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Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founding director of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise.

'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

In 2017, a study reported one in three people in one rural Alabama county had been exposed to hookworm. Catherine Coleman Flowers says the study reveals big gaps in sanitation in rural America.

A girl walks past a buchetta del vino, a small window to serve wine, typical in Florence.

In Tuscany, Renaissance-Era Wine Windows Are Made For Social Distancing

Tuscany's wine windows, each 12 inches high and 8 inches wide, were indispensable during a 17th century plague. They've became useful again during the coronavirus pandemic — even after lockdown ended.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department, last week.

5 Chinese State Media Outlets In U.S. Told To Reduce Nationals On Staffs

The news organizations will be limited to 100 Chinese employees in the U.S. The State Department says the move is aimed at ending restrictions on U.S. journalists working in China.

Family members who have lost a loved one because of gun violence leave remembrance items inside the glass bricks of the four houses that are the cornerstone of the Gun Violence Memorial Project.

Nearly 700 People In The U.S. Die From Gun Violence Each Week; A Memorial Honors Them

An art installation in Chicago honors victims of gun violence, and its organizers hope to make it a national monument. They want to bring widespread attention to what they consider another epidemic.

The sign for the Cal Fire San Diego Unit Headquarters in El Cajon, Nov. 13, 2018.

San Diego Area On Wildfire Alert Amid Spell Of Santa Ana Weather

Utility officials shut off electrical service to nearly 400 eastern San Diego County addresses Friday as a wildfire precaution as the first Santa Ana wind event of the fall continued for a second day.

Clear skies in the San Carlos neighborhood in San Diego County. Sept. 30, 2020.

San Diego County Temperatures Warm Up

Offshore flow across San Diego County will lead to warmer weather Sunday and into Monday.

Efforts To Free Ship From Suez Canal Continues

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with shipping supply expert Christopher Rogers about the stuck ship in the Suez Canal and the implications for the supply chain.

A protester is arrested by NYPD officers during a march in Manhattan on Wednesday.

Manhattan D.A. Declines To Prosecute Some Demonstrators Who Violate Curfew

"The prosecution of protesters charged with these low-level offenses undermines critical bonds between law enforcement and the communities we serve," District Attorney Cyrus Vance said Friday.

Grocery prices have fallen in recent months but are still 4.6% higher than at this time last year.

More Groceries, Less Gas: The Pandemic Is Shaking Up The Cost Of Living

Consumer prices rose 0.4% in August and 1.3% over the last 12 months. Some economists say that official measure understates inflation, because the pandemic has changed both what and how we buy.

A common house mosquito (Culex pipiens) is about to sink her six-weaponed proboscis into a human arm. This type transmits West Nile virus by biting infected birds, then biting humans.

County's First Case Of Travel-Related West Nile Virus Confirmed In Alpine Man

The man said he had traveled to Yuma, Arizona where it is believed he contracted the virus, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency.

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