Employers could find themselves in the crosshairs of state efforts to crack down on abortion in the wake of the landmark US Supreme Court ruling eliminating federal guarantees for abortion rights.

The pro-choice advocacy group on the losing side of last week’s landmark US Supreme Court abortion ruling has a new top lawyer as it looks to stem the fallout from the decision.

NASA is poised within weeks to declare whether it will launch a $4.2 billion mission to Uranus that supporters say could unlock previously unknown questions about our solar system, and one certain to launch a dogfight among space contractors.

While caring for his aging mother, Donald M. Bell, a 72-year-old gay man, began thinking about where he would spend his twilight years.

Massachusetts’ latest proposal to counter wage violations would emulate a heavily disputed California employment law by authorizing workers to sue employers on behalf of the state for wage payment violations, potentially letting them escape mandatory arbitration.

Judges in Louisiana and Utah temporarily blocked statewide abortion bans that were set to take effect after last week’s US Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.