The next deadly pandemic is just a forest clearing away. But we’re not even trying to prevent it.

Research links deforestation to outbreaks. Combining two peer-reviewed models and the latest satellite images of tree loss, we discovered that the sites of five previous outbreaks have a greater chance of facing Ebola again.

Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. The university is still discovering more human remains.

On the advice of the state’s attorney general, Alaska’s civil rights agency quietly deleted language promising equal protections for LGBTQ Alaskans against most categories of discrimination, and it began refusing to investigate complaints.

Don’t get tricked into paying to file your taxes this year. Here’s how to find the truly free filing options offered by the IRS Free File program.

The vote last week helps those assaulted in medical settings. But it won’t help the 94 women whose suit brought the issue to light.

After a ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigation found courts failed to report juvenile mental health hospitalizations to the federal firearm background check system, lawmakers from both parties are backing bills to ensure compliance with the law.

Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi was one of 500 “shadow diplomats” identified in a global investigation by ProPublica and ICIJ.

Students have continued to get costly citations for vaping, fighting and other misbehavior even after state officials directed educators to end the practice.

Several people who testified in favor of the proposed reforms are plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against former custody evaluator Mark Kilmer, alleging fraud and breach of contract.

Gov. Katie Hobbs said she appointed Matthew Stewart to “transform” Arizona’s troubled child welfare system. But as an election-denying Republican was gearing up to attack him, she gave up on her pick.

A Catholic-led law firm is sowing doubts about election integrity as part of its long-term strategy to battle abortion rights.

While other states move to defund “crisis pregnancy centers,” Minnesota may offer to renew their state grants — but with conditions.

Douglas Letter was the House chief counsel for four years, leading the Democrats’ legal efforts to fight the Trump administration on the census, tax records and Jan. 6. He shares his views on the era’s biggest battles.