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Pictured, the exterior of Interfaith Community Services' Abraham and Lillian Turk Recuperative Center for the homeless in Escondido, Calif. October 31, 2022.

Interfaith to expand recuperative care and family shelter for homeless in Escondido

A former motel is getting the final touches in its conversion into a recuperative care center for the homeless.

Willie Mae Thornton was a foremother of rock. These kids carry her legacy forward

Women are underrepresented as artists and songwriters and make up less than 3% of credited music producers. For women of color that number is even lower. That's why Willie Mae is so important.

He lost his legs fighting for Ukraine. But this story is about love through adversity

Sgt. Mykhailo Varvarych, a commander in Ukraine's 80th Airborne Assault Brigade, lost both legs while fighting in Luhansk. He and his fiancée Iryna Botvynska maintain an unflinching romance.

Chicken farms like Hilliker's Ranch Fresh Eggs in Lakeside are at risk of losing all their birds, as a result of the avian flu. Oct 31, 2022

Audubon California says take down bird feeders to help stop avian flu

Audubon California tells homeowners to empty bird baths and take down bird feeders to discourage birds from congregating and spreading the disease.

Actor Zero Mostel, center, who portrays Tevye in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof," poses backstage with cast members after the play's opening performance at the Imperial Theatre in New York on Sept. 22, 1964. Maria Karnilova, who plays Tevye's wife, Golde, is at far left. Playing Tevye's daughters, from left, are, Tanya Everett, as Chava; Julia Migenes, as Hodel; and Joanna Merlin, as Tzeitel.

If Russia's invasion of Ukraine feels familiar, look to Broadway in the '60s

Why should Americans care about Ukraine? An answer from 1960s Broadway.

A man riding his bike through a homeless encampment in downtown San Diego, May 31, 2022.

San Diego County supervisors declare homelessness a public health crisis

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to declare homelessness a public health crisis.

Blank forms for the Powerball lottery sit in a bin at a grocery store, in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 12, 2021.

A winning $473M Powerball ticket was sold in Arizona. Here's what happens if you win

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. But it never hurts to be prepared.

A new European study grabbed headlines this week, as it seemed to question the efficacy of colonoscopies as a cancer screening tool. But U.S. physicians say there were big limits to that study. They cite more than a decade of research showing colonoscopies save lives.

Colonoscopies save lives. Doctors push back against European study that casts doubt

Colon cancer specialists worry that results of a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine could be misconstrued, and keep patients from getting lifesaving cancer screening.

Thousands of National Guard troops are in Tijuana, but residents still feel unsafe

As the year draws to a close, the increased militarization in Tijuana has so far done little to slow the violence.

A lone pedestrian in snow shoes makes his way across Colonial Circle as St. John's Grace Episcopal Church rises above the blowing snow amid blizzard conditions in Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday.

Millions in the U.S. are hunkering down from a freezing and deadly winter storm

The frigid Christmas storm has killed at least 24 people across the country, trapping some residents inside homes with snow drifts, and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes.

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