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Former Ohio prison inmate Kunta Kenyatta in his tow truck in Canton, Ohio.

Trump says African-Americans are living in hell; here’s what African-Americans are saying

August 21, 2019 at 8:48 p.m.

Donald Trump looked out at the crowd of supporters at a rally in Ohio last month and ticked off the troubles he said plague black America: "The violence. The death....

A Health Ministry worker fumigates for the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that transmits the Zika virus at the Oriental Market in Managua, Nicaragua. Worries about the rapid spread of Zika through the hemisphere has prompted officials several Latin American countries to suggest women stop getting pregnant until the crisis has passed.

Brazil seizes abortion drugs sent to women living in fear of Zika

June 22, 2019 at 2:08 p.m.

The messages from the expectant mothers in Brazil resonate with desperation."I'm thinking of doing the worst," one woman wrote when her order for abortion medication failed to arrive. "I really...

Residents flee Calif. inferno

August 22, 2021 at 7:55 a.m.

Firefighters continued to battle a 2,700-acre wildfire Thursday, fearing that winds could fan the flames into downtown Santa Barbara. At least 13,575 people have been driven from their homes. There...

L.A. officials reassure train riders of safety

August 21, 2021 at 8:45 p.m.

(The headline as published has been corrected in this text.) (Erroneous material as published at this point has been deleted from this text.) Commuters returned to Southern California?s rails after...

Iraqi militants bomb bridge at key dam in north

August 21, 2021 at 3:59 p.m.

A truck bomb parked on a bridge connecting two gates of the Mosul dam exploded Monday, killing a security officer, officials said. The attack on the dam was the latest...

Reconciliation bill stumbles

August 21, 2021 at 1:10 p.m.

Reforms that would ease curbs on ex-members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party from rejoining Iraq's civil service and military appeared headed for legislative gridlock after attempts Sunday to read a...

`Katrina cough’ seen in wake of hurricane

August 22, 2021 at 12:22 p.m.

A large number of people along the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts are developing a condition dubbed "Katrina cough," believed to be linked to mold and dust circulating in the aftermath...

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