Doctors are caught in an illicit opioid scheme, Washington State moves toward renewable energy, and a fireball lights up the Mid-Atlantic.

Students ask the media to publicize their images if they die in a shooting, a prison in Mississippi will replace in-person visits with low-budget Skype, and a minor planet gets its name.

Prisons in Washington State may be blocking book donations, air pollution is shortening lives, and a four-legged whale skeleton provides evolutionary clues.

Puerto Rico deals with cuts to food stamps, LBGT support wanes among young Republicans, and the mystery behind sea-borne Garfield phones is solved.

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.

The Trump administration pushed to excise coal deposits from a Utah monument, New York lawmakers want to help minors get vaccinated, and a Navy ship is quarantined at sea.

OxyContin's maker contemplates bankruptcy, anti-abortion bills move forward in Georgia and Tennessee, and women will take a walk in space.

The Senate confirms a former lobbyist as EPA head, the U.S. is losing solar jobs, and fishy sightings intrigue scientists.

FEMA calls Trump's bluff, a study shows gay dads are excellent parents, and giant creatures are alive and well.

Americans are behind on car payments, coastal-access advocates get good news, and NASA says goodbye to an old friend.

A measles outbreak increases vaccination demand, a new bill would address the crisis of missing Native American women, and California's wet weather eases drought conditions.

A study shows the shifting winds of climate change, male cheerleaders make history, and elephant seals occupy a tourist beach.

A measles outbreak hits the Northwest, Australia breaks heat records, and a fourth state mulls banning the gay panic defense.

Global warming could affect your coffee buzz, Antarctic ice is fast disappearing, and cats in Wyoming are catching the bubonic plague.

Researchers find high lead levels in an Ohio county, Fiat Chrysler pays the price for its emissions scandal, and the Supreme Court upholds California's foie gras ban.

Washington state implements new gun purchase restrictions, more border fencing could be constructed, and NASA gets a a good look at a far-off celestial body.

Criminal justice reform on Capitol Hill, women take power in the Nevada assembly, and American teens go on vapecation.

Gun deaths in the U.S. hit a 20-year high, the Supreme Court declines to wade into an abortion debate, and a study offers some hope for coral reefs.

A Park Service Board gets new members, mudflows follow California fires, and a big company commits to clean energy.

Federal employees are warned about taking part in the #Resistance, Californians look to a gun tax after a mass shooting, and transgender caravan members face extra challenges.

Scientists revise results on a major climate study, Trump supports criminal justice reform, and palm oil production threatens orangutan habitat.

The Trump administration announces new immigration rules, more wildfires erupt in California, and Google changes its sexual misconduct policies in response to walkouts.

Air quality is harming children, sea otters get some good news, and a utility company provides a partial mea culpa for a major fire.

A powerful storm ravages a U.S. commonwealth, Starbucks opens a deaf-friendly store, and a court protects a shy, vulnerable species.