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It's an effort to combat the damaging effects on kids from the city's lead-laced water. The effects of lead exposure are lifelong and can cause learning disabilities.

A new study finds that too little sleep boosts a signal in the body that may drive a stronger desire to eat. It's the latest evidence linking sleep deprivation to overeating and increased body weight.

Schools are moving to high-stakes testing of social and emotional skills. Some experts say it's too soon.

Some of the most iconic names in Yosemite National Park have been taken down. It's the result of a trademark dispute between the park and its outgoing concessionaire.

Los Angeles County lawyers had argued that some residents who had returned home already were reporting health issues, so the Southern California Gas Co. should continue paying for temporary housing.

Protests over the conviction of police officer Peter Liang in the shooting death of an unarmed black man show that Asian-Americans have something to say about race and policing. But what, and how?

The legislation, which calls for big utilities to stop relying on coal by 2030, emerged from a January agreement between the companies and environmental advocates.

In an unprecedentedly critical speech, Romney blasted almost every aspect of Trump's career and personality. Returning fire on Thursday, Trump again called Romney a "choke artist."

Researchers have had few female brains with which to study a degenerative brain disease that is linked to repeated blows to the head.

Volunteers learned to activate a part of the brain linked to motivation when they got feedback from an MRI. It's much more specific than older forms of biofeedback. But could it help change habits?