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T. J. Thompson and his seven-year-old daughter Tori enjoy a laugh in the kitchen of their apartment in Gilpin Court, one of Richmond, Va.’s public housing communities.

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World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks, pictured holding a photo of himself as a soldier in 1943, died on Wednesday at age 112.

The oldest living American veteran of World War II dies at 112

Lawrence Brooks served in the U.S. Army when the military was still racially segregated. But the Black soldier's deployment to Australia offered a reprieve from the racism of Jim Crow laws at home.

Alex Spektor's twin sons, Lenny and Moishe, were born premature to a surrogate in Kyiv, Ukraine. He and his partner Irma contacted a specialist evacuation team of U.S. Army veterans to transport the twins to Poland when Kyiv was being attacked by Russian forces.

A rescue team evacuates premature American twins from Kyiv in a daring mission

The twin boys, Lenny and Moishe, were born just as Russia invaded Ukraine. A specialist team of U.S. Army veterans hatched a desperate plan to bring them into Poland and, hopefully, to safety.

Abdul, center, who worked as a mechanic before he left Kabul, Afghanistan with his family about a month ago, gestures with Jesse Robbins, left, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, as Robbins points out the location of a Halal grocery store within walking distance from the rental house Robbins owns along with his wife, Thuy Do, who was nine years old when her family arrived in the United States from Vietnam in the 1980s.

'We Were Them:' Vietnamese Americans Help Afghan Refugees

The crisis in Afghanistan has reopened painful wounds for many of the 2 million Vietnamese Americans living in the United States. It's driven some elders to open up about their own harrowing departure to younger generations for the first time.

Dave 'Cowboy' Graham stands in front of a damaged gas station in Dawson Springs, Kentucky.

For tornado survivors, 'Cowboy' offers a listening ear

Dave Graham of Frederickstown, Ohio, has volunteered after natural disasters around the country. He's been spending time offering to listen to stories of tornado survivors in Dawson Springs, Ky.

In this Aug. 31, 2020, file photo, is the Assembly gallery overlooking a legislative session in Sacramento, Calif.

Flush budget, unfinished business await California lawmakers

California lawmakers are flush with money and unfinished business from last year as they return to the state Capitol.

'The Invisibles' Looks At Some Of The Jews Who Survived The Holocaust In Berlin

The Invisibles looks at an under-reported aspect of the Holocaust. It's a docudrama, opening in the U.S. Friday, about Jews who survived in Berlin, a city the Nazis had proclaimed "Jew-free."

A woman comes out of a booth to cast an early vote for Wednesday's election at a local polling station, on March 4, in Seoul, South Korea.

Millennial and Gen Z views of South Korea's generation in power shape an election

South Koreans in their 20s and 30s make up a third of voters, and candidates want to win them over. Many young voters are over the folks in power, a lot of whom are from an older activist generation.

Afghanistan is struggling without aid, but unfreezing funds to the country is tricky

Afghanistan faces a humanitarian crisis. It had been relying on foreign aid, much of which has been cut since the Taliban took over in August. There are now shortages of money, food and health care.

A migrant mother and child dangle their feet outside of the tent they now call home at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Nov. 17, 2021.

Explainer: What is the revived US policy on Mexico border?

The Biden administration is acting under a court order as it seeks to end the “Remain in Mexico” policy in a way that passes legal scrutiny.

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