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Mixed Messaging And Misinformation Is Creating Confusion At The U.S.-Mexico Border

The Biden administration faces a challenge on the Southwest border, where about 5,000 unauthorized migrants cross daily. Around half are turned back, but now some places in Mexico won't accept them.

Terence Crowster, who has been an avid reader since he was young, solicited donations to start the Hot-Spot Library in Scottsville, Cape Town, so kids would have a safe place to connect with books.

PHOTOS: The Hot-Spot Library Was Born In Two Shipping Containers In A Cape Town Slum

It started with a guy who had a dream – bringing books to kids in a neighborhood torn apart by drug abuse and gang violence. It's the Hot-Spot Library of Cape Town, South Africa.

Biden Pledged Historic Cabinet Diversity. Here's How His Nominees Stack Up

President Joe Biden's core group of advisers is more racially diverse and has more women than those of former Presidents Donald Trump or Barack Obama. See a list of the picks and their experience.

A man gets the COVID-19 vaccine at San Diego County's "Vaccination Superstation" in Chula Vista, Calif. Jan. 21, 2021.

UC San Diego Infectious Disease Modeler Warns Of New Variant Spread In San Diego County

A UC San Diego infectious disease modeler is sounding the alarm of the fast spread of the U.K. COVID-19 variant in San Diego County.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen above on Oct. 29, warned Germans this week, "We're in for a tough winter." New cases of the coronavirus have been hovering at about 20,000 per day recently.

Germany Passes 1 Million Coronavirus Cases As Merkel Warns Of 'A Tough Winter'

With the daily number of new infections hovering around 20,000, Chancellor Angela Merkel told Germans this week that her government may move to extend restrictions into the new year.

Cars enter and leave a drive-thru voting site in Houston on Election Day in 2020. Texas Republican lawmakers are looking to ban the practice.

Texas Republicans Look To Curb Local Efforts To Expand Voting Access

Harris County around Houston used drive-thru voting and extended voting hours to boost turnout in 2020. Republican leaders in Texas say such efforts were an overreach.

San Diego County Sheriff's Bill Gore announcing the step up in coronavirus pandemic enforcement at the county press conference Nov. 19, 2020.

Amid Spike In Cases, San Diego Sheriff Steps Up COVID-19 Compliance Enforcement

San Diego County officials announced Thursday that law enforcement will step up COVID-19 compliance protocols, including education and citations, amid spiking coronavirus cases.

Guns are advertised for sale at a shop on Tuesday in Culver City, Calif. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he would like to see gun shops shut down.

LA County Sheriff: Gun Shops Are Not 'Essential' And Must Immediately Shut Down

Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva noted lines of people buying guns, counter to social distancing rules. The county counsel's office reportedly said the shops aren't covered under the closure.

Water emerges from the headwaters of Nevada Spring Creek at around 44 degrees year-round. A mitigation bank provided private money to reconnect it to Montana's Blackfoot River and to restore a prized trout fishing habitat.

As Regulations Roll Back, Could Clean Water Protection Business Dry Up?

The Trump administration is stripping clean water protections put in place by President Barack Obama, and some in the industry worry that the regulatory changes will threaten their business.

Traffic on a San Diego freeway is shown in this file photo, Nov. 22, 2011.

San Diego County Still Working On Climate Action Plan

San Diego County is still trying to develop a climate action plan that allows for housing growth, while protecting the environment, and meets state goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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