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Cal Fire firefighter Eric Schnetz of Georgetown works to extinguish the Crozier fire in El Dorado County on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024.

California firefighters will soon have a 66-hour work week. Why Cal Fire will make the change

Cal Fire firefighter Eric Schnetz of Georgetown works to extinguish the Crozier fire in El Dorado County on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024.

September 28, 2024, 5:38pm Latest News

When Tim Edwards started working as a full-time firefighter for the state in 1994, his schedule was grueling. Read story

A polar bear sculpture greets patrons, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, at the Churchill Public Library in Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble

A polar bear sculpture greets patrons, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, at the Churchill Public Library in Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

September 28, 2024, 2:02pm Latest News

Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada’s massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that’s on a low fat, low ice diet because of climate change. Read story

A woman walks by a building undergoing repairs in Jacmel, Haiti, where the tourism industry has taken a hit because of gang violence.

This seaside Haiti town used to attract tourists. Now it draws refugees from gangs

A woman walks by a building undergoing repairs in Jacmel, Haiti, where the tourism industry has taken a hit because of gang violence.

September 28, 2024, 12:28pm Nation & World

In Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince, rifle-wielding gunmen rape, kidnap and pillage while people fleeing their homes hide in school yards, abandoned buildings and soiled makeshift camps. Read story

The interior of the Great Mosque of Tinmel is seen in the Atlas mountain village of Tinmel, outside of Marrakech, Morocco, in 2022.

Morocco rebuilding 12th-century mosque after quake

The interior of the Great Mosque of Tinmel is seen in the Atlas mountain village of Tinmel, outside of Marrakech, Morocco, in 2022.

September 28, 2024, 6:06am Churches & Religion

The hand-carved domes and brick-laid arches had almost all been put back together when an earthquake shook Morocco so violently that they caved in on themselves and crashed to the earth. Read story

Fifth graders wait for their ELA class to start on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. (Benjamin B.

Charleroi, Pa., educators, students show unity as community gets thrown into political debate over immigration

Fifth graders wait for their ELA class to start on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. (Benjamin B.

September 28, 2024, 6:05am Nation & World

The quiet halls of Charleroi High School briefly burst to life with the ring of a bell last week, signaling the end of seventh period. Read story

President Jimmy Carter acknowledges the applause of about 1,100 people gathered in the Elk City High School gym for a town meeting in Elk City, Okla., on March 24, 1979.

Jimmy Carter appreciated at 100: 39th president will celebrate landmark birthday Tuesday

President Jimmy Carter acknowledges the applause of about 1,100 people gathered in the Elk City High School gym for a town meeting in Elk City, Okla., on March 24, 1979.

September 28, 2024, 6:05am Nation & World

Barack Obama and his advisers had two living former presidents to consider as they planned the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Read story

L.A. rehab staff gave Nazi salutes, made racist remarks and gave ‘white power’ gang signs, lawsuit says

September 28, 2024, 6:05am Nation & World

Managers at a rehab facility in Tarzana, California, gave Nazi salutes, displayed “white power” gang signs and abused other staff members with homophobic, racist and antisemitic language, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Read story

The Rev. Shawn Moses Anglim, center right, leads a Learning to be Elders class Sept. 25 at First Grace United Methodist Church in New Orleans.

Amid blackouts, churches stay cool with clean power

The Rev. Shawn Moses Anglim, center right, leads a Learning to be Elders class Sept. 25 at First Grace United Methodist Church in New Orleans.

September 28, 2024, 6:03am Churches & Religion

As Hurricane Helene approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, coming on the heels of another major storm two weeks ago, blackouts are all but certain in some areas. That carries extra risk for some people. Read story

FILE - A supporter of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sporting a tattoo of the president arrives for a march to show support for Lopez Obrador&rsquo;s administration in Mexico City, Nov. 27, 2022.

Mexico’s most popular president in decades is retiring. What will he leave behind?

FILE - A supporter of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sporting a tattoo of the president arrives for a march to show support for Lopez Obrador&rsquo;s administration in Mexico City, Nov. 27, 2022.

September 28, 2024, 6:02am Nation & World

Many Mexicans will feel a deep sense of loss when folksy, charismatic, nationalistic President Andrés Manuel López Obrador leaves office on Sept. 30 — and that’s no surprise. Read story

FILE - Missouri and American flags fly outside Planned Parenthood June 24, 2022, in St. Louis. Planned Parenthood, the nation's leading reproductive health care provider and abortion rights advocacy organization, plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November's midterm elections, pouring money into contests where access to abortion will be on the ballot.

Abortion clinics — and patients — are on the move, as state laws keep shifting

FILE - Missouri and American flags fly outside Planned Parenthood June 24, 2022, in St. Louis. Planned Parenthood, the nation's leading reproductive health care provider and abortion rights advocacy organization, plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November's midterm elections, pouring money into contests where access to abortion will be on the ballot.

September 28, 2024, 6:00am Health

Soon after a series of state laws left a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, Missouri, unable to provide abortions in 2018, it shipped some of its equipment to states where abortion remained accessible. Read story