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Kala Smith of Buffalo, N.Y., heads for a food store Monday on Main Street, not far from where she lives, after a massive snowstorm blanketed the city.

At least 50 people have died across the U.S. in 'once-in-a-generation storm'

More than half the deaths occurred in western New York, which struggled with super-size snow drifts that snarled emergency vehicles. Buffalo's responders rescued hundreds trapped in cars.

Workers at a coal mine in Ukraine start their shifts. Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted global supplies of fossil fuels and led to more reliance on coal for electricity in some countries.

Here's what happened on Day 5 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks

Russia's war in Ukraine also threatens to wreck climate goals, members of Congress arrive, and an actor changes his name to draw attention to global warming

Why vaccine hesitancy persists in China — and what they're doing about it

The reluctance of many citizens — especially the elderly — to get vaccinated is a problem for a government facing intense pressure to roll back strict COVID policies.

A star for late rapper Nipsey Hussle was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Aug. 15. The ceremony included speeches and remarks from members of the late rapper's family, including his sister, Samantha Smith (third from right), and his grandmother Margaret Boutte (fourth from right), who accepted the star on behalf of the family.

Nipsey Hussle gets Hollywood star on what would have been his 37th birthday

The late rapper's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is the 2,729th placed to date.

In this image taken from El Paso County District Court video, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22 (center) sits during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday. According to newly unsealed court documents, Aldrich was also charged with felony crimes in June 2021, but the case was dismissed.

The Club Q suspect's bomb threat case was dismissed because victims wouldn't testify

A court has unsealed documents in a 2021 bomb threat case involving felony charges for the Club Q shooting suspect. The district attorney said a conviction would've required family testimony.

Roads flooded in Mission Valley. Jan. 29, 2021.

Study: Climate change doubles risk of ‘megaflood’ across California

A new study says that the risk has increased for a different natural disaster, a "megaflood," washing across parts of the Golden state.

Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr stops to talk with a resident in 2015 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

A Michigan police officer is charged with murder in Patrick Lyoya shooting

Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker said the officer has turned himself in.

Neudy Rojop decided to work in public health when she was a young girl observing how frequently her young family members and neighbors got sick with unknown illnesses.

A kid in Guatemala had a dream. Today she's a disease detective

Neudy Rojop made a girlhood pledge. When family members fell ill, she says she decided to become a nurse "so I could change my community for good."

A firefighter works on hotspots as a helicopter drops water at a wildfire in Castaic, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.

Crews face heat wave along with California wildfires

Seven firefighters were taken to hospitals for treatment of heat injuries Wednesday, and all have been released.

A man refreshes his face at a fountain in Trafalgar Square in central London on Tuesday.

The U.K. breaks its record for highest temperature as the heat builds

Britain on Tuesday shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.

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