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Pascale Sablan was once told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's most prestigious firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that

Pascale Sablan was told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's top firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) shows off his inked finger, standing next to his wife Bun Rany, left, after voting a ballot at a polling station in Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 23, 2023.

Hun Sen's party claims a win in Cambodian election after opposition was suppressed

Longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen's party was assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression any real opposition.

A man carries a child as they leave an area where a forest fire burns, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, Saturday, July 22, 2023. A large wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes for a fifth day has forced authorities to order an evacuation of four locations, including two seaside resorts.

19,000 people have been evacuated as a wildfire rages on the Greek island of Rhodes

Scores of wildfires are burning across Greece. A wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes has forced authorities to order an evacuation of sites including seaside resorts full of tourists.

Pumpkin Plunge and Glow Swim

Pumpkin patches are cool, but have you ever seen one that floats? Yes, you read it correctly. On Friday, October 28th from 6:30 to 9 PM, we'll have hundreds of floating pumpkins in our perfectly heated 82-degree pool during our inaugural Pumpkin Plunge and Glow Swim! After you take the plunge and swim to find the perfect pumpkin in our floating pumpkin patch the event will include: A pumpkin decorating station SPOOKEasy featuring halloween and fall craft boos 👻 Glow-in-the-dark deck games Open swim and access to the giant floating obstacle course Live DJ Hit the Candy Patch on the way out for treats to go! and much, much, more!!! Family (4) Ticket: Includes two medium pumpkins, access to the decorating station and glow swim. (Limited QTY available) Early Bird: $50 (Through September 30th at 11:59pm) Presale: $60 (Until 7pm October 27th) At the Door: $70 (pumpkins may be limited) Family (2) Ticket: Includes one medium pumpkin, access to the decorating station and glow swim. (Limited QTY available) Early Bird: $25 (Through 9/30 at 11:59pm) Presale: $30 (Until 7pm October 27th) At the Door: $35 (pumpkins may be limited) We can't wait to see you there!!! Add-on additional family members from the same household at the door for just $10 per person. Follow on social media! Facebook + Instagram

Kymberly Hobbs next to her brother, Charles Givens, around 2004. Hobbs is suing five Virginia correctional officers for the alleged beating death of Givens.

They said her disabled brother died in prison naturally. A lawsuit alleges otherwise

On Feb. 5, 2022, Charles Givens was found unresponsive in his cell at Marion Correctional Treatment Center. An autopsy and other documentation indicate Givens suffered a beating, a lawsuit alleges.

100 years of Black film history

Cinema Junkie chronicles a century of Black cinema, from silent films to superheroes and beyond.

DocGo, a New York-based medical company, has partnered with Dollar General to test whether patients will use urgent and primary care from a van parked in the retail giant's parking lots.

A mobile clinic parked at a Dollar General? It says a lot about rural health care

Dollar General's primary care experiment could help solve rural America's care shortage. But it's getting a chilly reception in Tennessee.

In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis in 2021. An attorney for Chauvin asked an appeals court on Wednesday to throw out his convictions in the murder of George Floyd, arguing that numerous legal and procedural errors deprived him of his right to a fair trial.

Derek Chauvin's lawyer asks a Minnesota appeals court to toss his murder convictions

Chauvin is currently serving concurrent state and federal sentences in an Arizona prison. The three-person Court of Appeals says it will issue its opinion within 90 days.

The investigation into the murder of Tupac Shakur (on stage here in 1994) has long evaded closure. But in the last month, an arrest in connection with his shooting on Sept. 7, 1996, has brought the case back into the spotlight.

Can the Tupac Shakur murder trial salvage any justice from a 27-year-old case?

The arrest of Duane Davis in the 1996 shooting of the rapper in Las Vegas is a huge development in a case that has evaded closure, as competing narratives and mythologies have emerged in its place.

The Jim Bridger coal plant in Point of Rocks, Wyo., powers more than a million homes across six Western states. Under proposed federal rules many coal plants would have to dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions in coming years.

An EPA proposal to (almost) eliminate climate pollution from power plants

Coal and natural gas-fired power plants would have to dramatically reduce the climate-warming greenhouse gasses they emit under proposed federal rules.

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