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Motorcycle helmet laws exist in most states but not all of them make wearing a helmet a universal requirement for motorcyclists. States with those laws also see increased helmet use and that keeps riders saf...

In a half dozen phone calls between a locked-up George Zimmerman and his wife, the couple talk about their confidence in the future and how to move around money, just-released recordings reveal. Special ...

Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed a bill establishing criminal penalties for the illegal use of synthetic drugs known as bath salts. Hickenlooper signed the bill Thursday. Earlier this year, authorities s...

New York City can do by edict, apparently, what it takes activists decades of work to accomplish in the real world. Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s effort to Bash the Big Gulp is a head-turner, and likely...

New York and New Jersey are both moving forward with plans to comply with the national health care law, which would extend coverage to the uninsured by 2014. An analysis by The Associated Press shows 13 sta...

Kansas officials said Wednesday the state will obey a federal judge's order to immediately fund Planned Parenthood clinics while the state pursues an appeal. The state is appealing a decision that blocke...

China kicked off a nation-wide campaign to significantly curb non-medical sex determinations and sex-selective abortions to balance the gender ratio, according to a working conference held on Tuesday. The ca...

NEW YORK (AP) — Smokers will no longer be able to light up in New York City parks, beaches, public plazas and on boardwalks. The ban takes effect today. Those who break the law could face fines of $5...

The city that will soon outlaw toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals could have a measure banning circumcision on next November’s ballot,  reports CBS San Francisco. “It’s genital mutilation, ” said Lloy...

A new law passed this week will go into effect on December 1 that makes giving away free toys in unhealthy children’s meals like the popular McDonald’s Happy Meal illegal.  Santa Clara County in California...