Seven species of the yellow-faced bee, which is the only bee native to Hawaii, have been designated as endangered. They're known for their yellow-to-white facial markings.
One year ago, a large part of South Carolina was underwater. Unprecedented rainfall and breached dams flooded thousands of homes, businesses and roads. After a year of rebuilding, questions remain whether the state has taken enough steps to protect against another disaster.
Los Angeles has a new strategy for policing the homeless: one guided by compassion. It's rolling out a new team of officers dedicated to "helping" rather than "dealing with" homeless people. They're acting more like social workers than cops.
The number of people younger than 25 showing up at the bridge intending to commit suicide is five times what it was in 2000. A crisis text hotline is encouraging young people to reach out for help.
Experts call it "affiliative kinships" and the "opposite of othering;" whatever you call it, when race comes up in presidential race, the candidates feel the need to establish their racial cred.
The state says it intends to use a three-drug cocktail to execute Ronald Phillips in January. While state officials did not disclose where they acquired the drugs, they say they are FDA approved.
"I will retire when it's time," the 83-year-old Supreme Court justice said in an interview with NPR. She also shares wedding advice from her mother-in-law and reads a letter from her late husband.
Hugging a doll can soothe an upset toddler, and some say it can do the same for people with dementia. But critics say this form of therapy infantilizes adults.
Last year, the FDA told the maker of Kind bars some of its nut-filled snacks couldn't be labeled as "healthy." Now the agency is rethinking what healthy means, amid evolving science on fat and sugar.
When a team of researchers evaluated the scientific literature on brain games, they found little evidence that the products improve memory or thinking in real-world tasks.