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The Anopheles stephensi mosquito, seen here sitting on a window, is year-round pest that has invaded urban areas in parts of Africa, and has recently been the cause of dramatic outbreaks of malaria in Ethiopia.

This urban mosquito threatens to derail the fight against malaria in Africa

The Anopheles stephensi is a well-known malaria mosquito, but still sort of new in Ethiopia, where it has caused dramatic, out-of-season outbreaks in ill-equipped cities, new research shows.

Virginia Hamner and her daughter Liz Bostock, at home in Gainesville, Fla.

Parents raise concerns as Florida bans gender-affirming care for trans kids

Florida's medical boards have voted to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Families with trans children and medical providers who care for them are worried about the impact.

Demonstrators protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, D.C., in July 2020 to demand the release of people in detention centers.

ICE lifted its ban on family visits, but relatives still struggle to see loved ones

Individual facilities, which are often private and for-profit, have the authority to limit visits over COVID concerns. But immigrant advocates question whether the decisions are made in good faith.

San Diego County Prepares To Fully Reopen Tuesday As First Dose Vaccines Reach Goal

Most COVID-19 restrictions throughout California will end Tuesday as the state retires its Blueprint for a Safer Economy tier system and lifts capacity and physical distancing restrictions for most businesses and activities.

A Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 sailor signals two MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters on the flight line at Naval Air Station North Island during a change of command ceremony for the squadron, Oct. 15, 2015.

North Island on the list of bases in Pentagon suicide study

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin signed a memo creating the commission, which much visit each of nine bases listed by August.

Computers have been used in rocketry for half-a-century, so it's possible to think that the new AI programs could help. They struggled to grasp the basics.

We asked the new AI to do some simple rocket science. It crashed and burned

Computers traditionally excel at rocketry, so why do new artificial intelligence programs get it wrong?

People gather outside after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake was felt in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. There were no immediate reports of damage from the quake that hit at 1:05 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geologic Survey, which said the quake was centered near the boundary of Colima and Michoacan states.

Strong earthquake shakes Mexico´s Pacific coast; 1 killed

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake has shaken Mexico’s central Pacific coast, killing at least one person and setting off an earthquake alarm in the capital.

Taylor Blake is helping Emmanuel with physical therapy in a homemade sling.

Emmanuel, a TikTok-famous emu, has avian flu after a deadly outbreak on a Florida farm

Taylor Blake's family farm in South Florida, Knuckle Bump Farms, has lost 99% of its birds to avian flu. Its most famous resident has suffered nerve damage in his right leg and foot.

How does the music industry work? Planet Money started a record label to find out

Almost 50 years ago, a band made an incredible song about Inflation. Then the song was lost to the dustbin of history. Now, Planet Money is on a mission to make this record a hit.

Residents drop mail-in ballots in an official ballot box outside of a Milwaukee library on Oct. 20, 2020.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says ballot drop boxes aren't allowed in the state

The decision lays out ground rules for absentee voting a month ahead of Wisconsin's statewide primary elections.

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