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Two-thirds of voters from Germany's center-left Social Democrats endorsed a new deal to form a coalition government with the center-right Christian Democrats of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The City of Bloomington’s proposal to place higher fees on massage establishments and adult-oriented businesses as a way to suppress human trafficking is on hold, at least for two weeks.

A newly approved HIV medication provides near-total protection against infection with just two injections a year. It's called Lenacapavir. But the high price of the drug could limit its reach.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including astronomer Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory; House Speaker Dennis Hastert (Republican, Illinois) and Representative Henry Hyde (Republican, Illinois); Vice President Al Gore presiding over a joint session of Congress where the electoral votes were formally tallied; Lyle Gramley, a consultant for the Mortgage Bankers Association and a former Federal Reserve board member; President-elect George W. Bush introducing his final three cabinet choices: Spencer Abraham as Secretary of Energy, Linda Chavez as Secretary of Labor, and Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation; and President Bill Clinton announcing a ban on logging and new roads on 58.5 million acres covering 39 states.

The decision by a federal bankruptcy judge grants members of the family who own Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, sweeping protection from any liability for the opioid crisis.

Republican and Democrat lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling for a halt to a deal that hands over operations at six U.S. ports to a company owned by Dubai. President Bush threatened to veto any legislation seeking to delay the $6.8 billion takeover. A look at why the transaction is so controversial.

Once a tiny specialty that drew mostly psychiatrists, addiction medicine is expanding its accredited training to include residents from specialties like family medicine who see it as a calling.

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy unveiled a report in January on increased cancer risk associated with alcohol use, even under current healthy guidelines. Health professionals say the report comes from years of convincing research.

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to approve two articles of impeachment against President Trump, setting up a vote by the full House of Representatives next week.

Broadway celebrated its best Sunday night at the 62nd annual Tony Awards. The honor for Best Musical went to In the Heights, a celebration of life in a Latino neighborhood in Manhattan. But the most awards went to South Pacific, a revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.