Lewis Carroll may have written a fairy tale, but some people have the symptoms he described.

It’s open season for killers with automatic assault weapons who, in too many instances, don’t require a license, a background check, or even be older than 18.

As the federal government prepares to launch the national three-digit number “988” for the mental health crisis hotline next month, a new KFF analysis shows that suicide death rates increased by 12 percent in the decade from 2010 to 2020 — with death rates rising the fastest among people of color, younger individuals, and people who live in rural areas.

Growing up, my mother had family and friends who came to our home, and all of them spoke in a language I didn’t understand....