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A new Australian law protects workers who don't respond to work-related messages outside of their working hours, with some exceptions.

Australia is the latest country to give workers the 'right to disconnect' after hours

Australia is the latest country to protect workers who ignore work calls and messages after hours, under certain circumstances. The "right to disconnect" hasn't caught on in the U.S. just yet.

Kendrick Lamar surprise-released the new album GNX on Nov. 22, capping off a year of wins.

Kendrick Lamar's rules for rap's new administration

Lamar already won the year in a landslide. On his bristly new album, GNX, the rapper aims to change the state of play for everyone else.

Brian taps in the code to dispense fentanyl test strips from the new harm reduction vending machine in North Adams, MA. Anyone can get the test strips for free. But to receive drug-use supplies like needles and pipes, clients of the nearby clinic must register for an access code. The machine is cooled and heated to preserve medications like Narcan.

Instead of sodas, these vending machines offer needles and Narcan to fight overdoses

Groups trying to reduce overdose deaths and the spread of infectious diseases are using vending machines to get clean needles, pipes, wound care kits, Narcan and other safety supplies to drug users.

Long line of travelers waiting to go through security checkpoint in terminal 2 of the San Diego International Airport on June 25, 2024.

Busy roads and busy airport terminals expected for the July 4 holiday

The roads and the San Diego International Airport are expected to be packed with crowds greater than pre-pandemic numbers.

Angelica Popoca pours melted wax into a container. She recently quit her fulltime job to build her candle making venture. She now has more time to spend with her three children and enjoys running her own business in Waxahachie, Texas.

Latinas are succeeding, but feel pressured to playing traditional roles for women

Report from the Pew Research Center says Hispanic women in general continue to face pressure to play traditional roles, despite advances in educational attainment and entrepreneurship

A metal fence covered in debris falls into a flooded stormwater channel in San Diego, Jan. 22, 2024.

One month later, these January flood victims still struggle to recover

Jessica Calix lost her home and Natalie Gill's shop was flooded by the Jan. 22 deluge.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection technician monitors overseas parcels as they get scanned at a mail inspection facility in Chicago.

Shein and Temu face a big change to how they ship cheap Chinese goods

New White House rules would close a tax loophole that lets Shein and Temu cheaply ship from China to American shoppers. The Biden administration says it undercuts U.S. workers, retailers and manufacturers.

A person looks at an election poster board for Tokyo gubernatorial election Monday, July 1, 2024, in Tokyo. Tokyo elects a new governor on Sunday but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning — there are nearly nude women in suggestive poses, pets, an AI character and a man practicing his golf swing.

With suggestive poses and pets, 'wacky' election campaigning tests Tokyo's patience

This year's wackiness — notably from non-candidates renting campaign billboard space — is proving exceptional, and residents have flooded election offices with angry calls and messages.

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting on Feb. 23 in National Harbor, Md.

Trump names former Florida AG Pam Bondi as his new pick for U.S. attorney general

After former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration, President-elect Donald Trump named Pam Bondi, a former attorney general of Florida, as his next pick for U.S. attorney general.

Now that Sarah Barnes' son, Samuel, 2, is enrolled in Head Start, it's lifted an extra stress off Barnes' shoulders. "It just makes life a little bit easier having child care right on campus," she says. "I can literally walk over here between classes and check on him."

The new kids on campus? Toddlers, courtesy of Head Start

And not just toddlers — infants and preschoolers too. A new effort aims to help the 4 million college students raising kids by putting Head Start programs on community college campuses.

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