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Casting a ballot after serving in prison comes with joy and pain for the formerly incarcerated, particularly because not everyone has their rights restored after completing their sentence.

Lots of people forget to take their medicine on time. Now firms are selling "smart" pill bottles that send patients reminders through the Internet. But maybe the real problem isn't forgetfulness.

About 1.8 million people have received the Purple Heart for being wounded or killed in combat. A recent recipient says many merit the award but feel their injuries were too minor to pursue it.

The song is many things: comforting, manipulative, cathartic, a little threatening. Most importantly, it is a vessel, which empties out at the chorus to accommodate whatever a listener brings to it.

A new Pew survey finds many working parents feel they cannot give 100% at either work or home. Benefits like paid sick leave and more affordable childcare could help.

Jurisdictions around the country are receiving guidelines that urge courts find alternatives to jail for defendants who can't pay fines linked to minor, nonviolent offenses such as traffic tickets.

Small police departments struggling with high crime and low budgets tend to pay fast-food wages, may employ officers with troubled pasts and can miss out on opportunities to learn from mistakes.

"Donald Trump makes it click in your head that this actually has a much wider impact," former Cambridge Analytica employee Christopher Wylie said of Trump's election and the misuse of data.

Child care centers don't necessarily hire the most qualified teachers. A new study shows that child care centers pick applicants who are in the middle of the pack.

Putting lawyers in medical clinics — sometimes funded by Medicaid — is based on the idea that fixing some legal woes can be vital to good medical care. Emerging evidence suggests that works.