The Big Story

Before the 2016 election, those most likely to read “fake news” online were older and conservative, a new study finds. But even they relied most often on mainstream media.

At Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center, doctors and nurses said, hospital administrators reject high-risk patients in pursuit of a higher score.

The Taushiro tribe vanished into the jungles of the Amazon basin in Peru generations ago. Amadeo García García is now the last native speaker of their language.

We (rightfully) talk a lot about all that went wrong in 2017. But because no year, no matter how disturbing, can ever be all trash, let’s take a moment to appreciate a few things that went right.

OK, so you were totally expecting a proposal this holiday season, and it hasn’t come yet. You and your partner have been talking about marriage for awhile.

The Christmas Day showdown was sort of scruffy, with both Stephen Curry and Isaiah Thomas missing. But the result was an apt reminder that the Warriors remain No. 1.

The Homeland Security Department is grappling with trying to catch foreigners who are illegally in the United States without trampling privacy rights.

Government officials are moving to curb a new generation of businesses that make personal loans online, amid concerns about privacy and rising debt.

A New Orleans family is ready to buy the annual gathering of the bar and spirits world, after its founders resigned amid accusations of racism.