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Homes in Rolling Hills Estates continued to slide downhill months after a hillside below them gave way in 2023.

The devastating landslide last July was a shock. Researchers say it could have been predicted

July 20, 2024, 12:14pm Nation & World

Residents on Peartree Lane in Rolling Hills Estates, California, had just minutes to evacuate last summer before the canyon wall on which their homes sat collapsed. Read story

Maksym Halinichev of Ukraine, right, competes Oct. 18, 2018, against Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan in the Boxing Men’s Bantam (56kg) Gold Medal Bout at the Oceania Pavilion of Youth Olympic Park during the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As one of Ukraine’s most promising boxing prospects, Halinichev could have been shielded from the war.

Late Ukrainian boxer sacrifices Olympic dream to fight

July 20, 2024, 6:09am Nation & World

Maksym Halinichev won silver at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in a match described at the time as “two of the best young fighters going for glory.” He considered the bout a loss – it wasn’t gold, after all – but it gave him a map for the future. Read story

Hurdler Anna Ryzhykova trains Jan. 8 at the sports center in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ryzhykova lost a mentor who helped ignite her passion for sports. Coach Valentyn Vozniuk and his wife, Iryna Tymoshenko, were among 46 people killed by a supersonic missile that slammed into an apartment building in Dnipro in 2023.

Olympics no longer personal, this time it’s war for Ukraine athletes

July 20, 2024, 6:07am Nation & World

For Ukrainian hurdler Anna Ryzhykova, each stride on the Paris Olympic track will have meaning far beyond the time she clocks. Read story

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969.

Moon fests, moon movie and even a full moon mark 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing

July 20, 2024, 6:05am Latest News

The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend, and plenty of other events honor Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s giant leap. Read story

Commuters arrive into the Oculus station and mall in Manhattan in November in New York City. New York City is among the few cities that has pay transparency laws.

More states enact laws to fight gender, racial pay gaps

July 20, 2024, 6:04am Business

To combat gender and racial wage gaps, nearly a dozen states recently have enacted pay transparency laws that require employers to be more open about the wages and benefits they offer. Read story

A woman cools herself with a fan June 26 during a hot day in London.

Hot weather more dangerous than you think, experts say

July 20, 2024, 6:04am Health

Jonathan Bethly was upbeat as he helped his friend clean out some storage units for extra cash on a hot summer day, laughing and joking as he worked. Read story

Female giant panda Xiang Xiang, born in Japan’s Ueno Zoo in 2017 and returned to China in 2023, enjoys a birthday treat June 12 at the Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Ya’an, China.

Panda diplomacy: Biggest winner in China’s loan program is the pandas themselves

July 20, 2024, 6:03am Life

China’s panda diplomacy may have one true winner: the pandas themselves. Read story

Violet Rin, a transgender woman in Florida, gives herself estrogen injections once a week.

‘We’ve created medical refugees.’ LGBTQ+ health care workers fight for gender-affirming care amid rise in anti-trans laws

July 20, 2024, 5:19am Health

LOS ANGELES -- Nico Olalia had just finished her initial nurse training in the Philippines when she realized her aspirations were growing bigger than her home archipelago. Read story

As public health becomes political, state surgeons general play delicate role

July 20, 2024, 5:17am Health

When Louisiana Republican state Rep. Brach Myers stood on the House floor this past April to advocate for his bill to create a state surgeon general position, the questions were sparse, and the debate lasted only a few minutes. Read story