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Ibrahim Muslimani, 30, speaks to a class about a piece of music blending different eras and languages at the Nefes Foundation for Arts and Culture, which he founded in 2016, in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Nov. 22, 2022.

A music school uniting Syrian and Turkish cultures survives the massive earthquake

A handful of students return to a school in Gaziantep, Turkey, that seeks to help revive old Syrian and Turkish music and integrate refugees.

Ella Seaver shares her thoughts on high school graduation with other survivors of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting before a rally against gun violence on Friday, June 7, 2024, in Newtown, Conn.

Sandy Hook survivors to graduate with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates

About 60 of the 330 kids graduating from Newtown High School will also be carrying the emotional burden of knowing that many of their former classmates won't get to walk across the stage with them.

Mike Lynch remains missing after a luxury yacht sank off of Sicily's coast. Lynch, who sold his tech firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011, had recently been acquitted of fraud charges related to the sale.

Who are Mike Lynch and the other people missing after a yacht sank in Sicily?

Lynch, a tech entrepreneur, had recently been acquitted on federal fraud charges in the U.S. The yacht he was on, the Bayesian, sank two days after Lynch's co-defendant was killed by a car.

Anti-abortion protesters stand outside of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July. Wisconsin reverted to an 1800s abortion ban when <em>Roe </em>was overturned. The courts have since reinstated some abortion access in Wisconsin.

Insurance refused to pay for her abortion, even when her life was at stake

Insurance coverage for abortion care in the U.S. is a hodgepodge. And the proliferation of abortion bans in various states has exacerbated the confusion.

Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John's, Newfoundland, on June 28, 2023.

Family of explorer who died in Titan submersible sues Oceangate for more than $50M

French explorer Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the famed Titanic wreck site in the North Atlantic in June 2023.

A group of <em>novachky</em>, female campers ages 6-11, stand at attention for a photograph, along with their two <em>sestrichky</em>, or "sisters" who serve as female counselors. Marching drills are a daily activity at camp.

How Ukrainian scouting culture thrives in the woods of western New York state

Every July, campers, counselors and administrators gather on 84 acres of hilly woods in the woods of western New York state that has been home to a Ukrainian summer camp called “Novyi Sokil” since 1950.

There are more than 4,600 hospitals in the U.S., and 49% of them are nonprofit and therefore tax-exempt. The CEOs of these nonprofit health systems now earn, on average, $1.3 million a year.

CEOs earn big bucks at nonprofit hospitals. But does that benefit patients?

Nonprofit hospitals pay their CEOs generously, and their compensation keeps getting larger. Some researchers wonder if the ballooning paychecks align with what’s best for patients and taxpayers.

Coal and new gas power plants will have to meet climate pollution targets

Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate-warming pollution from existing coal and new gas power plants.

Palestinians gather near the bodies of their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, on Saturday.

Israel targets Hamas commander in airstrikes that kill 90 Palestinians

The powerful Israeli strike was directed at the head of the Hamas military wing, Mohammed Deif. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged he didn't have definitive information on Deif's fate.

Viktor and Liubov Lada in the kitchen of their new apartment. The couple was at home when their previous apartment was hit by Russian artillery.

Ukraine's elderly often remain behind; here's how they've survived a year of war

Millions of elderly Ukrainians have remained behind since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. The country has the highest proportion of elderly affected by war.

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