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The aid group Mercy Corps believes that the new Libra currency could help funnel aid to the poor. But critics wonder why the charity has teamed up with a controversial company.

The New Light shelter in Kolkata offers a safe home. Founder Urmi Basu was inspired by a walk through the city's red-light district. This year, she was given India's highest civilian honor for women.

This is an archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

One year after San Diego decided to permit and regulate cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and distribution, the industry has gotten a slow and steady start. Observers say it's a high stakes industry with huge potential for growth.

A proposal to build 128 dormitory-style apartments near SDSU is facing opposition from city staffers, who say city code requires it to offer more parking spaces.

A new study on an innovative program in Tulsa, Okla., that links quality Head Start services with job training and parental support shows it's improving the lives of both mothers and their children.

The former adult film actress alleges the "hush agreement" signed days before 2016 election is "null and void" without the president's signature. She says the supposed affair started in 2006.

The San Diego Coffee Training Institute opened last fall near downtown San Diego's homeless encampments and Barrio Logan's creative entrepreneurs. It's expanding to offer more barista training spots to people who need help.

There were no schools for the deaf near her village in India. And she had to stand up to the bias against deafness — and the use of sign language.

Nearly word for word, President Trump's order banning lobbying from administration officials for five years is a mashup of provisions signed by the two Democratic predecessors.