Each April we celebrate Earth Day, when millions of people around the globe are inspired to celebrate the environment. But, in an era when planetary health can seem exceptionally dire, these moments are increasingly important…
Opioid addiction requires safe injection sites, not ancient…
The opioid crisis has grown too big for anyone to ignore, on the left or the right, as the devastation unfolds on the nation’s streets every day: Drug users are overdosing in public bathrooms, on…
U.S. scientist Suzanne Eaton found dead in Greece…
The American scientist whose body was found on Monday on the Greek island of Crete died of asphyxiation, according to a police source. Suzanne Eaton, 59, a molecular biologist at the world-renowned Max Planck Institute…
Why Game Boy and Tetris were the perfect…
All week long, TODAY is marking the 30th anniversary of the summer of 1989 with a look back at some of the notable (and not-so-notable) people, milestones and moments from that wild and crazy time.…
Trump expected to order citizenship question added to…
President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that he is taking executive action to add a citizenship question to the census, according to an administration official. Trump tweeted that he will hold a…
Iranian boats approached British tanker near Strait of…
Several Iranian boats approached and attempted to impede a British commercial vessel through the Strait of Hormuz, but the Iranian vessels were driven away by a British military ship, a senior U.S. defense official and…
Couple says fertility clinic that mixed up their…
A Glendale, California, couple said Wednesday that they can never forgive the Los Angeles fertility clinic that mixed up their embryos and impregnated another woman, causing them to miss the first moments of their son's…
Trumps costly July Fourth event bankrupted Washingtons security,…
President Donald Trump's military-style July Fourth parade drained a special Washington, D.C., city fund designed to help pay for extra security and anti-terrorism measures during large events in the nation's capital, the mayor said in…
Second judge hands Trump census defeat, wont allow…
WASHINGTON — A second federal judge is refusing to let Justice Department lawyers withdraw from a lawsuit over the government's plan to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census form that goes to every…