National

Here's A Radical Approach To Big Hospital Bills: Set Your Own Price

3:26pm May 14, 2015

by Jay Hancock

Some companies are refusing to pay employee hospital bills that they think are out of line. Instead, they pay what they think is reasonable. So far the gambit appears to be working.

Smokers More Likely To Quit If Their Own Cash Is On The Line

3:25pm May 14, 2015

by Richard Harris

A carrot isn't enough — bring on the stick. A study finds smokers are more likely to quit tobacco if they lose some of their own money after a relapse, than if they get a bonus for quitting the habit.

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Jeb Bush walked back his position that he would have authorized the Iraq War, even knowing what we know now. He now says he would not have.

Jeb Bush Fully Walks Back: 'I Would Not Have Gone Into Iraq'

3:09pm May 14, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

After days of shifting positions on whether he would have gone to war in Iraq, even knowing what we know now, Jeb Bush did an about-face, saying definitively that he would not have gone in.

Emergency personnel walk near the scene of a deadly train wreck on Wednesday in Philadelphia.

National

Positive Train Control: The Tech That Could've Prevented Amtrak Derailment

2:31pm May 14, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The Amtrak passenger train was going more than 100 miles per hour when it derailed north of Philadelphia. Positive train control could have automatically slowed the train down on that stretch of rail.

Cough? Check. Fever? Check. But bet you didn't think that this common fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, could be making you sick.

A Fungus Causes More Unexpected Illnesses In Montana

12:50pm May 14, 2015

by Nancy Shute

The infectious disease world is not short on surprises. Take the people in Montana and Idaho who looked like they had pneumonia. It turned out they had a fungal disease never before seen there.

Long-Term Depression May Boost Stroke Risk Long After Mood Improves

9:51am May 14, 2015

by Patti Neighmond

Even after the psychological pain is effectively treated, damage from long years of depression may linger. It seems to double the risk of stroke among adults over age 50, research suggests.

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Allowing kids with ADHD to move around in class may help them collect their thoughts.

Vindication For Fidgeters: Movement May Help Students With ADHD Concentrate

9:46am May 14, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

There's a correlation between physical movement and mental work, new research suggests. For kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, that may mean bouncing a knee helps sharpen their focus.

Anti-nuclear activists Gregory Boertje-Obed, Sister Megan Rice and Michael Walli in Knoxville, Tenn., in 2013.

Court Throws Out Nun's Sabotage Conviction For Nuclear Site Break-In

9:51pm May 13, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

Sister Megan Rice's case gained attention after supporters said the 85-year-old nuclear activist was being held in unfair conditions.

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Dream Action Coalition Co-director Cesar Vargas, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2014. He wants immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to later be allowed to serve in the military.

GOP Split Over Bill To Let Immigrants In U.S. Illegally Serve In Military

8:20pm May 13, 2015

by Juana Summers

Some members of Congress would like to allow immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally when they were children to serve. But some Republicans are threatening to hold up a key defense bill over it.

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California Builders Prepare For Future Water Needs As Population Grows

6:56pm May 13, 2015

by Molly Peterson

Under the growing burden of drought, California is struggling to supply enough water to all of the people currently living there. The state is also working on ways to ensure water for millions more residents expected to live there in the future.

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