National Lifestyle

NEW YORK — The voice on the phone is steady and clear. “It is unnatural to kill anything,” the man says. “But once you've done it the first time, it becomes easier each time.

NEW YORK — Fans of newspaper comics will instantly notice something missing in many of the strips this Friday — pants.

COLUMBIA, Md. — Sifting through a shovel load of dirt in a suburban backyard, Michael Raupp and Paula Shrewsbury find their quarry: a cicada nymph. And then another. And another. And four more.

ATLANTA — Rapper YFN Lucci is among a dozen people charged in a wide-ranging indictment in Atlanta targeting alleged members of the Bloods gang.

LOS ANGELES — An aspiring actor was indicted Tuesday in Los Angeles on suspicion of running a massive Ponzi scheme that solicited hundreds of millions of dollars from investors for phoney Hollywood film licensing deals, federal prosecutors said.

New guidelines aimed at helping schools and daycares protect children with allergies say there's no evidence that blanket bans on specific foods protect children.

NEW YORK — The U.S. birth rate fell 4% last year, the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years, according to a government report being released Wednesday.

It’s true — everything changes when you become a parent, including your finances. Besides facing a slew of new expenses, you’re charged with the financial well-being and future of another person.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plans to marry her longtime partner during the southern summer.

LOS ANGELES — A U.S.