Luz María Hernández gazes blankly across the shaded courtyard, clutching a cellphone in one hand and a sodden handkerchief in the other. Less than 48 hours ago, Hernández, 45, was deported to Tijuana after 25 years as an undocumented migrant in southern California. Her five children, aged three to 23, were born in California, and they now have to live without their mother.

Back in February 2016, there was a long, drawn out, and very public dispute between Apple and law enforcement agencies, where the Cupertino firm was asked by the FBI to unlock the iPhones owned by the San Bernardino shooter. Apple's response was that iPhones are encrypted and it said that it wouldn't help.

He was known around town as the friendly homeless man who would happily chat about anything -- the weather, sports or whatever passersby wanted to talk about. But when John Meade died in St. Augustine, Florida, late last year, police realized he had rarely talked about himself. They had no one to call to deliver the news.

If you're born in the United States, having wealthy parents matters a great deal to your chances of success, according to a new report.

Donald Trump has targeted Greta Thunberg for the second successive day at Davos, bemoaning the climate activist’s criticism of his administration and the fact “she beat me out on Time magazine”.

A rule banning conversion therapy on LGBTQ children has gone into effect, making Utah the 19th state to ban the practice. Governor Gary Herbert’s office confirmed to FOX 13 that the administrative rule went into effect on Tuesday night. The governor’s office declined to comment any further on it.

Usually Meals on Wheels means home delivery or lunch at a senior center. For more than 50 years, the federal government has been funding the program to make sure older Americans get the nutrition they need. Now, a project in Vancouver, Wash., is trying to use those funds for something new: a retro-hip diner, where seniors can get eggs, coffee, and community.

Since the 19th century, the average human body temperature in the United States has dropped, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. “Our temperature’s not what people think it is,” said Julie Parsonnet, MD, professor of medicine and of health research and policy. “What everybody grew up learning, which is that our normal temperature is 98.6, is wrong.”

We've been taught to accept militarism as normal.

Last fall, the Social Security Administration—overseen by its chief trustee, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin—said benefits for nearly 69 million Americans would increase 1.6% in 2020. The figure, tied to the inflation rate, meant that the average recipient would get $24 more each month, or about $1,503 annually.

Let’s face facts: Right now in America the Democratic front-runner for the 2020 presidential election is an old out-of-touch white guy and he’s up against another old out-of-touch white guy. Biden is 77. Trump is 73. Both men have, on occasion, blamed video games for violence and school shootings. Trump blamed video games after the horrifying Parkland shooting, and he was wrong to do so.

Trust us, Americans won’t like this news. On Wednesday, U.S. News & World Report released its 2020 list of the best countries, and one of the more depressing findings — at least for Americans — was this: “While the U.S. is perceived as the most powerful country in the world, data shows it is not perceived as very trustworthy,” U.S. News writes.

Thousands flooded the surrounding streets of the Capitol Monday for a gun-rights rally, however, some locals in the area say the roads are the cleanest they’ve seen in quite some time. There’s a reason for that, says Matthew Keisling, a protester who made sure that once he shared his message, he went above and beyond to protect it.

A Missouri bill intended to bar libraries in the US state from stocking “age-inappropriate sexual material” for children has been described by critics as “a shockingly transparent attempt to legalise book banning” that could land librarians who refuse to comply with it in jail.

There are tools to crack into the phones at the center of a new dispute over encryption. But the F.BI. says it still needs Apple’s aide.

On paper, it looks like Scott Larsen is doing better than his father was at the same age. At 29, Larsen has a college degree and earns more money, but he doesn't feel he's moving up in the world.

A Chicago Tribune archival photo of a young man being arrested in 1963 at a South Side protest shows Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, his campaign has confirmed, bolstering the candidate's narrative about his civil rights activism.

Trump dismissed a proposal for a sea wall around New York City as "costly, foolish and environmentally unfriendly."

Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on proposals to build a six-mile sea wall around New York, urging instead the city’s residents to use “mops and buckets” to cope with climate change related disasters. The US president, who has previously claimed global warming is a "hoax" invented by the China, branded plans for a sea wall in his hometown “costly, foolish and environmentally unfriendly” on Twitter on Saturday night.

The drop was largely credited to a decline in lung cancer deaths due to advances in treatments, among other factors, the American Cancer Society said.