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Journalist Covers Ground Zero In The Opioid Epidemic

Eric Eyre reports from opioid epicenter

Netflix says stronger competition, the Ukraine-Russia conflict and password sharing contributed to its first drop in customers in a decade.

Netflix lost viewers for the 1st time in 10 years, says password sharing is to blame

The entertainment company estimates there are now 100 million households using someone else's account. Last month, it announced plans to start charging for password sharing.

Oregon lawmakers announce group to address public defense crisis

“This is an emergency,” House Speaker Dan Rayfield said Tuesday. “Oregonians are languishing in jail without access to legal representation ...”

An aerial daytime shot of a concrete dam on a river, facing the reservoir above. some water is spraying at the bottom of the dam into the river below.

Environmental groups intend to sue PG&E over Potter Valley Project

A group of environmental organizations has filed a notice to sue Pacific Gas & Electric over declining fish species in California’s Eel River.

Airline passengers, some not wearing face masks following the end of the federal mask mandate, sit during a American Airlines flight operated by SkyWest Airlines from Los Angeles International Airport to Denver, on Tuesday.

The judge who tossed mask mandate misunderstood public health law, legal experts say

Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle's decision hinged on a definition of the word 'sanitation' that public health experts and legal scholars say missed the mark.

Actor Johnny Depp looks on at the end of the second day of his testimony during the defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard in Fairfax, Virginia on Wednesday.

Jury hears recordings of Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard's volatile arguments

Depp's attorneys on Tuesday sought to bolster his claims that the actress escalated their altercations, playing a series of audio recordings.

Coronavirus FAQ: I'm a one-way masker. With mask mandates going away, is that helpful?

Even as mask mandates on transportation and public spaces are being lifted, some folks still want to mask up to reduce the risk of a coronavirus infection. Here's a guide to one-way masking.

Don't forget the curry! A very young errand runner is the star of one episode of the Japanese series Old Enough!, which assigns seemingly daunting tasks to little tykes.

A 4-year-old can run errands alone ... and not just on reality TV

A Japanese TV show now on Netflix, 'Old Enough!,' has sparked much debate about the wisdom of allowing very young kids to be very independent. Risky? Beneficial? Child development experts weigh in.

Taylor Swift, pictured in 2021, is the inspiration for the name of the newly described Twisted-Claw Millipede, <em>Nannaria swiftae.</em>

Taylor Swift was the inspiration for the name of a new millipede species

The Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede, or Nannaria swiftae, was among several new species found in Tennessee.

Shawnee State University in southern Ohio has agreed to pay philosophy professor Nick Meriwether $400,000 after disciplining him for not using a transgender student's pronouns.

A university pays $400K to professor who refused to use a student's pronouns

Nick Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University, sued the college in 2018 after he was disciplined for not using she/her pronouns to refer to a transgender student.

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