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Southerland says she dreams about buying a home in Bolton Hill, where it's quiet and culturally diverse.

In Baltimore, The Gap Between White And Black Homeownership Persists

The gap between black and white homeownership rates has widened in recent decades. Baltimore is a majority black city, but research shows it has a gap of 31 percent, mirroring the national average.

People swimming at the beach in La Jolla Cove, Sunday, July 22, 2018.

Monsoonal Moisture To Return After Final Day Of Heat Wave In San Diego County

The second day of a heat wave is expected to send temperatures soaring into the triple digits Tuesday in San Diego County.

The sun shines bright in the sky over San Diego, July 30, 2018.

Heat Wave To Descend On San Diego Again This Week

National Weather Service forecasters have issued an excessive heat warning in San Diego County from 10 a.m. Monday to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Evelyn Nussembaum and her son Sam Vogelstein pick up a six month supply of Epidiolex from the experimental pharmacy at UCSF.

How One Boy's Fight With Epilepsy Led To The First Marijuana-Derived Pharmaceutical

Sam Vogelstein used to suffer a hundred seizures a day. Then he tried a marijuana-based drug that wasn't available in the U.S. It stopped his seizures and has just been approved by the FDA.

Authorities in China have demolished the Beijing studio of contemporary artist Ai Weiwei, a dissident and longtime critic of the Chinese government.

Ai Weiwei Responds To Chinese Authorities Destroying His Beijing Studio

The Chinese dissident artist tells NPR his studio is in the process of being demolished. The workspace is located in Beijing's Songzhuang District, on the outskirts of the city.

Ai Weiwei Responds To Chinese Authorities Destroying His Beijing Studio

The Chinese dissident artist tells NPR his studio is in the process of being demolished. The workspace is located in Beijing's Songzhuang District, on the outskirts of the city.

The town of Central do Maranhão, in northeast Brazil's sugar cane belt, is one of the country's poorest. These rice fields line one of the town's long, narrow dirt streets.

Brazilians Turn To Evangelical Church In Rural Town Wracked By Drugs And Poverty

"Churches are taking over the leadership role which was supposed to be in the hands of the political powers," says a Catholic youth group member in the Brazilian town of Central do Maranhão.

The Assembly of God in Central holds regular youth services where young residents sing, pray, and worship together. This evangelical church has several other branches on the town's outskirts.

Brazilians Turn To Evangelical Church In Rural Town Wracked By Drugs And Poverty

"Churches are taking over the leadership role which was supposed to be in the hands of the political powers," says a Catholic youth group member in the Brazilian town of Central do Maranhão.

A screenshot from a video posted by the City of Lynchburg shows water flowing over Lakeside Drive, which runs atop the College Lake Dam in the Virginia city.

Concerns Of Dam Failure Prompt Evacuations In Lynchburg, Va.

The College Lake Dam has been strained by heavy rainfall. Overnight, worries about its imminent collapse sent alarm through the community.

Along the back of this field of sugar snap peas, sunflowers and bachelor buttons at Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center is a buffer of maturing big-leaf maples and red-osier dogwoods. It's a combination of forest and thicket that the farm has left standing to help protect water quality in the river and aquifer.

Which Vision Of Farming Is Better For The Planet?

Should we concentrate farming in a small area, or spread it out to reduce the environmental impact? It's a dilemma farmers face as they feed a growing planet. A new study weighs in.

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