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Michelle Trachtenberg starred as Georgina on the CW show Gossip Girl and Dawn in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. She's pictured above in 2015.

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, of 'Harriet the Spy' and 'Gossip Girl' dies at 39

The actress was found dead in an apartment in Manhattan on Wednesday, police said.

A voter walks toward a polling place to cast their ballot for Alabama’s March primary election in Mountain Brook, Ala.

A federal judge has ordered Alabama to stop trying to purge voters before Election Day

A judge temporarily blocked Alabama’s voter removal program after finding the state violated federal law by systematically purging voters too close to this fall’s election.

U.S. college grants for 208 Afghan women are cut, then restored -- yet still in limbo

A USAID grant enabled them to defy the Taliban ban on higher ed for women by studying online or in another country. It was canceled. Now it's back through June. But no word on next semester.

Tina Knowles, mother of Beyoncé and Solange, knows how to be a 'Matriarch'

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Tina Knowles, the mother of artists Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, about her new memoir, "Matriarch."

The devastation from the Palisades Fire is seen from the air in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2025.

Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn

LA fires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.

An undated photo of Cmdr. Cayanne “Peppers” McFarlane, Commanding Officer, Naval Information Warfare Training Group (NIWTG) San Diego.

Naval information warfare training group San Diego commanding officer fired

The commanding officer of Naval Information Warfare Training Group San Diego was fired Thursday.

A fisher watches as walk along the sand next to the Imperial Beach Pier in Imperial Beach on September 3, 2024.

CDC surveys South San Diego County residents about cross-border pollution

Staff and volunteers will knock on more than 200 doors between Thursday and Saturday to ask residents about their physical and mental health.

Misty Hughes, a fifth-generation resident of Poplar, N.C., organizes flood relief efforts at the Poplar Community Center on Friday. The mountain hamlet sits along the Nolichucky River, which rose to record levels of flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.

This mountain hamlet hit by Helene flooding preps for a winter without power

Most of the people who live in Poplar, N.C, are seniors. One priority is securing propane and kerosene heaters to keep them warm when it turns cold.

Nora Vargas, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, speaks on the Tijuana River pollution crisis. Undated photo.

Why It Matters: Another County Supe down

Usually, when a politician abruptly resigns, or drops out of a race, with little or no explanation, everyone expects the real reason to arrive soon.

The Sims are turning 25 this year. Above, a screenshot from The Sims 4 trailer.

For 25 years, The Sims have made a game out of the daily grind

Critic Linda Holmes has been playing The Sims since the early 2000s. Twenty five years in, she says she still finds the game charming but puzzling.

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