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Paradise Irrigation District manager Kevin Phillips shows a sample of the town's water pipes, which were frequently woven between underground root systems that were likely burned during the fire.

Paradise, Calif., Water Is Contaminated But Residents Are Moving Back Anyway

Despite public health warnings about benzene contamination in the town's water supply, some Paradise residents say they have no choice but to return.

A police officer stands guard inside an Ebola treatment center in Butembo. Rebels attacked the facility on March 9, killing one officer and injuring another.

Threats By Text, A Mob Outside The Door: What Health Workers Face In The Ebola Zone

Threats to health workers are prompting a radical rethink of the Ebola strategy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Jennifer Wilcox: How Can We Remove CO2 From The Atmosphere? Will We Do It In Time?

To slow climate change, we need to lower emissions and remove carbon from the atmosphere. Chemical engineer Jennifer Wilcox says the technology is there, and we need to scale it.

Analysts say Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg and the company were slow to take responsibility in the crashes of two 737 Max planes within months of each other.

Boeing Slow To 'Own' Recent Air Disasters, Analysts Say

After a second 737 Max jet crashed in Ethiopia, it took Boeing weeks to speak openly about the role its flight control software may have played. Critics say that's too long.

A man stands at a Uritrottoir public urinal on the Île Saint-Louis in Paris.

Nope, Those Aren't Mailboxes: Paris Rolls Out Sidewalk Urinals

The urinals are not at all subtle. They're bright red and placed in heavily trafficked areas — for example, directly next to the Seine near the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Demonstrators protest partisan redistricting in 2017 during oral arguments in a case out of Wisconsin.

The Supreme Court Takes Another Look At Partisan Redistricting

A pivotal retirement and a new conservative majority could give the state legislatures a green light for even more partisanship when it comes to drawing political boundaries.

Flowers at Anza-Borrego State Park during a "super bloom." March 5th, 2019.

Tens Of Thousands Converge On California 'Poppy Apocalypse'

Overwhelming crowds forced authorities to shut down viewing of a super bloom of poppies on hills around a small Southern California city.

A quartz UV germicidal lamp is used to disinfect a train at the Sviblovo station of the Moscow Metro transit system.

Coronavirus Sparks New Interest In Using Ultraviolet Light To Disinfect Indoor Air

Germicidal ultraviolet light technology has a proven track record against indoor transmission of tuberculosis and other airborne viruses. It's now being used in some restaurants and on subways.

The Absher app, available in the Apple and Google apps stores in Saudi Arabia, allows men to track the whereabouts of their wives and daughters.

Apple, Google Criticized For Carrying App That Lets Saudi Men Track Their Wives

An app that allows men to track the whereabouts of their wives and daughters is available in the Apple and Google app stores in Saudi Arabia. The firms are getting blowback for carrying the app.

Russia is sending a new division of S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems to Crimea, in a new sign of heightened tensions. Here, one of the systems is carried during the Victory Day military parade Russia held in May.

Russia Plans To Deploy More S-400 Missiles To Disputed Crimea Peninsula

Russia's military already has three of the S-400 "Triumf" divisions on the Black Sea peninsula; it plans to have another in place and operational by the year's end.

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