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Scott Baisley with his son Sullivan, who was delivered shortly before his mother died of covid-19

Despite higher COVID risk, most pregnant Americans remain unvaccinated

Only a third of pregnant Americans are vaccinated for COVID-19, despite being at far higher risk for complications and death.

Joseph Moore stands for a portrait at a park in Jacksonville, Fla., earlier this month. Moore worked for nearly 10 years as an undercover informant for the FBI, infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in Florida, foiling at least two murder plots, according to investigators, and investigating ties between law enforcement and the white supremacist organization.

Army vet risked his life to expose who was in the KKK

Joseph Moore wore a wire for the FBI under his white robe.

Festivalgoers attend a music festival at Olympic Park on June 26, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea.

South Korea seeks a path to normal life from COVID-19

South Korea is seeking a degree of normalcy by gradually easing restrictions. "We have to find a way to safely coexist with COVID-19 even if that means taking some risks," an official said.

Men stand next to the a torn poster of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the Kabul airport on Monday. Ghani fled Afghanistan over the weekend as Taliban forces closed in on Kabul.

The United Arab Emirates Is Sheltering Afghanistan's Ousted President, Ashraf Ghani

Ghani said on Sunday that he had left the country to avoid further bloodshed.

Jimmy Wales: How Can Wikipedia Ensure A Safe And Shared Online Space?

Wikipedian Jake Orlowitz describes how volunteers update the world's largest encyclopedia. And co-founder Jimmy Wales says the site must not only be a neutral space, but one that encourages diversity.

Memorial to missing and murdered Indigenous women in St. Paul, Minn.

Media Fascination With The Petito Mystery Looks Like Racism To Some Native Americans

Media coverage around the death of 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito looks racist to those who note that murders and disappearances of Native Americans are mostly ignored.

Activists of Student Federation of India and All India Democratic Women's Association hold placards during a protest against the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl, in New Delhi on August 4, 2021.

A 9-Year-Old's Mysterious Death Has Prompted Outrage Over Rape In India

Was it a brutal gang rape and killing? Or a terrible accident with a bungled response? Police are searching for clues — as protests erupt in India's capital.

Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., is running to become Georgia secretary of state and has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. The current secretary, Brad Raffensperger, notably refused Trump's entreaties to overturn the state's 2020 election.

After attacks on the 2020 election, secretary of state races take on new urgency

In swing states like Georgia, Arizona and Michigan, pro-Trump Republican primary candidates for secretary of state have embraced falsehoods about the systems they want to oversee.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks at a climate event in Madrid in 2019. A recent report of hers warns of the threats that AI can pose to human rights.

The U.N. Warns That AI Can Pose A Threat To Human Rights

A new report by the U.N. human rights office warns that artificial intelligence has the potential to facilitate "unprecedented level of surveillance across the globe by state and private actors."

Flowers in support of the Bruce Family and George Floyd stand at Bruce's Beach in April in Manhattan Beach, California.

A California beach was seized from Black owners in 1924. Their family just got it back

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on Tuesday to return the land to the Willa and Charles Bruce's great grandsons.

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