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GameStop's stock is on fire once again and here's why

A year after the "meme stock" phenomenon, GameStop continues to perform far above investment experts' predictions.

A woman on April 8 pulls her baggage past houses damaged during fighting in Mariupol, Ukraine.

A Mariupol native has created a site for residents to find missing loved ones

Dmitriy Cherepanov, a lifelong Mariupol native, created MRPL.life, a site dedicated to helping residents locate missing loved ones in the besieged Ukrainian city.

Residents Fear Fighting In Ukraine Will Move To Kharkiv

Renee Montagne talks to Linda Kinstler of Foreign Policy magazine about bomb attacks in Ukraine. Many people fear this is a sign the war is about the spread in their direction.

Health insurance that lasts less than a year may look like a deal, but there could be hidden costs.

Short-Term Insurance Skirts Health Law To Cut Costs

Plans offering coverage that lasts 364 days can cost half as much as those that are in force for a year. But the savings may be illusory for people who need care for injuries or illnesses because the coverage can be skimpier.

Makeshift tents and debris are seen at a migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, on Friday. About two dozen makeshift tents in the area were set ablaze and destroyed, across the border from Texas this week, witnesses said.

Mexico migrant camp tents have been torched across the border from Texas

The fires were set Wednesday and Thursday to about 25 makeshift tents at a camp of about 2,000 people, most of them from Venezuela, Haiti and Mexico, in Matamoros, Mexico, near Brownsville, Texas.

Taal Volcano, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, is the country's second-most-active volcano. It boomed to life on Sunday, spilling volcanic ash. Government officials have ordered preemptive evacuations in all nearby communities.

Volcanic Eruption In Philippines Causes Thousands To Flee

Some 13,000 people were evacuated from the area surrounding Taal Volcano, about 45 miles south of the capital, Manila. Authorities warned that a second explosive eruption could come in hours or days.

The most recent jobs report shows the U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs in March.

Despite mass layoffs, there are still lots of jobs out there. Here's where

Mass layoffs have dominated the headlines as huge companies shed hundreds and thousands of workers. But the economy is still adding jobs — 236,000 last month alone.

U.S. to Review Aid to Pakistan

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Bush administration will review its financial assistance to Pakistan. The announcement comes one day after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule and suspended the nation's constitution.

Responsible Consumers Decry Mortgage Bailout

The White House plan to help struggling subprime borrowers has an unexpected backlash. It's coming from consumers who say reckless borrowers in trouble should not be rescued. But housing advocates believe subprime borrowers deserve to be helped, because so many were misled by deceptive or fraudulent lenders.

A Kenyan boy carries a machete he found inside a burned-out market.

A Kenyan in the U.S. Helps His Family Escape

As the death toll mounts in Kenya following a disputed election, a history teacher in McLean, Va., fears for his family back home in the Kibera slum. Ken Okoth helps them get to safety in Tanzania. Now he worries about children from an orphanage he runs.

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