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San Diego City Councilwoman Georgette Gomez speaks during a council meeting, Dec. 12, 2016.

San Diego City Council Committee Hears Suggestions To Address Housing Crisis

The San Diego City Council's Smart Growth and Land Use Committee hosted discussions Wednesday intended to alleviate the city's affordable housing challenges.

U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., sold $20 million in stock in the weeks building up to the coronavirus pandemic.

Stock Trades After Coronavirus Briefing Complicate Loeffler's Reelection Bid

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., has come under fire for selling $20 million in stock in the weeks building up to the coronavirus pandemic.

Police are "responding to nonviolent, noncriminal calls for service for people whose needs are largely social, behavioral or mental. And that's just not right," says San Francisco Fire Capt. Simon Pang, who's helping to spearhead efforts to create new mobile crisis teams for the city.

Removing Cops From Behavioral Crisis Calls: 'We Need To Change The Model'

San Francisco will soon launch the nation's largest experiment that diverts most nonviolent mental health and behavioral crisis calls away from police and to specially trained mobile units.

Then-Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2013. "I've traveled 17,000 miles with him," Biden told attendees at a campaign rally in Nevada earlier this year.

Biden's Foreign Policy Is All About Relationships. That's Harder Amid A Pandemic

Joe Biden has always prioritized person-to-person engagement in foreign policy. How would his administration conduct diplomacy in a world where that isn't possible?

Michael Avenatti, attorney for Stephanie Clifford, speaks to reporters as he leaves the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Sept. 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. Avenatti has been arrested on federal bank fraud and wire fraud charges.

Attorney Michael Avenatti, Sometime Scourge To Trump, Now Faces Federal Charges

Prosecutors in both California and New York City announced charges against the well-known onetime attorney for Stormy Daniels. Avenatti also had a cameo in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation saga.

During the era that social media and smartphones has risen, depression and stress among young people has also risen.

A Rise In Depression Among Teens And Young Adults Could Be Linked To Social Media Use

A new study shows a rise in depression and stress among young people parallels the growth in smartphone and social media use.

George Washington University is "looking into the situation" of history professor Jessica A. Krug, after a blog post written under that name said that she had invented her Black Caribbean identity, despite actually being white.

GWU Investigating Whether White Professor Invented Her Black Identity

"You should absolutely cancel me, and I absolutely cancel myself," says a blog post signed Jessica A. Krug. That's also the name of a historian of the African Diaspora at George Washington University.

Steamboat Geyser at Yellowstone National Park erupts on Sept. 17, 2018.

Steam On, Steamboat: The World's Tallest Active Geyser Has Another Record Year

The world's tallest active geyser is Steamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park. It's been on a real eruption streak lately and 2019 saw the most recorded eruptions in a calendar year.

Nico Dosenbach decided to put his healthy arm in a cast to figure out more about how the brain deals with an immobilized limb.

A Scientist's Pink Cast Leads To Discovery About How The Brain Responds To Disability

A neurologist who wanted to know how the brain changes in response to a physical disability put his arm in a pink cast for two weeks to find out.

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a Biden-Harris drive-in rally in Miami on Oct. 24, 2020.

Democracy Is 'Strained' But Not 'Broken,' Former President Obama Tells 'Fresh Air'

In his first interview with Terry Gross, Obama talks about what he misses most about being president and reflects on the turmoil of the Trump White House. Obama's new memoir is A Promised Land.

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