Kratom, a traditional Southeast Asian herbal medicine from the leaves of the tropical tree Mitragyna speciosa, has gained favor in the U.S. as a legal high over the past decade.
More than one-quarter of U.S. adults live with untreated tooth decay, with nearly half of adults over 30 showing signs of gum disease.
Congress now has control over what kind of commute – good, bad, awful – workers returning to offices in the U.S. will have.
Probiotics have been getting a lot of attention recently. These bacteria, which you can consume from fermented foods, yogurt or even...
Back-to-back hurricanes left an unnerving scene on the Florida coast in November 2022: Several houses, and even swimming pools, were...
When a man claiming to suffer from the disease of sex addiction found that “comprehensive and fully integrated treatment” at a Christian recovery center could not cure him, he decided to try another approach: eliminating the women he believed were a “temptation” aggravating his problem.
The president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, has been awarded the 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
Nearly a million Florida condo owners face an important deadline at the end of the year. That’s when a law passed in...
What do witches have to do with your favorite beer?
When I pose this question to students in my American literature and culture classes, I receive stunned silence or nervous laughs.
Ending the pandemic depends on achieving herd immunity, estimated at 70% or even 80% to 90% of a population. With some 30% of Americans telling pollsters they have no interest in getting vaccinated, that’s cutting it a bit close.
The Swedish government is concerned about national security following several incidents involving the burning of the Quran that have provoked demonstrations and...
Every now and then, an elected official will suggest bringing in the National Guard to deal with violence that seems...