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Some organizations have found a way for low-income people to save money, then build on those savings over time. One such program in Tulsa, Okla., has brought life-changing financial security to local residents.

Georgia lawmakers are working out differences on a measure to address illegal immigration. The bill would prohibit tax-funded benefits for illegal immigrants and penalize employers who hire illegal workers. Jim Tharpe of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution tells Melissa Block about the bill.

Saturday's Make Poverty History rally is under way in Edinburgh, Scotland. And a linked series of Live 8 concerts are held in nine cities across the world. The efforts are aimed at encouraging G8 leaders to take action to end poverty in Africa.

The United Stated Air Force accomplishes hundreds of flying missions across the world every day. But one flight has a purpose like no other.

Lee County has begun a gentle push to help Hurricane Ian victims leave a tent city near Fort Myers Beach. Some of the people are starting their fifth month living under a bridge on the approach to the hurricane-devastated island.

The Turkish prime minister said at least 265 people died in an attempted military coup on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who appears back in control and has promised to punish coup plotters.

Nearly 200 people are dead in Turkey, after an attempted coup overnight. Linda Wertheimer gets the latest from Dion Nissenbaum, the Wall Street Journal's correspondent in Istanbul.

Damage estimates in Picher, Okla., where deadly tornadoes struck over the weekend, are complicated by the fact that much of the former lead-mining town was already scheduled for demolition because of ecological concerns.

Police in Allen, Texas, said the gunman was among dead after he was killed by a nearby officer. Three of the wounded victims are in critical condition.

Civilians in villages near the front lines in Eastern Ukraine are being forced to leave their homes as fighting intensifies between Government forces and Russian-back separatists.