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Which lullabies do the best job at bedtime? Readers share some surprising favorites

In response to our callout, you shared (and crooned) bedtime musical selections that work magic. (Well, except for the mom who tried an Enya song and whose kid begged, "Stop singing!")

Residents remove their belongings from their destroyed house in Samandag, in southern Turkey, on Thursday. The number of people killed in the Feb. 6 earthquakes that devastated parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria continues to rise.

11 days after the quake, a few more survivors are pulled from the rubble in Turkey

Even as the death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 43,000, search teams in southern Turkey have rescued a few people who were trapped in the debris, including a 12-year-old boy.

Wellspring Health Access clinic was set to open in June 2022 in Casper, Wyo., when it was damaged by arson in late May, 2022. If it opens this year, the women's health and abortion clinic would be the only one of its kind in the state.

Clinics offering abortions face a rise in threats, violence and legal battles

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, medical providers are encountering more legal and political battles — and escalating threats from the anti-abortion movement.

The inkstand is considered to be the oldest surviving artifact of the House of Representatives, dating back to the early 1800s. Pelosi had it placed in front of her during President Biden's first State of the Union.

What we know about the inkstand in front of Nancy Pelosi during the State of the Union

The inkstand is the oldest surviving artifact of the House of Representatives, dating back to the early 1800s.

This Aug. 16, 2022 photo shows an Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle at the San Diego Zoo.

San Diego Zoo welcomes 41 endangered turtle hatchlings

It only took two decades, but a rare and endangered turtle species has finally bred at the San Diego Zoo.

Hadley Park has a long history in North Nashville, Tenn. It was a plantation, tanks were staged there during the Vietnam War, and it is now home to the annual African Street Festival.

Black immigrants are growing in numbers, but in the U.S. many often feel invisible

One in five Black Americans are either immigrants or the children of immigrants. But feeling embraced or understood by the U.S. can seem daunting for some, and impossible for others.

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.

The Julian Gold Rush Hotel, formerly known as Hotel Robinson, is one of the oldest Black-owned hotels still in operation. Julian, Calif. Feb. 10, 2023.

Beloved hotel in Julian has deep roots in Black history

The Julian Gold Rush Hotel is one of the oldest formerly Black-owned hotels still in operation.

5 new YA books that explore the magic of the arts and the art of magic

Art and magic so often go hand in hand. These new YA releases all explore both art and magic as the means to heal trauma, communities — and even worlds.

View of the Chernobyl nuclear power station after the explosion on April 26, 1986, in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Ukraine still fears another Chernobyl-size disaster at Europe's largest nuclear plant

International atomic experts have warned of a potential nuclear disaster with Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant in the middle of a war zone, bringing back terrifying memories of Chernobyl.

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