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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.

'Brothers and Ghosts' is a multi-generational saga of the Vietnamese diaspora

Khuê Phạm's debut novel follows a young Berlin journalist whose parents emigrated from South Vietnam. A message from an estranged uncle in the U.S. prompts her to explore her family history.

Cardboard beds at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games have made headlines.

Cardboard beds have returned to the Olympics. What do they do?

Cardboard beds are one of the Olympics' latest green innovations. But not all the athletes are fans.

Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at the 46th International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Aug. 13 in Los Angeles.

Tim Walz made an impression in China, students and teachers say

Vice President Harris’ running mate has lived in China and traveled there many times. His relationship with the country has been under scrutiny, especially from Republicans.

Third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former president Donald Trump.

Leaked video shows Trump criticizing vaccines on phone with RFK Jr.

A leaked video of a phone call between independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump shows the former president expressing doubt about vaccines.

The abortion pill regimen, including mifepristone, pictured, and misoprostol is how most of the study respondents reported handling their self-managed abortions.

Abortion with no medical help? It nearly doubled in 2023, study shows

A study looks at the rate of self-managed abortion since Roe v. Wade fell. The study found that the use of mifepristone to self-manage abortion has nearly doubled from 6.6% in 2021 to 11.0% in 2023.

Tins of paint, brushes and other tools rest on the grass during the inaugural Chula Vista Art Fest, outside Chula Vista City Hall, on Sept. 30, 2023.

Chula Vista’s Art Fest is coming back for another year

The festival’s return is a sign of the South Bay’s strengthening arts scene.

Police and security stand outside the Center for Jewish Living at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in early November, after antisemitic threats left the community on edge.

A former Cornell student is sentenced to 21 months for threatening to kill Jews

Patrick Dai admitted to posting anonymous threats against Jews on campus in October. His lawyer argued it was a "misguided attempt to highlight Hamas’ genocidal beliefs and garner support for Israel.”

Kim Yeji of Team Republic of Korea shoots during the Women’s 10m Air Pistol Final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Chateauroux, France. <br>

Olympic sharpshooter's 'Matrix'-inspired style turns heads in Paris

Kim Yeji won a silver medal at the 2024 Games for South Korea and a gold medal across the world for her razor-sharp looks and icy-calm demeanor.

A "for sale" sign is shown in front of the home on McIntosh Street in Chula Vista on April 5, 2023.

Home sales slow in August in San Diego County, statewide

Home sales slowed in August in San Diego County and across the state, the California Association of Realtors announced Tuesday.

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