A big idea in Minneapolis points the way for other cities desperately in need of housing.

With Disney acquiring popular licenses left and right (hello, X-Men), it’s no surprise that they’re beefing up their theme parks with rides and attractions from world-renowned, beloved franchises. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge just opened its doors at Disneyland in Anaheim and, even though all the rides aren’t even open yet, people are already losing their minds over it.

A gene that gives Salmonella resistance to antibiotics of last resort has been found in a sample taken from a human patient in the U.S.

When then-candidate Donald Trump visited West Virginia in May 2016, he vowed to put miners in coal country back to work. “[Y]ou’re going to be so proud of your president,” Trump told a crowd gathered at a civic center in Charleston, West Virginia.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill passed by the Legislature Thursday, amid a "health crisis." The measure also eliminates other nonmedical exemptions for schoolchildren.

Karma was abandoned and left for dead last year. Now, she’s officially a K-9 with the Denver Sheriff Department.

Nathan Nickerson III almost couldn't believe his eyes when he saw an unexpected pop of color in his seafood shipment earlier this week.

Roughly 25% of people that were adults during the Great Recession a decade ago are "worse now" than they were before, despite the economy making great strides.

Home-delivered meal kits are booming across the globe. They send us the raw ingredients and a recipe; we cook it up. But is our lust for convenience hurting or helping the planet?

The donor stool had not been tested for the drug-resistant bacteria before the procedure, the FDA noted.

Faced with growing calls for action on the climate crisis, aerospace companies gathering for the Paris air show next week are turning their thoughts to a future run on electricity rather than fossil fuels. The scale of the challenge is considerable. The target for net zero carbon emissions by 2050, recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and embraced by the UK this week, coincides with the expectation that the number of flights will double in the next 20 years.

Workers in nursing homes, hospital ERs and other health facilities are required by law to notify police whenever they notice likely signs of physical or sexual abuse. But that's often not happening.

A 9-year-old boy in Napa, California, proved he was wise beyond his years when he decided to selflessly pay off his classmates' school lunch debts. Ryan Kyote became upset when he saw a news story about a 5-year-old girl who was denied lunch at school because she couldn't afford it. This story prompted Ryan to take action, his mom, Kylie Kirkpatrick told CBS News.

Adding to the family! Robin Williams’ son Zak Williams welcomed his first child with fiancée Olivia June, Us Weekly can confirm. The mental-health advocate, 36, and the tech-startup founder’s son was born on May 22, according to a rep. The little one weighed 8 lbs. and was 20-and-a-half inches long.

The ship left Sligo, Ireland,172 years ago carrying 180 passengers fleeing the Potato Famine. It sank off the coast of Cap-des-Rosiers, in Gaspé, Que., killing an estimated 120 to 150 people.

It's getting violent.

End of an Era.

Heartfelt handwritten lines from the war poet ‘fell into the lap’ of researcher who was trawling through theatre director’s letters

The actress explained her controversial lobbying against California's anti-vaccine bill. Just hours after Jessica Biel raised eyebrows by seemingly becoming the latest Hollywood star to lend a voice to anti-vaccine views, when she joined Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lobby against a California state bill that would limit medical exemptions for immunizations without approval from a public health officer, the actress took to Instagram to clarify her position.

The top 1 percent of the US wealth distribution has increased its net worth by 650 percent since 1989, while the bottom 50 percent saw its wealth grow by a much more modest 170 percent during the same period.

John Oliver knows that this year has been rough for women, who “judging from restroom signs are just men who have swallowed a trapezoid.” To cheer women up, after the confirmation of a “Supreme Court justice with resting beer face” and “the election of a president who thinks of their genitals as handles”, Oliver has an idea—finally ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

Google made $4.7bn in advertising from news content last year, almost as much as the revenue of the entire online news industry, according to a study released on Monday. According to the News Media Alliance, between 16% and 40% of Google search results are news content. Google’s revenue from its distribution of news content is only $400m less than the $5.1bn brought in by the United States news industry as a whole from digital advertising last year.

Ruling on state attorney general’s 2016 suit, judge also tells cable company to pay back thousands of customers, with interest. A Washington State judge ruled that Comcast violated consumer protection laws more than 445,000 times, bogusly charging thousands of state cable consumers for a $5.99 plan they didn’t even know they were getting.

Jon Stewart on Tuesday torched lawmakers in emotional testimony for failing to attend a September 11th Victim Compensation Fund hearing, calling it "shameful" and "a stain on this institution."

A man already on probation for cocaine possession insists the blow in his nose during a weekend traffic stop doesn't belong to him

A homeowner trying to plug a nest of angry wasps with a hammer and stake created the spark that started the biggest fire in state history, Cal Fire says.

Some young Turks in conservative areas are losing their faith and raising difficult questions.

"I'm pretty sure my jaw dropped to the floor," Stephen Mills said, recalling the moment the safe's door swung open.

Mohamed Noor shot Justine Damond as she approached his car to report a possible rape.

Researchers at Stanford studying scorpion venom have identified a pair of compounds that were shown to kill off both staph and tuberculosis bacteria. And better yet, they were able to create synthetic versions of them in the lab.​

‘Based on no actual crimes, she wants a political opponent locked up in prison. Umm, that happens in banana republics. Beyond despicable behavior.’

The Agriculture Department is barely enforcing regulations on big meat companies.

Taylor Swift’s latest song has a new target: homophobes. Coinciding with the announcement of her seventh album, “Lover,” the pop star on Thursday released a new tune called “You Need to Calm Down,” where she addresses her own haters but also calls out those who attack the LGBTQ community.

New York eliminated the religious exemption to vaccine requirements for schoolchildren Thursday, as the country’s worst measles outbreak in decades prompts states to reconsider giving parents ways to opt out of immunization rules. The Democratic-led state senate and assembly voted Thursday to repeal the exemption, which allows parents to cite religious beliefs to forego getting their child the vaccines required for school enrollment.

A B.C. nurse who lost his job when he refused to attend a 12-step program for addiction will get a chance to argue he was discriminated against as an atheist. Byron Wood contends Alcoholics Anonymous's emphasis on placing your life in the hands of a higher power simply won't work for someone who doesn't hold any religious beliefs.