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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s homelessness crisis is a homegrown problem that is deepening amid a shortage of affordable housing and emergency shelter, and it’s often the brutal conditions of living on the street that trigger behavioral health problems, such as depression and anxiety, researchers found in a comprehensive study on…

In fall 2021, staffers at Johnson Memorial Health were hoping they could finally catch their breath. They were just coming out of a weeks-long surge of covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths, fueled by the delta variant.

Q: I have a 2008 Volvo S80 and the AM radio died. The FM and disc changer work just fine. Is this fixable and what part should I order or is it just a loose connection somewhere? I really miss my AM radio.

BOISE, Idaho -- Twice a week, Robin Boudwin gets on the ACCESS bus, a paratransit transportation service, from her home in Boise. She arrives at Sweet Zola’s Candy Shop at 7172 Fairview Ave., where she packages candy boxes, trains her colleagues or operates the register.

It seems like every other day, there’s an article about someone falling for a scam that started on a dating website or app. The latest: A recently divorced woman was swindled out of $100,000 by a scammer she met on Tinder. In a months-long scheme, the scammer convinced her to…

The scales are formally shifting on Body Mass Index, a measurement that has been the source of much scorn in recent years. The American Medical Association has now weighed in to say that doctors should look at factors beyond BMI to determine whether a patient is unhealthily obese.

BOISE, Idaho — Jeff Middleton knows firsthand the challenges of being released from jail and trying to find a job — all while trying to stay clean from a drug addiction.

Among Congress’ 2023 action items is the massive Farm Bill, legislation that is reauthorized every five years. The bill includes federal assistance for low-income families like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the principal method by which the U.S. government helps low-income families buy food.

“This is very good,” said Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday at the start of his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. We agree.

Flagpoles are becoming the latest battlefield in the culture wars. Activists are fighting to get their banners onto public flagstaffs while keeping off those representing other groups or beliefs.

In our competitive society, some consider it a badge of honor to get only four or five hours of sleep a night, or pull all-nighters in the service of work. And forget naps. But sleep may have more benefits than just making you sharper and more alert during your waking…