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Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai is proposing changes in the way alerts are sent to cell phones, hoping to make them more targeted. Such changes might have better informed residents of Houston during last year's hurricane related flooding and California residents during wildfires.

A new study looks at patient records for a variety of cancers from 71 countries. Some of the data is encouraging — and some is discouraging.

One Republican lawmaker asked authorities to check the identification of immigrants coming as guests. A Democrat is bringing the candidate challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan to sit in the audience.

The pace of poisonings in the so-called Tide Pods Challenge continues to grow. The candy-like appearance of the packets draws easy criticism. Procter & Gamble says it's not planning a new design.

Hillary Clinton published a 1,500-plus-word post on Facebook on Tuesday explaining why she didn't fire the campaign aide but docked his pay instead.

Republicans praised Trump for what they saw as a steady performance. Democrats said the president's speech was divisive.

Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen presided over her last policy meeting this week. After a two-day meeting, the Fed kept its target for a key interest rate unchanged, as analysts had expected.

President Trump announced during his first State of the Union address that he signed an executive order to keep the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba open as part of his national security agenda.

When Bill Nye said he would attend the speech alongside Rep. Jim Bridenstine, the Trump administration's nominee for NASA administrator, it didn't sit well with some scientists.

The president's new order reverses one issued by Obama in his first days in office. During his campaign, Trump had promised to keep the facility open and to "load it up with some bad dudes."