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When Hurricane Helene cause widespread destruction from Florida to North Carolina last year, FEMA deployed staff from all over the agency to help disaster victims and still fell short, having to rely on staff from other agencies.

What the firings at FEMA could mean for the next hurricane or wildfire

The Trump administration has fired several hundred employees at FEMA. When it comes to helping disaster victims on the ground, the agency was already hundreds of people short.

Keokuk County Hospital needs three physicians to staff its emergency room, but currently has just two. The hospital is seeking to hire a third full-time doctor to work in the ER and help treat patients at the 14-bed facility.

COVID made shortages of doctors and nurses even worse. Rural hospitals still struggle

The U.S. already faced shortages in its health care workforce, then the pandemic spurred even more doctors and nurses to retire or leave hospital jobs. Filling those vacancies is a challenge.

Nicholas Hamlett, seen on these images from his wanted poster, was the subject of a weekslong manhunt following the Oct. 18 murder of Steven Lloyd. Authorities say Hamlett befriended Lloyd and lured him into a wooded area in Tennessee, killing him in an attempted identity theft plot.

A man told 911 a bear chased him off a cliff. Weeks later, he was arrested for murder

Authorities say Nicholas Hamlett killed a man in Tennessee in an attempt to steal his identity, and reported it to police as a bear attack. He was arrested in South Carolina after a weekslong manhunt.

Paul Ninson of Ghana embraced photography as a career -- and was inspired to create a library of photobooks about Africa. Above: Ninson in the Dikan Center in the capital city of Accra, which marked its second anniversary this month. He's holding a copy of the center's oldest book, The Gold Coast Yesterday and Today, published in the early 1940s.

Big dreams: He's the founder of a leading African photobook library

Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He maxed out his credit cards, injured his back — and made it happen.

Cory Booker breaks a 68-year-old Senate record with a 25-hour speech

The New Jersey Democrat took the podium to criticize the Trump administration's policies at 7 p.m. Monday. He ended his marathon speech shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, breaking a decades-old record.

The Border 2 Fire seen from Lower Otay Lake in Chula Vista at 1:38 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2025.

Otay Mountain fire explodes overnight, prompts evacuations, school closures

As of 11:40 a.m. Friday, the Border 2 Fire had burned 5,389 acres and was 10% contained, according to CalFire.

"You'll never regret being connected to your own life and being true to the questions and longings that are there," says Aizaiah Yong, an associate professor of spirituality at the Claremont School of Theology.

Curious about exploring your spirituality? Ask yourself these 4 questions

You don't need to be religious to create a meaningful connection to something greater than yourself. If you're interested in examining that relationship, grab a pen and paper and answer these prompts.

Jaime Casey, physical therapist and fall prevention specialist at the Challenge Center in La Mesa, teaches seniors fall prevention and safety techniques on November 30, 2024.

Seniors gain confidence through fall prevention and safety training

A local nonprofit is teaching seniors how to fall safely or not at all.

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

Letterer and comic book creator Stan Sakai holds up a page from his comic book "Usagi Yojimbo." Aug. 21, 2024

Celebrate Letterer Appreciation Day on Sept. 1

Eisner award-winning letterer Stan Sakai talks about his art.

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