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In the days after the Aug. 8 wildfire, some people were able to return to their properties to evaluate the damage. But since then, the burned area has been off-limits to all but authorized workers.

High costs for housing, food and other necessities are proving to be the Grinch of the holiday season for some in Southwest Florida.Mental health experts are sounding alarms about the rising number of people suffering a great deal of stress because of economic issues.

With cellphones nearly ubiquitous, fewer people are relying on watches to tell time. But some retailers are doing brisk business marketing watches as fashion statements, or by appealing to shoppers' sense of novelty or nostalgia.

A year of war has torn through Sudan, causing devastation and more than 8 million people to be displaced.

Officials say 1,370 homes were completely or partially destroyed. Many of the houses in that western coastal region of the main island are aging and wooden. Some 30,000 people are in shelters.

A $100 million infusion has already had an impact on people's homes, small companies and other businesses in the Granite State. But while economists say the stimulus will generate at least 4,000 jobs, at least 10 times that many people are unemployed in the state.

At least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in clashes in the capital on Sunday. Broadband internet and mobile data services were cut off for about three hours on Monday.

Lightfoot, the city's first black female mayor, told NPR that Chicago's police department has "left many people feeling like the police are an illegitimate occupying force."

Manuel and Patricia Oliver lost their son in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting last year. This weekend they planned to unveil a mural in his honor in El Paso. It's become an impromptu memorial.

The Manitoba wildfires have forced 17,000 people to flee the province. Plumes of heavy smoke are expected to drift into the United States over Friday and Saturday, affecting millions of Americans.