The same qualities that make placentas so valuable during pregnancy make them profoundly useful for healing burns and wounds, too. So why do we throw so many away?

The statewide ballot measure, known as the Equal Rights Amendment, has become a target for Republican opponents who have cast it as an attack on family values.

“Generally speaking, if you’re at an event and the host of that event keeps insisting no one is going to leave, it is time to start worrying,” Meyers said on Monday.

The government is again trying to insert itself into women’s childbearing decisions, knocking on doors and making calls with questions some find downright invasive.

Pressed repeatedly, Kamala Harris stayed focused on the points she wanted to make. She also spoke about owning a Glock, and Tim Walz revealed she had told him to be a “little more careful” speaking.

“And I’ve had it for quite some time,” Vice President Kamala Harris said on “60 Minutes.”

For 22 years, Israeli forces have planned for this moment. But it seems unlikely that they will strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in the next round of retaliation, or that they would be successful without American help.

An aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity, pointed to the former president’s trip to Israel. But Gaza is not in Israel.

Intelligence officials said that foreign adversaries were planning to take advantage of another close U.S. election to undermine trust in the country’s democratic process.

The internet giant was ordered by a federal judge to make a series of changes to address its anticompetitive conduct.

When a gang assaulted a town in central Haiti last week, one woman called a local community leader begging for assistance. The massacre left at least 78 civilians dead.

Mega Millions officials said players’ odds would be increased and jackpot sizes would be bigger after the price increase next April.

Peace in the Middle East seems more elusive than ever, with Oct. 7 setting off a battle over not just land but the narrative itself.

Mr. Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety and a close friend of Mayor Eric Adams, resigned. He is among the officials whose phones were seized by investigators.

In the immediate aftermath of the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, the president stepped in to support Israel, counsel moderation and seek a lasting peace.

A year after the Oct. 7 attacks, Kamala Harris faces deepening Democratic fractures in a crucial state. Interviews suggest that her support from Muslim and Arab Americans is drying up.

Gaza, Lebanon, Iran and Yemen: Israeli forces exchanged fire with militants backed by Tehran on Monday.

The administration said a state abortion law conflicted with a federal law requiring emergency care. The court similarly sidestepped a case from Idaho in June.

The Tampa Bay area, long used to relative safety from big storms, faces what could be its first direct hit by a major hurricane in a century.

Also, Hurricane Milton heads toward Florida as a Category 5 storm. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.