Social Issues

The nation's three dominant drug distributors and a big drugmaker have reached a tentative deal to settle a lawsuit related to the opioid crisis just as the first federal trial over the crisis was due to begin Monday, according to a lead lawyer for the local governments suing the drug industry.

While most Republican attorneys general embrace Purdue Pharma's structured bankruptcy plan, all but two Democratic attorneys general reject it. "This is a moral issue for them," one expert says.

Guy Bryant never intended to be a father figure. But over the past 12 years, he's housed more than 50 foster kids in his Brooklyn apartment. At StoryCorps, he told one of his foster kids that he wants them to pass on what they've learned from him.

Black scientists more often seek grants for community health studies, but molecular-level research proposals win more funding. More diversity throughout the process could help close the gap, says NIH.

A boy who went missing after getting off his school bus Tuesday was found safe with his dog at about 2 a.m. in a field a mile from his home. Authorities credit a volunteer piloting a thermal imaging drone with finding the boy.

From Minnesota to Vermont, at least five states and Washington, D.C., have done away with Columbus Day celebrations in deference to Native Americans, though the federal Columbus Day remains in place.

More and more places in the United States are dropping Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day, but the shift isn't happening without some pushback.

St. Paul officials have ordered 16 people camped near the Mississippi River to move by Thursday, one of approximately 120 homeless encampments cleared so far this year.

The high court heard cases testing whether employers are free to fire employees because they are gay or transgender.

A University of St. Thomas graduate has worked for over a decade to pay off nearly $90,000 in student debt.