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A reporter stands near a home that collapsed due to ongoing landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C.

In a landslide-stricken town in California, life is like camping with no power, gas

A reporter stands near a home that collapsed due to ongoing landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C.

September 7, 2024, 12:55pm Nation & World

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Nick Mardesic and his family are living off the power grid, so light at night comes from a flashlight, and a hot meal and shower require driving several miles to his parents’ home. Read story

Dr. Marion Pandiscio, an obstetrician-gynecologist, addresses a group of about 40 Republican women to talk about their support for Amendment 4 on Aug. 27, 2024, in Bradenton, Florida.

Meet the conservative women who are planning to vote Yes on Florida’s abortion amendment

Dr. Marion Pandiscio, an obstetrician-gynecologist, addresses a group of about 40 Republican women to talk about their support for Amendment 4 on Aug. 27, 2024, in Bradenton, Florida.

September 7, 2024, 6:05am Nation & World

As the women trickled into the community clubhouse late last month, each grabbed a red flyer printed with a message: “Pregnancy is personal, not political.” Read story

An immigrant makes a call from his &ldquo;segregation cell&rdquo; at the Adelanto Detention Facility on Nov. 15, 2013, in Adelanto, Calif.

Study: ICE fails to provide detainees with language help

An immigrant makes a call from his &ldquo;segregation cell&rdquo; at the Adelanto Detention Facility on Nov. 15, 2013, in Adelanto, Calif.

September 7, 2024, 6:03am Nation & World

A Spanish-speaking detainee at California’s McFarland immigrant detention facility was struggling in May 2023 to tell a doctor, in broken English, that he sometimes bled from his rectum. Read story

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, left, and his wife, Usha, arrive at a campaign event Aug. 28 in Erie, Pa. (Gene J.

Is Usha Vance’s Hindu identity asset or liability?

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, left, and his wife, Usha, arrive at a campaign event Aug. 28 in Erie, Pa. (Gene J.

September 7, 2024, 6:02am Churches & Religion

Usha Chilukuri Vance loves her “meat and potatoes” husband, JD Vance. She explained to a rapt Republican National Convention audience how their vice presidential candidate adapted to her vegetarian diet and even learned to cook Indian food from her immigrant mother. Read story

Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states

September 7, 2024, 5:50am Nation & World

Grace McGovern, a 24-year-old bartender and server at a downtown Boston brewery, recalls one recent customer vividly. He was very rude. Read story

Li Ming prepares food at his son&rsquo;s Chinese food restaurant &ldquo;Nueve y media,&rdquo; in the Roma Sur neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, July 5, 2024.

Chinese migrants flock to Mexico in search of jobs, a future and, for some, a taste of freedom

Li Ming prepares food at his son&rsquo;s Chinese food restaurant &ldquo;Nueve y media,&rdquo; in the Roma Sur neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, July 5, 2024.

September 7, 2024, 5:31am Business

Despite her well-paying tech job, Li Daijing didn’t hesitate when her cousin asked for help running a restaurant in Mexico City. She packed up and left China for the Mexican capital last year, with dreams of a new adventure. Read story

Mapule Radebe holds her baby Minehle at Nkosi&rsquo;s Haven, a home that assists women with HIV, on Aug. 5 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Mother-to-baby HIV transmission still a concern in S. Africa

Mapule Radebe holds her baby Minehle at Nkosi&rsquo;s Haven, a home that assists women with HIV, on Aug. 5 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

September 7, 2024, 5:27am Nation & World

It’s a worrying question for health officials in one of the richest and most developed areas of the African continent: Why are babies being born with HIV when free medication is available to prevent mother-to-child transmission? Read story

Officials check Mpox vaccine MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, at the airport in Kinshasa, Congo, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it’s a fraction of what is needed

Officials check Mpox vaccine MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, at the airport in Kinshasa, Congo, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.

September 7, 2024, 5:04am Nation & World

The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, the country’s authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. Read story

FILE - Arizona abortion-rights supporters gather for a news conference prior to delivering over 800,000 petition signatures to the capitol to get abortion rights on the November general election ballot, July 3, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D.

Abortion rights questions are on ballots in 9 states. Will they tilt elections?

FILE - Arizona abortion-rights supporters gather for a news conference prior to delivering over 800,000 petition signatures to the capitol to get abortion rights on the November general election ballot, July 3, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D.

September 6, 2024, 1:17pm Nation & World

Ballot measures on abortion access could attract voters to polls in November who otherwise might sit out the election — and even a small number of additional voters could make a difference in close races for offices from the state legislature to president. Read story

CORRECTS NAME TO BRUNK AUCTIONS - Auctioneer Andrew Brunk, left, and historian Seth Kaller, right show off a 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that will be put up for auction on Sept. 28, 2024 at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 5.

A rare 1787 copy of the US Constitution is up for auction and it could be worth millions

CORRECTS NAME TO BRUNK AUCTIONS - Auctioneer Andrew Brunk, left, and historian Seth Kaller, right show off a 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that will be put up for auction on Sept. 28, 2024 at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 5.

September 6, 2024, 11:15am Latest News

Historical document appraiser and collector Seth Kaller spreads a broad sheet of paper across a desk. It's in good enough condition that he can handle it, carefully, with clean, bare hands. There are just a few creases and tiny discolorations, even though it's just a few weeks shy of 237… Read story