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New York City mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during his election night victory gathering, on Tuesday.

Democrats Sweep Mayoral Elections In New York, Other Major Cities

Bill de Blasio won re-election handily. Democratic incumbents also won in Boston and Detroit. And Charlotte, N.C., elected its first female African-American mayor.

Terry Mote (right) visits the home of Stanley and Lorit Jamor in Enid, Okla. Stanley was born on Bikini atoll, and is a descendant of Chief Juda, who was told in 1946 by Commodore Ben H. Wyatt, of the U.S. Navy, to give up the island homeland "for the good of all mankind." Bikini was a main site for U.S. nuclear testing and is uninhabitable to this day because of radioactive contamination.

A Policy Knot Leaves Oklahomans From Marshall Islands Struggling To Get Health Care

Their former homeland was a U.S. testing site for nuclear bombs, but they can't get Medicare or Medicaid in Oklahoma. A resident of Enid, Okla., who was born in the islands is trying to change that.

President Donald Trump makes a statement on the administration's strategy for dealing with Iran in the Diplomatic Reception Room in the White House on Friday.

Transcript: Trump's Remarks On Iran Nuclear Deal

The president called the 2015 agreement "unacceptable," but he has so far not pulled the U.S. out of it. Here are his full remarks, delivered on Friday from the White House.

Fire Officials Brace For Heat Wave, Lifeguards Expect Big Beach Crowds

Temperatures on Sunday and Monday could exceed record levels. Forecasters predict temperature highs to reach 100 to 107 degrees inland, 80 to 95 degrees on the coast and 115 to 121 degrees in the deserts.

Micah Swimmer oversees a class of Eastern Band Cherokee language learners at the New Kituwah Academy in Cherokee, N.C. Behind him, a bulletin board displays the names of the few remaining fluent speakers of his Cherokee dialect.

To Save Their Endangered Language, 2 Cherokee Brothers Learn As They Teach

Jakeli and Micah Swimmer aren't fluent in their native Cherokee dialect, but it's an important part of their identity. "If we're not speaking Cherokee, then what are we?" Jakeli asks.

A woman is pepper-sprayed by police after she climbed onto an armored vehicle on the first day of the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

Flames Subside But Protests Continue As G-20 Leaders Gather For Hamburg Summit

Anti-globalization activists continued protests in the German city for a second day as the summit of the world's major economic powers got underway.

The Long Beach earthquake on March 10, 1933, left gaping cracks in a road between Seal Beach and the Bolsa Chica Gun Club.

San Diego’s Downtown Earthquake Fault, Kept Quiet For Years, Now Surfaces

San Diego government agencies discovered an active earthquake fault nearly 10 years ago on the downtown waterfront, yet they didn’t alert the public.

The sun shining through palm trees in San Diego in this undated photo.

Heat Wave Sends Temperatures Soaring In San Diego

A spell of extra-hot weather will send temperatures in inland San Diego County soaring Friday into the weekend.

Children get their diphtheria inoculation in 1944.

Diphtheria: What Exactly Is It ... And Why Is It Back?

It's thought of as a disease of the past. But now there are outbreaks in Yemen and Bangladesh.

President Trump is boasting of economic growth, but how much credit does he deserve?

FACT CHECK: President Trump's Record On Jobs And Stocks

President Trump bragged this week about job gains and a rising stock market. So what are the facts?

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