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The program was tested in YMCAs around the country, and helped people lose about 5 percent of their body weight in a year. The goal is to make it a Medicare-eligible prevention program.

Also in this week's tech headlines: Visa looks to boost online shopping, a Wall Street cyber scare, and fears that driverless cars could be used as "lethal weapons."

Home treatments by paramedics are a growing trend. The goal is to lower hospital costs, but there are worries about who actually pays.

A federal judge has allowed some drivers to proceed with a class-action suit against the ride-hailing service. The case could affect other companies in the sharing economy such as Airbnb and Lyft.

The school had announced it would allow the traditional call to prayer from the Duke Chapel bell tower. The decision was excoriated, and today the private university in Durham, N.C., reversed course.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the U.S. would not hesitate to back its partners using airstrikes or "direct action on the ground."

A number of new storm systems come through Southern states, even as they assess damage from the recent harsh weather.

The decision was prompted by customers' changing needs, the automaker says. Just 56,167 cars were sold in the U.S. last year. Current owners will still be able to have their cars serviced by Toyota.

A family court judge in Utah has rescinded his order to remove a baby from lesbian foster parents. He previously said the child would be better off with a heterosexual foster family. But there was considerable backlash from the state's Department of Child and Family Services and elsewhere.

It turns out dolphins are just like us — they need their sleep. Ann Garrett of the National Marine Fisheries Service explains a proposed rule that's intended to help the dolphins get some sleep.