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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Excited shoppers looking to score some of the first recreational marijuana sold legally in Oregon bought up baggies of bud early...

The farm-to-table movement keeps growing, and it’s not limited to fruits and vegetables. Nor is it limited to the farm. For many, the epitome of natur...

Easing into a warm bath at the end of a long day can seem like the perfect retreat, and turns out it can provide more benefits than just getting a few...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans advanced legislation Tuesday to dismantle President Barack Obama's health law that could actually reach the presid...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who suffered severe burns as an infant is finally getting a chance to thank the hospital nurse who cared for her, thanks t...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's medical marijuana dispensaries are getting ready for a watershed moment this week: when recreational pot users will als...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A physician assistant who wasn't licensed or trained to perform surgery operated on hundreds of patients while the orthopedic surge...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed a series of steps on Wednesday to lessen the burden of out-of-pocket medical bills for Americans cov...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq, which is already facing a prolonged battled against the Islamic State group and mass protests against government corruption and i...

Dieting? Trying to maintain your weight? Don’t skip dessert. Dessert isn’t the enemy to your waistline. Unrealistic limits are. Do you want a hot fudg...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to legally end their live...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten automakers have committed to the government and a private safety group that they will include automatic emergency braking in all...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Food manufacturers must be more vigilant about keeping their operations clean under new government safety rules released Thursday in...

A new Nat Geo Wild series premiering Sept. 19 follows a group of students through rotations at the prestigious Cornell University College of Veterinar...

NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of Brittany Maynard, the brain cancer patient who became a leading advocate for the right to die, is working on a memoir. T...

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say emergency workers called to a conference center in northern Germany found some 30 people staggering and suffering from c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration proposed Thursday to ban discrimination against transgender people throughout the health care system, carry...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The 19-year-old mother clutched her newborn son as she arrived at the Ebola holding center. The child's father was gone,...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sony Pictures is insisting that the Will Smith film "Concussion" was not "softened" to placate the NFL. Emails leaked by last year's h...

HOUSTON (AP) — A man charged with murder in the ambush of a suburban Houston sheriff's deputy had a history of mental illness and was once declared me...