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The premiums on benchmark plans are increasing by an average of 22 percent in 2017, the government says, but more than 70 percent of people can get one for less than $75 a month after subsidies.

Advocacy organization The Poor People’s Campaign has taken up the cause of calling for a $15 minimum wage. A group advocating for small businesses doesn...

Record rainfall over a 72-hour period set off landslides and surges. Nearly 50,000 people have been mobilized in the search and rescue effort.

Last year, protesters tore down a controversial statue of Spanish missionary Junipero Serra at the state capitol in Sacramento. New legislation makes way for a monument to Native people in its place.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says people 60 and older should not start taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks and strokes. People ages 40 to 59 should consult their doctor.

Emergency aid is arriving in Indonesia to help areas devastated by this weekend's earthquake. The Indonesian government estimates that more than 5,000 people died in the quake. Alex Chadwick speaks with Barry Came, a spokesman for the United Nations World Food Program, about relief efforts in Yogyakarta, near the epicenter of Saturday's quake.

Two days after declaring a state of emergency in the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo continues her clampdown on the political opposition and government critics. The turmoil came the week Filipinos were remembering the ouster of President Ferdinand Marcos 20 years ago.

The courts serve as an alternative for people with mental health issues when legal charges are filed. The courts steer people to help through community services rather than jail.

Until a national health insurance mandate takes effect in 2014, states run stopgap pools to cover people with pre-existing conditions. The federal funds to pay for the coverage are being stretched thin in many states.

The NIH will track the diets and lifestyles of 10,000 people to see how genetics, biology and the microbiome impact people's health. The study will use AI to tailor individual diet advice.