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India's oldest Chinese community faces the impact of the two country's tensions

A postcard from India's oldest and largest Chinese community, where residents are feeling recent tensions between Delhi and Beijing.

Three generations, (from left to right) grandmother Genoveva Calloway, daughter Petra Gonzales, and granddaughter Vanesa Quintero, live next door to each other in San Pablo, Calif. Recently their extended family was hit with a second wave of COVID infections a year after the first.

COVID hit 13 members of their family the first time. A year later it struck again

The second time Vanessa Quintero's family caught the virus, probably from her 8-year-old daughter, fewer people got sick. They and their doctors credit the protection of vaccination.

Tom Hom is shown at his home in Chula Vista, Aug. 12, 2021. As a teenager, Hom's family bought a home in a neighborhood where restrictive covenants were prevalent.

Racist housing covenants shut San Diegans out of homeownership, but two families broke through

Racial covenants shaped San Diego for decades, pushing minorities out of many neighborhoods, from Ocean Beach to Julian. Here’s the story of two homebuyers who pushed back

From left to right: Marcus Arbery, father of Ahmaud Arbery; attorney Ben Crump; Rev. Al Sharpton; Wanda Cooper-Jones, mother of Ahmaud Arbery; and attorney Lee Merritt address the media following guilty verdicts for the defendants in the trial of the killers of Ahmaud Arbery on Wednesday in Brunswick, Ga.

For many, guilty verdicts in Arbery case mark progress for racial justice in court

Attorneys and activists lauded the jury verdict that found three white men guilty in the murder of a 25-year-old Black man.

The Oneida Indian Nation unveiled a cultural art installation called "Passage of Peace," which features nine illuminated tipis seen off the New York State Thruway to raise awareness of the impact of COVID-19 on Native Americans.

Hit hard by COVID, Native Americans come together to protect families and elders

Indigenous Americans suffer disproportionate effects of COVID, including the mental health impact. But a collective mindset has helped them find creative solutions to buffering the stress.

An old mental hospital sits in Trieste's San Giovanni Park. The facility closed over 40 years ago, but its ocher pavilions are filled with activity.

A public mental health model in Italy earns global praise. Now it faces its demise

Trieste has a reputed approach to bringing people with mental illnesses out of hospitals and into the community. Now the region's hard-right politicians are breaking the system apart.

Repair crews work to fix a broken water main in downtown San Diego at the corner of 11th and A, November 22, 2021.

Water restored, but issues continue after water main break

A boil water order is still in effect in East Village. Getting the all-clear from state regulators to lift it could take days.

Community clinics say the easing of restrictions on telehealth during the pandemic has made it possible for health workers to connect with hard-to-reach patients via a phone call — people who are poor, elderly or live in remote areas, and don't have access to a computer or cell phone with video capability.

Voice-only telehealth may go away with pandemic rules expiring

State rules were temporarily loosened in 2020 to help patients get care outside a doctor's office. But is telehealth by phone safe and effective? State legislatures and insurers must soon decide.

Repair crews work to fix a broken water main in downtown San Diego at the corner of 11th and A in Downtown San Diego, Calif. Nov. 22, 2021.

Two water main breaks injure 1, close roads, cause damage

Two water main breaks continued flooding Sunday night in areas near downtown and Balboa Park.

Lauren Barber's home in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 16. Barber sometimes gets called or texted more than five times a day with offers from investors and companies that want to buy her house.

Hey, I want to buy your house: Homeowners besieged by unsolicited offers

Lots of speculators are jockeying to get in on the hot market. Sometime they call homeowners multiple times a day. It can be an invasive nuisance, or worse.

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