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The insecticide chlorpyrifos, already under attack for its risk to small children, may be killing salmon as well. The National Marine Fisheries Service is recommending restrictions on its use.

Wal-Mart plans to share part of its savings under the new tax law with its employees. The giant retailer announced today it is boosting its starting wage to $11 an hour and handing out bonuses to most of its employees.

In Flint Michigan, hundreds of people have filed lawsuits over that city's lead water crisis. Most of the lawsuits have been consolidated into one massive case. On Thursday, a federal district judge in Ann Arbor ordered all the parties into mediation.

Mississippi state lawmakers voted to remove and redesign the 126-year-old state flag, which includes the Confederate battle emblem. The governor said he will sign the measure.

Although the president continues to push unverified theories of widespread fraud or foreign interference, the FBI says it has no reporting to suggest the threat is real.

One of the most powerful storms to hit the state in living memory leaves destruction and misery in its wake, with debris from homes and businesses scattered about and at least one death.

Oregon is applying for President Trump's weekly $300 boost to unemployment benefits. Also, Oregon lawmakers plan to hold three days of hearings next week on the state's problems delivering unemployment benefits

Los Angeles Times food columnist Lucas Kwan Peterson breaks down his "official" — and very biased — rating system that led him to rate 12 kinds of Girl Scout Cookies.

In Selma, Ala., the reenactment of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was scaled down because of COVID-19. It was also the first without civil rights icon John Lewis who died last year.

It's amazing to complete a Ph.D., but can you dance to it? Some scientists are getting their groove on to explain their research. An online contest offers them cash prizes.