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Rob Martin, who has been fishing off his boat for the last 29 years, and his partner haul up a 150-pound end trap while ropeless lobster fishing in Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts.

'Ropeless' Lobster Fishing Could Save The Whales. Could It Kill The Industry?

One of the main threats to the endangered North Atlantic right whale is lobster-fishing rope, but there is hope in new ropeless technology.

A for rent sign is pictured out front of a house in San Carlos in this undated photo.

Local Leaders Encourage San Diegans To Apply For COVID-19 Rent Relief Program

Mayor Todd Gloria Monday urged workers affected by the pandemic to apply for rent relief though San Diego's COVID-19 Housing Stability Assistance Program.

Yusef Salaam, shown above in 2019, reflects on his wrongful conviction in the memoir, <em>Better, Not Bitter.</em>

Central Park 'Exonerated 5' Member Reflects On Freedom And Forgiveness

In 1990, Yusef Salaam was one of the five boys wrongly convicted in the so-called Central Park jogger case. They weren't exonerated until 2002. Salaam tells his story in Better, Not Bitter.

PHOTOS: What It's Like Living Through An Outbreak

Shopping with a face mask, getting screened for fever — they're some of the challenges posed by the Wuhan coronavirus.

Volunteers with Security Latinos De La Lake secure a business as they work to protect homes and businesses during continued demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, an African American man, by a Minneapolis police officer.

Armed Neighborhood Groups Form In The Absence Of Police Protection

As break-ins and fires raged in the first days of protests over the killing of George Floyd, Minneapolis seemed to descend into a security vacuum. So volunteers stepped in to try to fill the void.

Yusef Salaam, shown above in 2019, reflects on his wrongful conviction in the memoir, Better, Not Bitter.

Central Park 'Exonerated 5' Member Reflects On Freedom And Forgiveness

In 1990, Yusef Salaam was one of the five boys wrongly convicted in the so-called Central Park jogger case. They weren't exonerated until 2002. Salaam tells his story in Better, Not Bitter.

As Many Parents Fret Over Remote Learning, Some Find Their Kids Are Thriving

"It's a lot easier to focus," says one sixth grader with ADHD. While some students fell behind while learning virtually during the pandemic, others focus better when they aren't around classmates.

A resident talks on the phone while walking in Jiangtan park after its reopening in March in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The new coronavirus pandemic felt thousands of miles away, until it didn't. As cases in the U.S. skyrocketed, many noticed a shift — from watching the headlines, to watching what we touch.

Is COVID-19 Changing How We Measure Distance?

Liying is from Wuhan, China. She's married to Federico, from Lombardy, Italy. Now in the U.S., they describe the rapid shift in perceptions of the pandemic as it has spread through each country.

Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Trump administration has held the first ever oil lease sale in the refuge.

Major Oil Companies Take A Pass On Controversial Lease Sale In Arctic Refuge

After a three-year push by the Trump administration, almost no oil companies offered bids. Analysts point to controversy, low oil prices and an incoming administration that opposes drilling.

Anthem Blue Cross of California, one of the state's largest health insurers, is battling Sutter Health over how much it should pay the company's 24 hospitals and 5,000 doctors in Northern California to care for tens of thousands of patients.

Patients Suffer As Insurers And Big Health Systems Spar For Market Share

As hospital chains and insurers across the U.S squeeze one another, hoping to increase their market share, many patients are suddenly finding their preferred doctors and hospitals are out of network.

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