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Lawyer Stefan Waterkamp covers the face of accused Josef S. at the court room in Brandenburg, Germany, on Oct. 7, 2021. The 100-year-old man is charged as an accessory to murder on allegations that he served as a guard at the Nazis' Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

A 100-year-old former Nazi guard has gone on trial, facing charges for 3,518 deaths

The suspect, who was identified only as Josef S. in keeping with German privacy rules, is accused of being an accessory to murder for serving as an SS guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

French Catholic clergy abused hundreds of thousands of children, report finds

A new report in France says hundreds of thousands of children have been abused by priests and others working in the Catholic Church over the last 70 years.

Living California's Central Valley, Keishell Brown and other expecting moms contend with increasingly intense heat waves.

Heat waves are dangerous during pregnancy, but doctors don't often mention it

Heat waves are getting longer and more intense with climate change, which increases the risk of preterm birth. Pregnant women often don't hear about the dangers.

Annie Parfait, a Houma Nation elder, sits outside her home in Dulac, La., on Sept. 21, three weeks after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana. Parfait, 70, rode out the storm at the Houma Nation Headquarters in Houma, La.

Pushed to the edge, tribe members in coastal Louisiana wonder where to go after Ida

By nature and necessity, the Houma people are a sprawling but tight-knit community in the bayou region. Federal recognition for the tribe could keep them out of harm's way.

Over half a million Soviet troops served in Afghanistan between 1979 and 1989. Among the first deployed was Rustam Khodzhayev, seen posing here (front row, first from the left) with his special operations unit in 1981.

We Asked Vets Of The Soviet-Afghan War To Judge The U.S. Exit. Here's What They Said

Veterans of the Soviet Union's decade-long war in Afghanistan see parallels — and stark contrasts — with the U.S. experience and exit after two decades there.

Belarus track coaches Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich are now under investigation, Olympics officials announced on Thursday. The pair are seen here at a checkpoint in Tokyo's Haneda International Airport.

World Athletics Group Is Investigating 2 Belarus Coaches Over A Tokyo Olympics Flap

The two coaches were sent packing from the Summer Games after sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya said they tried to force her to leave Japan early.

Britney Spears supporter Peter Stickles was among those demonstrating outside of Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday.

A Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Dad From Her Conservatorship

At a hearing Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Brenda J. Penny suspended the pop star's father from controlling her financial affairs. Britney Spears has accused him of exploiting her.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced the "Cover Now Act" outside the U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2021. The bill intends to close the health insurance gap in Texas and 11 other states that have not expanded Medicaid to uninsured adults. A similar fix is part of the spending bill being debated in Congress this week, and would provide affordable coverage for more than 2.2 million Americans.

A Death In Dallas: What's At Stake As Congress Weighs A Medicaid Fix For The Uninsured

More than 2 million Americans are uninsured because they live in the 12 states that didn't expand Medicaid. 60% are people of color. Will Congress help by including them in the new spending bill?

Students at a training program, Cooperative Home Care Associates in New York, practice basic skills like a bed-bath on each other. Home health aides, provide basic, day-to-day support for elderly and disabled people, allowing them to age at home.

There's A Shortage Of Home Health Aides For The Elderly, And It's Getting Worse

Advocates have been calling for changes in the field. They say these jobs are exhausting, with low wages, little respect and little career growth. "We need a complete transformation," one expert says.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters about lifting of a state of emergency at his official residence in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 27. Suga announced Tuesday a lifting of the ongoing coronavirus state of emergency and less-stringent measures in all 27 prefectures including Tokyo when they expire at the end of September.

Japan To Lift All Coronavirus Emergency Steps Nationwide

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Tuesday that virus restrictions will be eased gradually.

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