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The Paris municipality opened the Canal De L'Ourcq to swimmers this summer. Mayor Anne Hidalgo wants to open three pools on the Seine River by 2024, when the city is scheduled to host the Olympics.

Locals Escape Summer's Heat With A Dip In A Parisian Canal

"It's nice to float on your back to see the architecture and the urban space around," says French journalist Julie Pacaud. "It's another way to experience the city."

San Diego police cars with flashing lights roll up on 17th Street to clear the homeless and their tents from the sidewalks in the East Village, June 27, 2016.

How Downtown San Diego's East Village Became The 'Homeless Ghetto'

Thirty years ago, the city pushed the homeless and the agencies that serve them out of downtown San Diego into the East Village. As the East Village gentrifies, residents, businesses and the homeless wonder what happens now.

Alicia Nichols holds her daughter Diana in her home in February. After the birth of Diana, Nichols suffered unusual postpartum blood loss that she feels was not taken seriously by her doctor.

For Every Woman Who Dies In Childbirth In The U.S., 70 More Come Close

More than 50,000 American women nearly die from childbirth every year, according to a CDC estimate. These catastrophic complications can come at a terrible cost emotionally, financially and medically.

San Diego Heirs Of Jewish Art Collector Get California Attorney General's Support

California Attorney General Kamala Harris asked a federal appeals court to reinstate a case brought by San Diego heirs of a Jewish art collector forced to give up a valuable Pissarro painting by Nazi functionaries.

Midsummer Scream is celebrating its second year this weekend at the Long Beach Convention Center.

Halloween Conventions Part One: Midsummer Scream

Only 95 days till Halloween but don't panic

Mormon Church Will Withdraw From Boy Scouts' Programs For Older Teens

The church said that "young men ages 14 to 18 are not being served well" by those programs. Though the church has been resistant to the Scouts' recent LGBT policies, it didn't cite that as the reason.

Anna Whiting Sorrell, a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in northwest Montana, had hernia surgery a couple of years ago. The Indian Health Service picked up a part of the tab for the surgery but denied coverage for follow-up appointments.

Native Americans Feel Invisible In U.S. Health Care System

About a quarter of Native Americans report experiencing discrimination in health care, according to a poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

FARC guerrillas at a Colombia jungle camp last fall. Under last year's peace treaty, FARC agreed to disarm and confine its fighters to demobilization camps. But a small number of dissident rebels continue to extort business owners.

Dissident Rebels In Colombia Ignore Peace Treaty And Continue Extortion

A peace treaty in 2016 largely ended a half-century war waged by the guerrilla group FARC against Colombia's government. But a handful of FARC dissidents extort business owners and refuse to disarm.

Ursula K. Le Guin wrote more than 20 novels, including <em>The Left Hand of Darkness</em> and the Earthsea series<em>.</em>

Sci-Fi Titan Le Guin Wanted To 'Stand Up And Be Counted' As A Writer With Kids

"Women who write, who have children, their work tends to get 'disappeared,' " Ursula K. Le Guin told Fresh Air in 1989. The author died Monday at the age of 88.

A U.S. flag flies beside a Puerto Rican flag in Old San Juan.

Puerto Rico Overwhelmingly Votes On U.S. Statehood In Non-Binding Referendum

The debt-racked territory voted to become the 51st state in 2012, but Congress never picked up the result. Puerto Rico voted again Sunday and partial results show most voters support U.S. statehood.

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