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A report from the World Health Organization shows that it's not a disease of the past — it's a disease of the present and likely to be a continuing problem in the future.

In the summer of 2012, a small group of the Haida people, a native community in Canada, had a problem. The salmon they rely on were disappearing. So the Haida took matters into their own hands.

Ellen Kempner and her band document a fraught transition from childhood to adulthood — and do a great job, in part because they're still living through the process.

Campaigns are always looking for easier ways to raise money, and it just got simpler. Twitter, the popular social-media platform, is giving users the ability to donate with a single click.

There was a time when many thought the Internet was beyond government regulation, its very chaos a source of creativity and strength. Nate Anderson's The Internet Police looks at how law enforcement went about changing that.

The ride-hailing firms spent millions trying to persuade city voters to reject rules requiring drivers to be fingerprinted. But they lost, and now say they're "pausing" operations in Texas' capital.

The team needs around 67,000 signatures to qualify an initiative for the November general election ballot that would raise San Diego's hotel room tax to pay for construction of a $1.8 billion stadium and convention center annex.

An analysis commissioned by the city's planning department found far too many people will still be driving to work in two of the city's most urbanized neighborhoods. The city says the analysis did not account for other programs that will help meet the Climate Action Plan's ambitious transportation goals.

The "October surprise" has a long history in American politics, but not as long as you might think — and not as consequential as you might think, either.