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Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.

Dozens of leaders in medicine, criminal justice and more issued an urgent call for collective action to tackle the gun violence crisis in the U.S.

The filmmaker has two new movies out: Nouvelle Vague is an homage to director Jean-Luc Godard, and Blue Moon centers on lyricist Lorenz Hart, the former creative partner of Richard Rodgers.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in for a second term amid disputed 98% win, deadly protests, and an information blackout.

About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of the month.

A new lawsuit argues the latest changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness could exclude public servants whose organizations have resisted President Trump's policies.

One of the biggest mergers of the year, worth $49 billion, comes just weeks after the Trump administration linked the common painkiller to autism, which the company is fighting.

The Spanish singer Rosalía talks about her new album 'Lux,' a head-spinning, epic album that features classical music, opera and the artist singing in 13 languages.

The war involving the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world's largest humanitarian disaster, a leading hunger agency says. The major city of el-Fasher has been particularly hard-hit.

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are prompting young women to leave rural areas like this for opportunities elsewhere.