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In the last two years, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia have decriminalized or fully legalized abortion. Here's what Latin America's green wave can teach the movement in the U.S.

A mastodon named Fred, also known as the Buesching mastodon, is a distant relative of the modern elephant. His remains reveal the story of his life and violent end.

City Heights Día Muertos celebration returns live, spirited, and vividly-hued to Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park, the long-time home of the event. The second longest-running celebration in San Diego! When: Oct. 30, 2021 from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Candlelight Vigil @ 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Where: Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park (in front of the City Heights Weingart Library.) at 3795 Fairmount Ave. in City Heights. Here are some highlights for this year’s event: Cultural entertainment and art making opportunities will be offered. Returning from previous years will be Drummers Without Borders featuring a giant puppet and lantern drum parade winding around the city block, The Old Globe brings another round of five short plays written and performed by community members, Mariachi Victoria, Chinuelo (Chinelo) masked dancers from Guerrero, Mexico, Radio Latina supports with sound equipment and an emcee. Activities return such as maskmaking with San Diego Guild of Puppetry, and a drumming lesson session with Drummers Without Borders. Talks are being held to imagine and actualize a community-wide art project going on the entire day. Catrina and Catrin outfits are encouraged (a la Posada,) and a contest usually takes place. A candlelight vigil is planned for the evening. New cultural groups participating will be Ballet Folkloric Xochipilli (SDSU), Majestic in Motion with two youth dance groups, Hoover High School Band, and Grupo Colibri, and there may be more cultural participants by the day of the event. Always outstanding are the community altares set up by families and organizations. These have a sense of ritual and reverence combined with a degree of mirth. The paths are strewn with marigolds and greens, and a breeze carries the heady scent of flowers and pan de muerto. (Bread of the dead.) There is a splendid new logo, which will be available on tee shirts and more. Food will be available. A free of cost community event started by the Residents’ Committee to continue the Mexican cultural holiday honoring the deceased family members and friends. City Heights Día de Muertos Celebration is on Facebook

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains defiant, insisting he won't resign after another crisis rocked his leadership.

As people in Taiwan watch the war in Ukraine, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with veteran journalist Chris Horton about what they think it could mean for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

Many people in Turkey are growing increasingly weary of hosting the millions of Syrian refugees that have been there for years — but the Syrians have no place to go.

Some of the 21 victims at Robb Elementary School possibly could have been saved had they received medical attention sooner while police waited before breaching the classroom, the report says.

Ukraine's coal industry was in decline. Now miners find themselves in the middle of a war with Russia — and global demand for coal is rising.

Two top ministers and a slew of more junior officials resigned this week, saying they could no longer serve under Johnson's scandal-tarred leadership. He narrowly got by a no-confidence vote in June.

As companies that experienced explosive growth in the pandemic begin to scale back, some workers are finding themselves suddenly out of work and scrambling to land something new.