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Ohio Lottery officials use a random number generator to select the winners of the Vax-A-Million drawings.

Ohio Announces 2nd Vax-A-Million Winners

Ohio has announced the next winners of its vaccine lottery incentive, including an adult who will take home $1 million and a child who will receive a full college scholarship.

Marines install concertina wire on top of a border fence at the Otay Mesa port-of-entry. The facility, east of San Diego, is primarily used for commercial cargo passing back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico.

Marines Deployed To U.S.-Mexico Border As Central American Migrants Continue North

Active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border are barred from direct contact with migrants. Instead, they're stringing concertina wire and camping out just miles from their regular bases.

Rustem Kazazi, a U.S. citizen who immigrated from Albania in 2005, says in a lawsuit filed Thursday, May 31, 2018, that U.S. agents seized his life savings of $58,000 at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in October 2017.

Ohio Man Says U.S. Border Agents Seized Life Savings At Airport

An Ohio resident and U.S. citizen who immigrated from Albania has accused U.S. Customs and Border Protection of seizing and keeping his life savings of…

Lawrence, Mass., has struggled to find its economic base since the decline of manufacturing. While the city is witnessing pockets of investment, as of August 2019, one-third of Lawrence's children lived in poverty, 36 percent of residents received aid under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and just over 24 percent of residents lived in poverty.

U.S. Census Bureau Reports Poverty Rate Down, But Millions Still Poor

While the poverty rate finally fell to prerecession levels in 2018, the number of people without health insurance increased, and about one in eight Americans still lived below the poverty line.

Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli supporters converge at a demonstration of New York University students in November.

'Fear rather than sensitivity': Most U.S. scholars on the Mideast are self-censoring

The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the limits of free speech across college campuses. And it's also affecting those who study the Middle East.

Of All U.S. Police Shootings, One-Quarter Reportedly Involve The Mentally Ill

In compiling a database of fatal police shootings, The Washington Post took an extra step — finding details about the mental health of the deceased. Reporter Kimberly Kindy relates what she learned.

Army withholds name of Black Hawk helicopter crew in D.C. crash, 2 others identified

At the request of the family, the Army is not going to release the name of the female member of the Black Hawk crew killed in Wednesday's crash. The withholding of the name is a highly unusual move.

A rock of crystal methamphetamine lifted from a suspect in Orange County, Calif. This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects to begin collecting more local information about the rising use of meth, cocaine and other stimulants.

Seizures Of Methamphetamine Are Surging In The U.S.

The amount of meth seized in the U.S. more than doubled from 2017 to 2018. That translates to lots more meth, along with cocaine and other stimulants, on the streets — and likely more deaths.

U.S. Trade Talks With China End With No Agreement

The latest round of talks between the U.S. and China ended with no agreement on how to cut the trade deficit between the two countries.

Bad Batch Of K2 Is Suspected In Dozens Of Overdoses In Connecticut

Authorities still don't know what was in synthetic marijuana that caused an outbreak of overdoses in New Haven, Conn., this week. The DEA didn't find any fentanyl in tests of samples of the drug.

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