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The decision by United Methodists to reaffirm a traditional stand on homosexuality and marriage leaves the church's future unclear.

Delegates rejected change despite a Virginia pastor's warning: "You will be putting a virus into the American church that will make it very sick, and it will be sick quickly."

Steve Inskeep talks to Kenneth Carter, Jr., president of the Church's Council of Bishops, about the rejection of a measure that would have eased restrictions on gay clergy and same-sex marriages.

United Methodists are among the last mainline Protestant denominations to address the issue, and some worry it could cause a major rift in the church.

President Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its journalists, accusing them of harming his business and personal reputation.

Social media is full of their colorful ads, but are online doctors legit? Here's the lowdown on the pros and cons of online medicine.

As illegal meth use has made a comeback across the U.S., pregnant women have not been spared, doctors say. New research shows rural areas in the South, Midwest and West have been hit hardest.

Meth is back "with a vengeance," police say. Now made mostly by superlabs in Mexico, it is stronger, cheaper and more prevalent, cutting across demographic barriers and sparking serious crime.

A new study finds a controversial fossil fuel refinery proposed in Southwest Washington would actually reduce global carbon emissions.

The Trump administration is rolling back regulations on methane, saying that should be left to states. So Wyoming is stepping in with its own proposal, which even some oil and gas companies support.