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The change means that doctors will no longer need a special federal waiver in order to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication to treat opioid...

Restaurants and bars are reeling from persistent spikes of coronavirus cases. Earlier holiday sales also meant online shopping and electroni...

As the world rushes to vaccinate against the coronavirus pandemic, Iran is one of the worst hit countries in the Middle East. And because of...

The FBI is monitoring "concerning online chatter" about events surrounding Inauguration Day, heightening security concerns ahead of Presiden...

With impeachment trial and pandemic response, VP-elect Harris stresses need to multitask. States prepare for violence ahead of inauguration....

Despite days of widespread incitement on social media in advance of the insurrection encouraging extremist Trump supporters to assault the U...

There is a high rate of coronavirus among inmates at Alaska's prisons. State health officials say the general prison population should begin...

State capitals have been warned of potential armed protests and violence in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration....

Corey Johnson is the 12th inmate to die by lethal injection since July, when the Trump administration restarted federal executions after a 1...

The evidence is strong that some people struggling with meth addiction benefit from the drug regime. (Image credit: Daniel Kaesler/EyeEm/Get...

The nation faces a grim milestone of having a record number of overdose deaths in 2020. One expert says social isolation increased the risk...

Together the group faces 42 counts related to the drinking water catastrophe roughly seven years ago. The crimes range from perjury to misco...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., one of the House impeachment managers, about the case's next move — a trial...

An informal survey found that 60% of Los Angeles police employees would get the vaccine when it's available to them. LAPD Chief Michel Moore...

With the pandemic having closed nearly 20% of restaurants nationwide, the traditional version of restaurant week is at risk. So restaurants...

President-elect Joe Biden is set on Thursday to outline his plan for a coronavirus relief package that he wants Congress to act upon quickly...

As thousands of security forces deploy nationwide in anticipation of unrest ahead of the inauguration, there has been a national reckoning o...

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with journalist Imara Jones about how increased transgender representation in media and politics impacts the trans...

Israel will start vaccinating Palestinian prisoners on Monday or Tuesday, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein tells NPR. Thirty prisoners tested...

A calico cat thought to have died with its owner in the mudslides that swept through California's Santa Barbara County in 2018 has been foun...

The state attorney general's office says it has received "more than 1,300 complaints and pieces of evidence" about the police response to th...

Keller, 38, is facing three counts: obstructing law enforcement, knowingly entering a restricted building without lawful authority, and viol...

Their arrival comes more than a week after an unexpected delay prevented the scientists from entering China.

Georgia was ground zero for misinformation and attacks on election integrity, led by President Trump and a number of top Republicans in Geor...

The choice for 10 Republican members to split from their party to vote to impeach Trump could mean political blowback with their state's Rep...