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Oregon lawmakers are advancing a measure that would make it easier for transgender people to change their identity on government documents.

Baca, 74, who's in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, headed the nation's largest sheriff's department for 15 years before resigning in 2014 as the jail abuse scandal grew.

Opana ER has been linked to an HIV outbreak in rural Indiana among people who abuse the opioid painkiller. An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration says the drug is too risky.

In California, officers undergo cultural diversity and discrimination training, which includes understanding the cultural composition of the state and discussing the impact of racial profiling.

The White House's proposed federal budget cuts everything from research to regulation, and makes clear that the administration doesn't view climate change as a priority.

An appeals court dispute between a Maine dairy company and its delivery drivers came down to a single punctuation mark — or rather, the lack of it. Count it a win for the controversial comma.

What does it mean to be black? What does it mean to be blacker?

The fiscal plan "puts America first" by slashing funds from many (but not all) global health and development programs.

As a child, author Daniel Torday visited desecrated Jewish grave sites in Europe. But recently the vandalism occurred closer to home, at a Jewish cemetery in his hometown of Philadelphia.

Susan Creed reads Granny D. You're Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell, by Doris Haddock and Dennis Michael Burke. Published by Villard Books in 2003.A…