates have had trouble challenging it.

Facebook and YouTube rushed to remove violent videos. An expert discusses why we need a "reckoning" for online content moderation.

Thai Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha visits the construction site for the Bang Sue Central Station, the site of Bangkok's new railway transport hub, on March 20th, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand.

A legal expert says the decision doesn't bode well for Bayer, which is facing thousands of pending cases over Roundup.

The president uses the term to refer to immigrant families getting released before their court dates. But advocates say the term is both misleading and dehumanizing.

The company announced Tuesday that it would stop allowing advertisers of housing, jobs, and credit to target people based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, national origin, family status, and disability.

Public officials and Texas' environmental regulator maintain that the chemicals released in the fire did not pose a health risk.

An analysis of the artists represented in the permanent collections of America's major art museums finds three-quarters of them are white men.

Indonesians watch as rescue workers dig through rubble looking for victims of the recent flash floods on March 19th, 2019, in Sentani, West Papua province, Indonesia.

Immigrants with certain prior criminal convictions will now be placed in detention without the opportunity to petition for release.

The Trump administration has asked a federal judge to allow seismic airgun testing to begin off the Atlantic coast while a lawsuit to prevent the practice works its way through the courts.

In Twitter responses to a Paris terrorist attack, shared sadness gave way to expressions of solidarity.

Timber company workers stand stranded on a damaged road on March 18th, 2019, at Charter Estate, in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, after Cyclone Idai ripped across Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.

As this water emergency quickly becomes a public-health crisis, here's what officials are reporting.

The Christchurch shooting continues a global pattern: Around the world, the majority of victims of terrorist attacks are Muslim.