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So long, Party City, and thanks for all the balloons

The chain that laid claim to celebrations across America is now sweeping up the confetti and turning off the lights. Two bankruptcies failed to get its debt in order.

Lesions can be seen on this mpox patient in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of an outbreak in Africa.

Why the good news about the mpox outbreak of 2025 isn't really good after all

The case counts seem to be dropping. But health officials say that's because violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes it difficult to get good data. And now U.S. assistance is being disrupted.

A demonstration in support of European Union integration, in Chișinău, Moldova, May 21, 2023.

Moldova accuses Russia of meddling ahead of its elections and EU referendum

Moldovans will vote for a new president and on a constitutional amendment regarding its path to the EU. Both votes will take place amid accusations of Russian meddling, vote buying and disinformation.

Ethiopians wait for their ration of food supplies in February. The U.N.'s World Hunger Programme reports that in Ethiopia, "nearly 16 million people are food insecure because of drought, floods, desert locusts, COVID-19, conflict and economic shocks." The famine in Ethiopia in the mid-1980s was the impetus for the establishment of FEWS NET, a U.S.-funded famine alert project.

A respected U.S. famine warning system is 'currently unavailable.' What's the impact?

FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?

A military vet and a scientist were securing America's food system. Trump fired them

More than 10,000 federal employees who had yet to complete their probationary periods have been fired by the Trump administration, including those who work to protect American agriculture.

It's dangerous, illegal and uncomfortable — but train hoppers ride the rails anyway

Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad is an American tradition.

Hayden Station, a coal-fired power plant, dominates part of the landscape between Hayden and Steamboat Springs in northwest Colorado. The power plant is expected to start shutting down before the end of the decade.

As coal plants close, Colorado towns consider nuclear waste storage

The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge of storing radioactive waste

The proposed site for the City of San Diego mega homeless shelter at Kettner Bouelevard and Vine Street is shown on April 4, 2024.

San Diego City Council seeks details on potential homeless shelter site on Second Avenue

The council's vote came days after Mayor Todd Gloria announced he would no longer pursue converting a warehouse between Interstate 5 and the airport into a permanent homeless shelter.

Pastor Benjamin Boswell, who was pushed out as the senior minister at Myers Park Baptist Church, is seen Sunday, Jan. 26, in Charlotte, N.C.

Pastor pushed out after parishioners complain about focus on racial justice

Leaders of a Baptist church in North Carolina ousted the pastor after congregants started leaving. A secret tape provides a rare look at the debate when a message threatens a business model.

Protesters gather outside of USAID headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Monday, after Elon Musk said his Department of Government Efficiency will shut down the foreign assistance agency.

Musk and Trump aim to shut down USAID, leaving humanitarian work in doubt

USAID is in the crosshairs of Elon Musk's government efficiency push, sending chills through the humanitarian world and drawing criticism from Democrats and nonpartisan foreign service workers.

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