VA struggles to fill hospital jobs. It has 49,000 openings across the country.

Staffing shortages among the 386,000 VA employees are "a root cause for many of the problems in veterans' care," said Inspector General Michael J. Missal.

Five facts to know about Veterans Day

Veterans Day is a well-known American holiday, but there are also a few misconceptions about it — like how it’s spelled or whom exactly it celebrates.

Thomas Jefferson, Tuesday’s vote and the Bicentennial of Maine’s Constitutional Convention

California’s new normal: Wildfires, ash and power outages could last a decade

From wineries to hardware stories, to newly rebuilt neighborhoods recovering from a devastating wildfire in 2017, blackouts are redefining a swatch of California.

Why we need to treat wildfire as a public health issue in California

Fires are spreading into communities and increasingly affecting large numbers of Californians, sometimes repeatedly. Researchers say it is time to treat fires that affect communities as a public health challenge.

More than 4,000 people have been lynched in the U.S.; Trump isn’t one of them

Lynching is a form of murder often used to terrorize black people. Impeachment is a legal process laid out in the U.S. Constitution.

At least five House Democrats called Bill Clinton’s impeachment a ‘lynching’ in 1998

At least five House Democrats compared the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton to a "lynching" or to a "lynch mob" in 1998. The comments came to light after President Trump on Tuesday compared the impeachment inquiry to a "lynching."

Trump lynching claim renews pain for kin of actual victims

President Donald Trump's claim that the impeachment inquiry is a lynching struck a painful chord for black people whose relatives died in racist lynchings

Five ways the debate could have – and should have – been much, much better

Overpopulated and mindbendingly long, the TV spectacle had plenty of merits and some serious flaws.

President Trump should hit reset on next fall’s debates

The president should consign the Commission on Presidential Debates to the dustbin of history.