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Pedestrians cross the street in Harlem during a snow storm on Thursday in New York City. As a major winter storm moves up the Northeast corridor, New York City is under a winter storm warning.

Blizzard Conditions Hit New England As Massive Winter Storm Travels North

As the "bomb cyclone" intensifies, visibility has dropped to nearly zero in some sections of the snow band. Serious flooding and hurricane force winds have been observed in coastal Massachusetts.

Syrian refugee women hold their children in a refugee compound in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon.

2018 Was A Year Of Drastic Cuts To U.S. Refugee Admissions

America is rejecting more legal immigrants than ever before. Refugee advocates warn that President Trump's aim is to dismantle the U.S. refugee resettlement program.

Trying to make the world a better place: (left to right) Skoll Award winners Gregory Rockson of mPharma, Nicola Galombik and Maryana Iskander of Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, Nancy Lublin of Crisis Text Line, Bright Simons of mPedigree and Julie Cordua of Thorn.

No Fake Drugs, More Jobs For Youth, End Child Sexual Abuse Online: A Vision For 2030

The 5 recipients of the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship predict how their projects will make the world a better place.

IBM Will Acquire Open-Source Software Company Red Hat In $34 Billion Deal

IBM will acquire Red Hat for $190 per share, in a deal worth approximately $34 billion. Both companies took pains to say the Red Hat ethos and commitment to open source would continue.

Relief agencies are mobilizing to help thousands of people affected by Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami. Here, people are seen taking refuge in a temporary shelter in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Tuesday.

How To Help After Indonesia's Earthquake And Tsunami

The disasters crippled communications and damaged roads — problems that are also complicating efforts to bring aid to the city of Palu and other affected areas.

San Diego Comic Fest celebrates the centennial of filmmaker and stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen, left, and science fiction writer Ray Bradbury.

San Diego Comic Fest Returns For 8th Year

Comic book convention calls itself "friendly, intimate"

Foxtrot and Gemma Snowdon of the U.N.'s World Food Programme, who rescued the lost 4-week-old puppy.

Lost Pup Finds New Life As Humanitarian Mascot In Refugee Camp

The puppy started following a team that was cleaning up the beach in Bangladesh. And now he is an Instagram star.

A bullet hole is seen on June 19 on a gate at the Eugene Simpson Stadium Park, the site where House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise was shot by gunman James Hodgkinson, in Alexandria, Va.

Rep. Steve Scalise In Fair Condition After Another Surgery For Infection

Scalise was shot at a baseball practice for Republican members of Congress in mid-June. He was re-admitted to the intensive care unit last month, and required multiple new surgeries.

Doughnuts for sale at a Dunkin' Donuts in Edmond, Okla. Last year, the parent company said it would remove artificial colors from its products in the U.S. by the end of 2018. Now they say they've already achieved that goal for their flagship product.

Time To Make The Doughnuts Free Of Artificial Dyes, Dunkin' Decides

Dunkin' Donuts had previously pledged to eliminate the dyes by the end of 2018, and is still working on its other menu items.

Guns for sale at a gun show in Naples, Fla.

Americans Largely Support Gun Restrictions To 'Do Something' About Gun Violence

President Trump says he supports "really intelligent background checks." It's unclear what exactly that means, but support for universal background checks is near universal among Americans.

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