Most state anti-cruelty laws also exempt farmed animals or allow standard practices that are patently cruel. No federal law in the United States explicitly regulates the treatment of animals on farms, ...

FWC says temperatures below 50 can cause sea turtles to become "cold-stunned," making them weak and unable to swim ...

Several fishermen helped Coast Guard crewmembers rescue four Americans whose ship had sunk after striking several rocks.

Editor’s Note: a guest post from Louisiana Rep. Gabe Firment (R-Pollock) of House District 22, the chairman of the Louisiana House Committee on Insurance. “It’s not fair!”  This is an exclamation that ...

Seven police officers have been shot one after the other after responding to a call made from inside a home in San Antonio, ...

A new study highlights a correlation between increased alcohol sales in communities and the aftermath of gun violence.

Political polarization in the U.S. is at the highest level ever measured. Growing majorities of both Republicans and Democrats say they consider members of the other party to be unintelligent, ...

These findings build on growing evidence that carefully supervised psilocybin therapy can be both safe and effective for ...

Howard Fire Rescue installed a new Safe Haven Baby Box, a newborn infant safety device that allows parents in distress who ...

Thousands of local government workers, nonprofit staffers and volunteers will head to the streets as part of a nationwide census of the unhoused.

A man who was falsely accused of planning a mass shooting at the Gorge Amphitheater in 2022 is now suing the Grant County ...

A woman who authorities said was “in distress” and stranded in a snowy wooded area off the freeway in Linn County was rescued on Wednesday.