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Debris is scattered around damaged buildings at Nakama settlement in Fiji, after Cyclone Winston tore through the island nation.

Nearly 2 Dozen People Dead After Tropical Cyclone Hits Fiji

A powerful cyclone that ripped through the island nation of Fiji has flattened entire villages. The government was assessing the damage and hadn't been able to communicate yet with some remote areas.

People with disabilities worry about how they will be disproportionately affected by the Supreme Court's reversal of <em>Roe v. Wade</em>.

With Roe v. Wade overturned, disabled people reflect on how it will impact them

Bodily autonomy is a principle of the disability rights movement. With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, people with disabilities worry about how they will be disproportionately affected.

Floodwaters from Hurricane Idalia approach the front door of a home in the Island Park community in South Fort Myers. Some people here were worried because Hurricane Ian brought six feet of water into their homes just 11 months ago. Many of those homes still are being rebuilt from Ian's damage.

Flooding from Hurricane Idalia brings some people dreaded reminders of Ian

Flooding in the Island Park community in South Fort Myers brought back bad memories for some people. Just 11 months ago, floodwaters from Hurricane Ian devastated many Island Park homes. Early Wednesday morning some people feared a repeat.

2 Suspects Arrested After 6 People Are Killed In Canadian Mosque Attack

An attack on a mosque in Quebec City Sunday killed at least 6 people after gunmen opened fire during evening prayers. Steve Inskeep talks to Kelly Greig, of the Canadian TV channel Global News.

A video of Samuel L. Jackson singing in protest of the choking death of Eric Garner by a white police officer in NYC has gone viral. (Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)

Actor Samuel L. Jackson Asks People To Join His Singing Protest

So far Jackson's page has gotten nearly two million views.

U.S. Coast Guard Captain Jo-Ann Burdian, speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in Miami Beach, Fla., details the search for dozens of missing people from a boat that capsized after leaving the Bahamas.

Coast Guard searches for 38 people missing in a suspected human smuggling operation

The Coast Guard said the missing appear to have been part of a "suspected human smuggling venture" that took off from Bimini, a small island in the Bahamas roughly 55 miles east of Miami.

Josh Kronberg-Rasner was the only openly gay employee at a food service company in Casper, Wyo. He was fired in 2012 shortly after being assigned a new manager.

For People Fired For Being Gay, Old Court Case Becomes A New Tool

Workplace discrimination against gay people is legal in 29 states. So some LGBT people have filed discrimination claims using a legal argument from a 1989 Supreme Court case about gender stereotypes.

An aerial view captures the Danbury Connecticut Federal Correctional Institute Sept. 24, 2004.

Released during COVID, some people are sent back to prison with little or no warning

"Where is the fairness?" One mother was sent back after a single failed drug test, and her family's life has now been turned upside down for more than a year.

Art Exhibit Seeks to Get People to Feel Beyond the Mass Shooting Statistics

An art installation that seeks to draw attention to victims of mass shootings opened Saturday night at the Daas Co-Op Art Gallery in Fort Myers.The…

An injured fan in carried to the field of Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, Saturday, May 20, 2023. At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured when stampeding fans pushed through one of the access gates at a quarterfinal Salvadoran league soccer match between Alianza and FAS.

At least twelve people have died in a stampede at a soccer stadium in El Salvador

At least twelve people were killed and dozens more injured when stampeding soccer fans pushed through one of the access gates at a quarterfinal match in the Salvadoran league Saturday.

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