23andMe is recruiting 25,000 people for a study on depression and bipolar disorder

At-home DNA-testing company 23andMe is recruiting 25,000 people for a study to determine how genes influence brain functions in people diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorders. The Google-backed company’s latest project is a collaboration with the Milken...

Medal of Honor Goes to Vietnam Medic Who Ran Through ‘Hell on Earth’

By NICHOLAS FANDOS July 31, 2017 WASHINGTON — It was clear almost as soon as the May 1969 assault began that the orders — to attack Nui Yon Hill, near the city of Tam Kỳ, Vietnam — were flawed. The North Vietnamese and the Vietcong...

Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Is Convicted of Criminal Contempt

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA July 31, 2017 Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio committed a crime by defying a court order to stop detaining suspected undocumented immigrants, a judge ruled on Monday, in the latest rebuke for a once-popular politician who was...