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Nescopeck Volunteer Fire Company firefighter Harold Baker is comforted at the scene in Berwick, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022.

One person died and 17 others were injured when a car struck a crowd at a fundraiser

Police identified the driver, who was arraigned early Sunday on two counts of criminal homicide.

Members of the all-Black aviation squadron known as the Tuskegee Airmen line up Jan. 23, 1942.

'Half American' explores how Black WWII servicemen were treated better abroad

Though more than one million Black Americans contributed to the war effort, historian Matthew Delmont says a military uniform offered no protection from racism.

Models of a protein from the respiratory syncytial virus are shown at The University of Texas at Austin on March 31, 2022. A spike in RSV cases among children is pushing some hospitals to capacity.

Children's hospitals grapple with a nationwide surge in RSV infections

The latest spike is months early and it's pushing care facilities to capacity. Children under the age of 5 are most vulnerable.

Boys in forefront of image of World Cup fans

World Cup Viewer's Guide: Qatar kicks off, USA ready to play

After Sunday's kickoff between Qatar and Ecuador, Monday's matches will consist of the United States against Wales, England versus Iran and the Netherlands facing Senegal.

CORONADO, Calif. (July 23, 2021) Capt. Brian Drechsler, commanding officer, Naval Special Warfare Center (NSWCEN), delivers remarks during the NSWCEN change of command ceremony onboard Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Jul. 23. NSWCEN provides initial assessment and selection and subsequent advanced training to the Sailors who make up the Navy’s SEAL and Special Boat Teams.

Navy commander in Coronado pulled from job in connection with SEAL death

SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen died following Hell Week in 2022. The training was at the Naval Special Warfare Training Center in Coronado, California.

Author Rebecca Roberts has penned a new biography of First Lady Edith Wilson, <em>Untold Power</em>.

Biography of first lady Edith Wilson examines the complexities of women and power

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rebecca Roberts about her biography of First Lady Edith Wilson, Untold Power. After President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke, she made decisions for him.

The CA-110, a highway that's frequently jam-packed with California commuters, saw extremely light traffic in March.

California tells auto insurers to disclose pandemic profits

It's Commissioner Ricardo Lara's latest attempt to compensate consumers, who, he says, were overcharged as traffic virtually disappeared after the nation’s largest automobile insurance market imposed the first U.S. coronavirus stay-home order.

In 2021, the three leading causes of death were heart disease, cancer and COVID-19.

American life expectancy is now at its lowest in nearly two decades

A new report shows the pandemic and the overdose crisis helped push down the average life expectancy in the U.S. for a second year in a row.

The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego is shown in this photograph from Aug. 23, 2019.

UCSD study: Americans would rather harm their own political cause than help an opposing one

Participants were asked if they wanted to add $1 to a donation to an opposing party, or subtract $1 from a donation to their own.

Fatma Guner has spent the days since the Turkey earthquake living in a tent city in Arsuz, a town in Hatay province. "I honestly can't stay here, it's really crowded," she says.

Inside tent cities, Turkey's quake survivors wonder when they'll have a home again

Some of those who lost their homes in the earthquakes that devastated southern Turkey still need tents - and dream of someday having a container to live in.

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