Doulas play essential roles in reproductive health care – and more states are beginning to recognize it
Doulas bring a holistic, person-centered approach that can improve birth outcomes and lower overall costs.
December 10, 2025Doulas bring a holistic, person-centered approach that can improve birth outcomes and lower overall costs.
December 10, 2025
Girls are at an even greater risk of early substance use than boys.
December 10, 2025
The Supreme Court has heard arguments about how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from execution
December 10, 2025
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina could be federally recognized through the National Defense Authorization Act the House plans to vote on this week
December 09, 2025
Rod Paige, the first African American to serve as U.S. secretary of education, has died at 92
December 10, 2025
The Senate is heading toward dueling partisan votes on health care this week
December 09, 2025
Democrat Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayor’s race over a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump
December 09, 2025
Prosecutors focus on DNA and blood evidence found in dumpsters at Brian Walshe’s murder trial
December 10, 2025
Dr. Jenny Radesky joins The Lead.
December 09, 2025
Australia is banning young teens from social media. Could it happen in the US?
December 09, 2025
Trump administration announces deal to end Biden-era student debt repayment plan
December 09, 2025
The nation’s leading doctors groups are in a standoff with federal health officials over vaccines
December 09, 2025
First group of K9 units certified to detect pure fentanyl
December 09, 2025
Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua thinks there’s a simple solution to politicking for College Football Playoff spots: expansion
December 09, 2025
Millions of Australian children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?
December 09, 2025
A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she challenges her arrest and detention by the Trump administration
December 09, 2025
Nearly a third of American teens interact with AI chatbots daily, study finds
December 09, 2025
An infant botulism outbreak has sickened at least 39 babies across the U.S. and underscored the crucial role of a medication that treats the rare disease
December 09, 2025
Illinois has a new law shielding immigrants from federal enforcement near courthouses, hospitals, university campuses, and day cares
December 09, 2025
The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits in 2025 Tuesday, marking a significant increase in her annual giving from recent years
December 09, 2025
Michigan parent files Title IX complaint over transgender student playing on girls volleyball team
December 09, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott vows to add more Turning Point USA chapters to Texas schools
December 09, 2025
Little Village families hold annual Our Lady of Guadalupe procession
December 09, 2025
Stockton music artists invite children to record 'peace anthem' after mass shooting leaves 4 dead
December 09, 2025
Madison doctors recall lifesaving efforts on school shooting anniversary
December 09, 2025
Testing points to likely cause after 70+ vultures found dead on Ohio school grounds
December 09, 2025
Assistant principal at Spartanburg County school charged with failure to report child abuse, police say
December 09, 2025
High school students in San Jose form swastika on football field, post image with Hitler quote on social media
December 09, 2025
Parkinson’s disease is on the rise. 5 expert tips to reduce your risk of developing it
December 09, 2025
The Australian government says it has banned under-16s from social media for their own safety. Now, two teens are fighting the law in court, arguing a right to political expression. CNN's Angus Watson reports.
December 09, 2025
Many people understand rural America through stereotypes. Two scholars who study rural communities bust 6 of those myths, complicating the conventional wisdom.
December 09, 2025
Not letting undocumented students pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities can make the cost of a college education prohibitive.
December 09, 2025
It's time for the Geminid meteor shower, one of the strongest of the year
December 09, 2025
Angola’s slavery museum confronts the darkest horrors of the trade — and honors those who fought back
December 09, 2025
Trump administration quietly builds plans for what would happen if Maduro were ousted in Venezuela
December 09, 2025
Australia has introduced a world-first social media ban for children under 16, starting Wednesday
December 09, 2025
A man who says he was held down and beaten by members of a religious group in North Carolina wants the prosecutor removed from his case
December 09, 2025
Corporate America ‘risks rolling back progress’ for women, says new report
December 09, 2025
A new conservation plan would preserve pristine desert vistas beside the longtime home of 20th century painter Georgia O’Keeffe and ensure visitors continued access to a spiritual retreat, along with winter pasture for livestock
December 09, 2025
Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy given to the top player in college football
December 09, 2025
A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school and released over the weekend have been hosted at a government-organized ceremony
December 08, 2025
Trump administration has revoked 85,000 visas since January, State Department official says
December 09, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal on a Texas free speech case
December 08, 2025
Social worker killed on job described by coworker as "passionate, wonderful person"
December 08, 2025
Family on mission to help others navigate pain of stillbirth & infant loss
December 08, 2025
'Brought out the kid in me': Sooner fans, businesses celebrate hosting playoff game in Norman
December 08, 2025
Holiday helpers bring Christmas spirit to senior
December 08, 2025
Man helps Children’s Hospital patients turn artwork into holiday cards
December 08, 2025
Archdiocese weighs in on church’s ‘Ice Was Here’ nativity scene
December 08, 2025
Arkansas veterans reflect on the meaning of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 08, 2025
Greensboro Six honored in ceremony 70 years after they fought segregation by playing the game they loved
December 08, 2025
PASS IT ON: Boy asks for fishing stories instead of toys for Christmas
December 08, 2025
Carcasses of vultures found dead at school test positive for bird flu
December 08, 2025
13-year-old turns skateboarding competition into holiday toy collection
December 08, 2025
Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users
December 05, 2025
'So beautiful': Community hosts farewell celebration for historic 250-year-old tree
December 08, 2025
Down syndrome employees find dream job with Kansas City Chiefs
December 08, 2025
Mystery foot fossil may shake up human family tree
December 08, 2025
Longtime Indiana University football fan celebrates historic winning season after 7 decades of support
December 08, 2025
Mom's 'angel tree' helping grieving parents during holidays
December 08, 2025
VA community saves Christmas after vandals destroy 40-foot cedar tree: 'It really worked out'
December 08, 2025
Cancer survivor buys suits for McDaniel College football seniors
December 08, 2025
Motorcycle toy run aims to set world record
December 08, 2025
What muscles feet have, how your brain controls them, and how humans evolved all play a part in why people can’t easily move individual toes.
December 08, 2025
Florida’s new unified human trafficking database allows criminologists to determine the scope of the problem and find patterns of exploitation.
December 08, 2025
Ocmulgee Mounds may soon be redesignated by Congress as America’s 64th national park. But what does this actually mean, and why does it matter?
December 08, 2025
In a new book based on hours of body-cam footage, a legal scholar shows how local police in sanctuary jurisdictions still help ICE − and why true non-cooperation is nearly impossible to enforce.
December 08, 2025
The new film highlights how the tribunal broke ground – and where it fell short – raising enduring questions about complicity, morality and whether humanity can ever truly judge its worst crimes.
December 08, 2025
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December 08, 2025
Acclaimed actor and director Robert Redford was one of the first celebrities to use his platform to draw attention to environmental issues in the 1970s. For more than four decades, he advocated to preserve the earth’s natural resources and protect the planet from climate change. He is this year’s CNN Heroes Legacy Award honoree, introduced by Meryl Streep.
December 07, 2025
Kabuki film ‘Kokuho’ is a box office hit aiming for the Oscars. It could help revive the art form itself
December 08, 2025
CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Laura Coates announce the 2025 CNN Hero of the Year during CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.
December 07, 2025
Alabama and Miami are in, Notre Dame is out and Indiana is No. 1 in the College Football Playoff’s 12-team bracket
December 07, 2025
Tens of thousands of women in cities across Brazil have rallied against gender-based violence amid record numbers of female victims
December 07, 2025
Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea lobbied all week and offered to add a 13th game to the schedule, “in the parking lot” if they had to, for one more shot at impressing the College Football Playoff selection committee
December 07, 2025
Newly released photos of Rosa Parks emphasize lesser-known aspects of her legacy
December 07, 2025
The College Football Playoff rankings have been released
December 07, 2025
Family raises more than $500k for research for 6-year-old daughter's terminal disease
December 07, 2025
Hungarian author and Nobel Prize for Literature 2025 winner László Krasznahorkai, known for his surreal and anarchic novels, gave a rare public lecture in Stockholm on Sunday
December 07, 2025
Researchers at UW-Platteville find way to convert spoiled milk into 3D printing plastic
December 07, 2025
Trump blames Maduro for migrants, but a war in Venezuela could create millions of refugees
December 07, 2025
An exhibit opening Monday in Atlanta shows a historical marker from the site of a 1918 lynching that was repeatedly vandalized
December 07, 2025
Inside Trump’s transformation of the Kennedy Center
December 06, 2025
Swing-district Republican sounds alarm over GOP’s affordability agenda: ‘Doing nothing is not an option’
December 07, 2025
From the moment Curt Cignetti took Indiana’s head coaching job, he made it clear this would be a different program
December 07, 2025
Alabama is forcing the group that will set the College Football Playoff bracket to ask: Should a 12-team tournament include a team with three losses
December 06, 2025
Duke's overtime win against No. 16 Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game attracted its share of curious onlookers, given the league's uncertain footing for College Football Playoff bids
December 07, 2025
Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit ‘farm-to-vase’ flower shop employs at-risk youth, is CNN’s Hero of the Year
December 07, 2025
Texas Tech linebacker Ben Roberts had two interceptions after halftime and the No. 5 Red Raiders won the Big 12 championship with 34-7 victory over BYU
December 06, 2025
The National Park Service will no longer offer free admission to Americans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, but will waive admission costs on President Donald Trump's birthday
December 06, 2025
Hundreds pay tribute to Oakland coach John Beam in first organized memorial since killing
December 06, 2025
Annual Christmas Tree Ship with 1,200 trees arrives at Navy Pier on Saturday
December 06, 2025
'It's magic:' Kids, families attend Penfield Children's Center's annual holiday party, bringing festive joy to hundreds
December 06, 2025
Chicago doctor dedicated to changing lives of kids with rare neurological diseases
December 06, 2025
Big 12 Commission Brett Yormark says legislation currently stalled in Congress is needed to regulate college athletics and put a stop to what he essentially calls uncapped spending for name, image and likeness in football
December 06, 2025
Atlanta high school students surprised with early acceptance into Georgia Tech
December 06, 2025
Mike Duggan is stepping down as Detroit mayor at the end of the year after three terms in office
December 06, 2025
New infant burial site discovered at Tuam Mother and Baby home amid ongoing excavation
December 06, 2025
An Atlanta church with a viral pastor has grown from less than 200 weekly churchgoers in 2023 to about 6,000 today
December 06, 2025