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FILE - A podium is prepared before Democrats hold news conference on the health care funding fight on the steps of the House before votes to end the government shutdown on Capitol Hill, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Health costs are fueling voter stress — and Democratic campaigns

Saturday, February 7

Democrats are focusing on health care in the midterm elections, highlighting it as a key issue

FILE - Anti-abortion protesters gather for a news conference after Arizona abortion-rights supporters delivered more than 800,000 petition signatures to the state Capitol to get abortion rights on the November general election ballot, July 3, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Judge strikes down old Arizona abortion restrictions that clash with voter-backed guarantees

4:46 PM on Friday, February 6

A judge has ruled that Arizona must stop enforcing abortion restrictions that predate and contradict a 2024 voter-approved constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights

This photo provided by the California Department of Public Health shows Death Cap mushrooms. (CDPH viua AP)

4 people have died from eating death cap mushrooms as they spread in California after rains

4:15 PM on Friday, February 6

Four people have died and three others have required a liver transplants after eating the death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter

An athlete soars through the air during a ski jumping, men's normal hill, training session,at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Predazzo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Skiing's regulatory body rejects 'wild rumor' ski jumpers are enhancing anatomy to gain distance

2:35 PM on Friday, February 6

The regulatory body for skiing has dismissed as “wild rumor” reports that ski jumpers are enhancing their groin area to gain distance in Winter Olympics contests

Two Colville women were booked into a rural Washington jail. It became a death sentence

2:25 PM on Friday, February 6

The families of two women from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation who died in jail have filed separate federal lawsuits alleging the Okanogan County Jail failed to treat their opioid withdrawal

A Seattle Seahawks helmet is seen during an NFL Super Bowl football practice on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in San Jose, Calif., ahead of Super Bowl 60 between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

NFL launches challenge to improve facemasks and reduce concussions

12:40 PM on Friday, February 6

The NFL is challenging innovators to improve the facemask on football helmets to reduce concussions in the game

OnMed Named 2026 Impact Product of the Year by Impact One Awards

12:13 PM on Friday, February 6

FILE - The toes of a baby are seen at a hospital in McAllen, Texas, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

US births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived

12:08 PM on Friday, February 6

U.S. births slightly decreased in 2025

How Delray Beach Dentists Support Overall Health Through Oral Care

11:00 AM on Friday, February 6

FILE - Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, foreground right, shakes hands with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the the 57th Independence Celebration in Mulinu'u, Samoa, June 1, 2019. At foreground left is Kennedy's wife, actress Cheryl Hines.(Misiona Simo/Samoa Observer via AP)

Newly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr.'s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip before measles outbreak

6:54 AM on Friday, February 6

Documents obtained by The Guardian and The Associated Press undermine Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_'s testimony during his Senate confirmation hearings that the 2019 trip he took to Samoa before a devastating measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines.”

Dr. Bryan Fate, left, family nurse practitioner and CEO of Inspire Change Clinic Munira Maalimisaq, middle left, and panelist Mirad Farah, middle, lead a community discussion on vaccine education at Inspire Change Clinic, Nov. 22, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Fear in Minnesota's Somali community deepens, hampering progress on measles vaccination

4:57 AM on Friday, February 6

Public health officials say a measles crisis has long been brewing in Minnesota

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