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Investigators search Gaza for cases of polio after the virus turns up in wastewater

The territory hasn't had any polio cases for 25 years but this suggests the virus is spreading. Polio experts are scrambling to figure out the origins and whether or not there are active cases.

Meet the ManhattAnt, the ant that's taken New York's streets by storm

The ManhattAnt has become the dominant ant species in the Big Apple, and scientists aren't sure why.

Relatives and volunteers carry bodies on stretchers at the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district in northern India on Tuesday. A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering killed more than 100 and left scores injured, officials said.<br>

More than 120 people are killed in one of India's deadliest stampedes

An official inquiry is under way to determine what caused the stampede at a religious gathering in northern India.

Primary Election 2024: San Diego City Council races

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' primary election guide for San Diego City Council races.

Poder Latinx canvasser Humberto Orjuela helps Andres Navarro register to vote in a Presidente Supermarket parking lot in Orlando on April 20. New restrictions in Florida have made voter registration work more difficult for Poder Latinx and other third-party groups.

Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws

New Republican-backed laws in several states add large fines or criminal penalties for minor mistakes in voter registration work. As groups pull back, they're reaching fewer voters.

Switching to a flip phone isn't as hard as you think. But you might miss having GPS

These lower-tech devices do not include many of the apps typically found on smartphones. And that may be appealing if you're looking to spend less time online.

San Diego County Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Terra Lawson-Remer stands in a beige jumpsuit and heels on a bus stop bench speaking through a megaphone to demonstrators in front of the Bay Apartments in Pacific Beach Monday, July 15, 2024.

San Diego County Supervisors OK proposal reign in large housing purchasers

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday in favor of a proposal that will address corporate "bad actors" who purchase homes and, in the words of the proposal, contribute to an already difficult affordable-housing situation.

Palestinians look at the aftermath of the Israeli airstrike on a U.N.-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on July 6.

Talks for a cease-fire in Gaza appear set to resume as the war reaches 9 months

Hamas now appears closer to accepting a more gradual approach to its core demands, including a permanent end to the fighting and a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, according to multiple officials close to the talks.

I went on the new White House tour. This is what you can now see

About 10,000 people a week come to visit the White House. But until recently, they got a public tour that hadn't changed in decades.

In this photo provided by Alison Oszman, a fast-moving wildfire near the Oregon-Idaho border moves toward a home on Rye Valley Lane in Huntington, Ore., on Wednesday afternoon.

Winds and lightning strikes stoke Oregon fire, now the largest in the U.S.

Smoke from the Durkee Fire in Oregon was choking the air in Boise, Idaho, and beyond. An air quality warning was in effect for the entire region on Wednesday.

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