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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Commander Frank Sebastian heads the federal Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Lahaina wants closure. Authorities plead for patience

Search and recovery teams say the work to identify human remains in Lahaina is grueling and complicated by the fact that the fire burned so hot, even just making a positive ID is difficult.

Mexican artist Enrique Chiu stands on the beach of the Mexican community of Playas de Tijuana, one section of the border wall behind him has been removed, Tijuana, August 21, 2023. Chiu began painting murals on the American-built border separating Tijuana and San Diego in 2016. With the construction of a new taller wall many sections of the current wall are being removed, and the murals Chiu and others created along with it.

Culture is a casualty of San Diego border wall rebuild

The Biden administration’s expansion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall threatens to destroy hundreds of murals along the Tijuana side of the border.

This 3-ton slab of the original Berlin Wall is on permanent display in Tijuana. Marcos Cline-Marquez thought it was important to place the Berlin Wall near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Part of Berlin Wall finds new home in Tijuana

A section of the original Berlin Wall is now on display in Playas de Tijuana. It is meant to encourage migrants looking for a better life.

A worker from the Coachella Valley Water Department surveys debris flowing across a road following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary, in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on Monday.

Tropical Storm Hilary moves on from California, leaving a trail of damage and debris

The first tropical storm to hit Southern California in more than 80 years sparked road closures, school cancellations and power outages on Sunday evening before moving north to Nevada.

Dr. Susana Lloveras, an infectious disease physician at Hospital Muñiz in Buenos Aires, Argentina, says she used to see one or two cases of chikungunya a year. But earlier this year there was a new case every day.

FDA approves first ever vaccine for chikungunya virus, which is seeing a global surge

More than a quarter million cases of chikungunya virus have surfaced in South America this year. The virus can cause debilitating joint pain. Now the U.S. FDA has approved a new vaccine.

Dr. Austin Dennard at her home in Dallas in May. She is one of 13 patients and two other doctors suing Texas over its abortion bans.

For one Texas doctor, abortion bans are personal and professional

Dr. Austin Dennard is an OB-GYN who is going to give birth very soon. She also had to leave Texas to terminate a previous pregnancy because the fetus had a fatal condition.

A business owner was fatally shot Friday after someone allegedly took issue with a Pride flag she had displayed at her clothing store in Cedar Glen, Calif. Here, a Progress Pride Flag is held above a crowd of LGBTQ+ activists in West Hollywood, Calif., in April 2023.

The suspect in a California woman's murder over a Pride flag was killed in a shootout

Police say Travis Ikeguchi fired at officers when they confronted him. Tributes continue to pour in honoring the victim, Lauri Carleton.

This photo provided by WSDOT East (Washington State of Transportation) smoke from wildfires fill the sky at Salnave/SR 902 interchange in Spokane County, Wash., on Saturday.

A wildfire in eastern Washington has killed one and destroyed 185 structures

A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead, authorities said Saturday.

Long Beach Lifeguards fill up sandbags for residents ahead of Hurricane Hilary in Long Beach, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. Hurricane Hilary roared toward Mexico’s Baja California peninsula late Saturday as a downgraded but still dangerous Category 2 hurricane that's likely to bring “catastrophic” flooding to the region and cross into the southwest U.S. as a tropical storm.

California, Mexico brace for 'catastrophic' impact

An evacuation advisory for the tourist destination of Santa Catalina Island, 23 miles (37 kilometers) off the Southern California coast, urged residents and beachgoers to leave.

Chikungunya virus surges in South America. But a new discovery could help outfox it

South America has seen a quarter million cases this year, as climate change is a boon for the mosquitoes that spread it. A study about how the virus infects cells could help inform future treatments.

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