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Mark O'Connor walks along Moonlight Beach picking up trash in Encinitas, Calif. Oct. 7, 2021.

Encinitas says beaches remain open after increased tar ball reports

Encinitas beaches remained open Friday despite increased reports of tar balls washing ashore in North County.

The migrant camp at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, November 17, 2021.

US will resume policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico

It will go into effect in San Diego and three Texas border cities.

Newly graduated Afghan National Army personnel march during their graduation ceremony in November 2020. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a report obtained by The Associated Press that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban takeover of the country.

U.N. says over 100 ex-Afghan officials have been slain since the Taliban's takeover

A new U.N. report finds that "more than two-thirds" of those who died were victims of extrajudicial killings by the Taliban or its affiliates.

Colin Kaepernick says 'I Color Myself Different' in his first children's book

Colin Kaepernick's kindergarten teacher gave his class an assignment: Draw a picture of your family. When he colored his family yellow and himself brown, it became a pivotal moment for his identity.

Ethan Nordean, pictured on Jan. 6 with backward baseball hat and bullhorn, leads members of the far-right group Proud Boys in marching before the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Nordean, 30, of Auburn, Washington, has described himself as the sergeant-of-arms of the Seattle chapter of the Proud Boys.

USD Professor Releases Report Detailing Costs Of American Political Violence

A USD professor and the Democracy Fund Foundation released a report detailing the physical, psychological and economic costs of political violence in the United States.

A polar bear eats a pumpkin in the zoo in Hanover, Germany, 26 October 2017. Pumpkins are a source of enrichment for the animals and a way to draw visitors to the zoos.

It's not Halloween without some zoo animals smashing pumpkins

From elephants to otters to armadillos, all sorts of animals get a kick out stomping, rolling and eating the orange gourds.

A courtroom sketch of R. Kelly telling Judge Ann M. Donnelly he won't take the stand in his own defense.

R. Kelly's Federal Trial Is In The Hands Of The Jury

After six weeks of emotionally charged testimony, jury deliberation begins in the New York federal trial of disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly. If convicted he could spend 10 years to life in prison.

Then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is seen on May 17, 2018. The scandal-plagued Republican is now seeking the GOP nomination for the state's upcoming U.S. Senate primary.

Why many Missouri Republicans fear Eric Greitens could win the state's Senate primary

Some Republicans worry that if the scandal-plagued former governor were to win the primary, it would place a Senate seat considered to be safely GOP in jeopardy.

Marcela Hernández, director of the Alma Llanera Academy, in 2022. "I admire my mom because, since she was a little girl, she has been alone and went to dance classes, she studied, graduated, studied journalism and now she has gone to several countries, many people know her and admire her very much," her daughter, Mariangel Tumay, said about about her.

A story of dance and discipline amid a global pandemic in the Llanos

During a global pandemic in Orocué, Colombia, dance and adversity brought a group together.

1 in 4 American Jews say they experienced antisemitism in the last year

A new report from American Jewish Committee also found that, out of fear of antisemitism, 39% of American Jews changed their behavior, such as by not wearing items that would identify them as Jewish.

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