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Right now, there are backpackers crossing into Canada after five months of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. They're called thru-hikers, and they started…

Ellison Nguyen, 6, wrote the book, and Hien Bui-Stafford, 13, illustrated it. They got a little help from Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Nguyen (Ellison's dad) and cartoonist Thi Bui (Hien's mom).

When Kansas issued a mask mandate, 81 counties opted out. Researchers found coronavirus infection rates rose sharply in the opt-out counties, while falling in those that required masks.

As coronavirus-related restrictions take hold, the number of runners hitting roads and trails outside is surging. Here are some ideas for how to minimize your risks as you log your miles.

A raccoon was on the roof and refused to budge. The driver continued another 6 miles to his destination, when the raccoon must have known the ride was over and just climbed down on his own.

Ten months into the pandemic, the Trump administration is neglecting safety at meatpacking plants and other workplaces, a former top federal official says.

Jennifer Minhas is among those who suffer lingering problems after COVID-19. A diagnosis of POTS, a little-known circulation disorder that mostly affects women, offers a way forward.

The two countries are vying for a role in ending the pandemic by offering their vaccines to countries that can't afford or obtain other vaccines. And a new study reports a promising efficacy rate.

The latest Internet hype is about a thing that doesn't really exist. Some collectors are spending millions of dollars on these digital items called nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.

The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced that New York's governor will be recognized Monday for his "use of television to inform and calm people around the world."

It's not a matter of vaccine hesitancy, say advocates. Instead, poorly located clinics, lack of flexible appointments and other barriers to access are hampering Philadelphia's hardest-hit communities.

"It's the dehumanizing rhetoric President Trump uses when referring to immigrants" that drove Lourdes Vázquez to become a U.S. citizen and to vote in this election for the first time, she says.