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An Indian villager wades through floodwaters in West Bengal on Aug. 23.

Local Aid Groups Are Key To Disaster Relief. So Why Are They Overlooked?

Community-based charities are at the front lines of the flood response in South Asia. But global charities get almost all the attention — and money.

Rosendo Gil, a family support worker with the Imperial County, Calif., home visiting program, has visited Blas Lopez and his fiancée Lluvia Padilla dozens of times since their daughter was born three years ago.

Home Visits Help Parents Overcome Tough Histories, Raise Healthy Children

A program that provides $400 million in federal funds for the visits expires next month. Advocates and providers hope it will be reauthorized and even expanded, saying it's money well spent.

Home Visits Help Parents Overcome Tough Histories, Raise Healthy Children

A program that provides $400 million in federal funds for the visits expires next month. Advocates and providers hope it will be reauthorized and even expanded, saying it's money well spent.

The marriage of Mildred Loving, a part-Native American, part-black woman, and her white husband, Richard Loving, led to the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized interracial marriage across the country.

Steep Rise In Interracial Marriages Among Newlyweds 50 Years After They Became Legal

Today, one in six newlyweds marry someone outside their race, which appears to allude to a more accepting society.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, which has seen a topsy-turvy couple of days, on Tuesday in New York City.

Trump Falls Silent On Stock Market Slump

President Trump, who often boasted when the stock market hit record highs, has said nothing as the market enters a period of volatility.

NASA's 2017 astronaut candidates round up for a group photo on Tuesday at Ellington Field near Johnson Space Center. The 12 pictured are, front row, left to right, Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Robb Kulin, Jessica Watkins, Loral O'Hara; back row, left to right, Jonny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Kayla Barron, Bob Hines and Raja Chari.

Meet Your Lucky Stars: NASA Announces A New Class Of Astronaut Candidates

This year was one of the most competitive applicant pools in the agency's history. One of the candidates explains what it takes to earn a coveted spot — and why so many want to be an astronaut today.

People with chronic illnesses were only slightly more likely than healthy individuals to put their wishes down on paper in a living will.

Many Avoid End-Of-Life Care Planning, Study Finds

Only about a third of U.S. adults have advance directives in place to guide the care they receive if they become too ill to make their own medical decisions.

Andrew Mills at a ribbon cutting ceremony in his honor at Andrew Mills Hall, Naval Air Station North Island, August 10, 2017.

NAS North Island Building Named After African-American WWII Hero

A building at NAS North Island is scheduled to be named Thursday in honor of a 102-year-old hero of the World War II Battle of Midway who became one of the Navy's first black chiefs.

George Rincon and Yolanda Reyes stand with a portrait of their son Diego Rincon. The family immigrated to the U.S. from Colombia in 1989. Diego served in the Army and was killed in Iraq in 2003.

Remembering A Soldier Who Died For His Country Before Becoming A Citizen

George Rincon and Yolanda Reyes remember their son, Diego, an Iraqi war veteran who was killed in action in 2003. The family came to the U.S. in 1989 as immigrants from Colombia.

A growing number of pediatric sports medicine groups warn that when a child focuses on a single sport before age 15 or 16, they increase their risk of injury and burnout — and don't boost their overall success in that sport.

Student Athletes Who Specialize Early Are Injured More Often, Study Finds

High school athletes who tended to focus on one sport were 50 percent more likely to get hurt than those who hadn't specialized. Injuries included ankle sprains, knee tendonitis, and stress fractures.

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