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Hong Kong young people struggle to rebuild their lives after being jailed under Beijing’s crackdown

August 4, 2024, 5:38am Nation & World

After spending five months in jail for publishing seditious Instagram posts, Joker Chan returned to a harsh reality. Read story

Displaced child Mohammed Abu Obaid, who suffers from skin disease, is seen carried by his sister, at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday, July 29, 2024. Skin diseases are running rampant in Gaza, health officials say, from appalling conditions in overcrowded tent camps housing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes.

Lice, scabies, rashes plague Palestinian children as skin disease runs rampant in Gaza’s tent camps

Displaced child Mohammed Abu Obaid, who suffers from skin disease, is seen carried by his sister, at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Monday, July 29, 2024. Skin diseases are running rampant in Gaza, health officials say, from appalling conditions in overcrowded tent camps housing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes.

August 3, 2024, 12:42pm Nation & World

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A steady stream of miserable children and worried parents flowed into the dermatology office at Nasser Hospital in central Gaza. Read story

Annie McGrew, an economics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, stands for a portrait in front of the Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown, Mass., Wednesday, July 17, 2024. She is facing misdemeanor charges.

For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning

Annie McGrew, an economics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, stands for a portrait in front of the Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown, Mass., Wednesday, July 17, 2024. She is facing misdemeanor charges.

August 3, 2024, 6:05am Nation & World

Since her arrest at a protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of hearings: one for the misdemeanor charges she faces in court, and another for violations of the college’s conduct code. Read story

Oleksandra Paskal, an 8-year-old girl with a prosthetic leg, practices rhythmic gymnastics May 16 with other girls in Chornomorsk, Odesa region, Ukraine.

Russia’s war threatens Ukraine’s Olympic future

Oleksandra Paskal, an 8-year-old girl with a prosthetic leg, practices rhythmic gymnastics May 16 with other girls in Chornomorsk, Odesa region, Ukraine.

August 3, 2024, 6:03am Nation & World

When Oleksandra Paskal first took to the mat as a 4-year-old, her rhythmic gymnastics coach saw nothing but potential in a sport where the Olympics is the ultimate goal. Then a Russian missile crushed her summer house in the southern Odesa region, burying her beneath the debris and severing her… Read story

Ice bucket challenge back in focus

August 3, 2024, 6:03am Health

Dozens of people, including the Massachusetts governor and several sports stars, dumped cold water on themselves at Fenway Park Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of the ALS ice bucket challenge. Read story

MacArthur Flournoy, 64, talks about the importance of AIDS awareness for African Americans on June 21, 2024. (Renv&copy;e C.

A Black California man thought HIV would kill him. What he learned could save lives

MacArthur Flournoy, 64, talks about the importance of AIDS awareness for African Americans on June 21, 2024. (Renv&copy;e C.

August 3, 2024, 6:00am Health

MacArthur Flournoy has lived with HIV since 1988, though a nurse at the time told him that he would likely die within two years. Read story

Homeowner Mike Hong views a large fissure that has continued to grow since February damaging a neighbor&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s Portuguese Bend home. The landslide damage in the area has accelerated following two winters of heavy rain in Rancho Palos Verdes. (Allen J.

Plagued by landslides, this neighborhood had its gas cut off. Electricity may go next

Homeowner Mike Hong views a large fissure that has continued to grow since February damaging a neighbor&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s Portuguese Bend home. The landslide damage in the area has accelerated following two winters of heavy rain in Rancho Palos Verdes. (Allen J.

August 3, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

Days after gas service was abruptly cut off to a group of homes facing accelerating landslide damage, fear and anxiety are mounting in Rancho Palos Verdes that other utilities could soon follow suit. Read story

As the hobby of mushroom hunting gains in popularity, there has also been a surge in calls to poison control centers. (Robert F.

Soggy summer’s bumper crop of mushrooms proves dangerous

As the hobby of mushroom hunting gains in popularity, there has also been a surge in calls to poison control centers. (Robert F.

August 3, 2024, 5:56am Nation & World

The warm, soggy summer across much of the Midwest has produced a bumper crop of wild mushrooms — and a surge in calls to poison control centers. Read story

The North Dakota state capitol in Bismarck, N.D., had a subtle display of North Dakota State University pride on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.

North Dakota voters will decide whether to abolish property taxes

The North Dakota state capitol in Bismarck, N.D., had a subtle display of North Dakota State University pride on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.

August 3, 2024, 5:47am Nation & World

North Dakota voters will decide this fall whether to eliminate property taxes in what would be a first for a state and a major change that officials initially estimate would require more than $1 billion every year in replacement revenue. Read story

Atlanta nurse with ADHD breaks down science behind the disorder

August 3, 2024, 5:13am Health

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: As far as diagnostic nomenclature goes, it’s a mouthful. But for those suffering from ADHD, the difficulties go beyond a tricky name. Read story