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Over a 10-year period, 1.2 million Filipina girls between the ages of 10 and 19 have had a child. The government is trying to change things. But the pandemic has made matters worse.

Hot-button issues like immigration and family values have been part of American politics for decades. But as the country deals with multiple crises, attitudes are changing.

As soon as Friday, a father of seven from the Democratic Republic of Congo may be returned to a country where he fears he’ll be killed.

Memory faltering as you age? Parts of your brain that used to work in sync may be out of step. A study shows that a precise jolt of electricity can bring these parts back together, boosting memory.

The San Diego Humane Society recently asked for foster volunteers and got more than 400 applications in the first 24 hours.

What do you imagine an ancient croc snacking on? Maybe a fish or a bird? For some relatives of modern crocodiles, a safer guess would be a big bunch of flowers.

Julia Alvarez returns to adult fiction with Afterlife, which she calls her first novel as an "elder." It's about a newly retired woman whose comfortable life is upended when her husband dies.

Newly-elected San Diego City Councilwoman Monica Montgomery now chairs the council's Public Safety Committee. She says she wants to improve police accountability and transparency.

Lawmakers have already passed several milestone bills this year, including ones on police use-of-force and wildfire liability.

As the work of many experimental and pop musicians shows, sounds made by a body that don't cohere into recognizable language can still have emotional clarity.