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As schools plan ways to reopen, parents of students with disabilities have an extra layer of concern. Some therapies can't be replicated at home, but going to school might not be the safest option.

With around four out of 10 homes nationwide left uncounted, Census Bureau workers are set to start making early in-person visits on July 30 to unresponsive households in more areas of the U.S.

Essential worker Jessica Skoczylas responds to gas leak emergencies in Michigan. She shares the challenges she faces at work in the time of social distancing.

China has announced that travelers entering the country pay to be quarantined in state-appointed hotels — at the traveler's expense — because of growing numbers of infections coming from abroad.

Medical consultation via video is going mainstream. UnitedHealthcare says it will cover doctors' visits by live video on smartphones, tablets and computers. Will people overuse it and boost costs?

Finding a place to live can be difficult for people with arrest records. Beginning Monday it may be easier for convicted felons to rent a home under the protection of the Fair Housing Act.

While California's Rough Fire is not threatening as many homes or businesses as other fires, it has attracted a lot of fire-fighting resources. The fire is burning near a grove of giant sequoias.

Unpleasant encounters between humans and bears are up in Western states including Colorado and Wyoming. It's due largely to the drought. Bears are traveling longer distances for food because one of their natural foods — berries — has dried up due to lack of rain and snow melt. They're now turning to dumpsters and even breaking into homes to raid kitchen cabinets

A study from Columbia University finds that sitting for long periods in front of the television is more dangerous than sitting at work.

After mounting pressure from parents, the Spanish government announced last week that starting Sunday, children could leave the house for one hour each day.