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San Diego Fire-Rescue Department fire trucks are shown, Oct. 6, 2017.

Fire Weather Still Threatening San Diego County

Strong and gusty Santa Ana winds, low humidity levels and warm temperatures will persist Tuesday, with a red flag fire warning denoting a strong risk of wildfire in effect in San Diego County.

A huge sandbar-shaped peninsula along the southern coast of the Netherlands is one of the country's latest experiments in coastal management.

Protecting The Netherlands' Vulnerable Coasts With A 'Sand Motor'

Though a quarter of the country is below sea level, the Netherlands has kept itself dry with ingenious water management. A recent innovation: an artificial sand peninsula that keeps the sea at bay.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg in downtown South Bend, Ind., in January, 2019. First elected in 2011, Buttigieg has based his presidential candidacy, in part, around the revival of South Bend that he's helped engineer.

Pete Buttigieg Helped Transform South Bend As Mayor, But Some Feel Left Out

On the campaign trail he talks a lot about how being mayor since 2012 of the once-industrial city in northern Indiana has prepared him to be president of the United States.

A Facebook posting, released by the House intelligence committee, for a group called "Secured Borders." It and others like it were created by Russian specialists posing as Americans.

New Reports Detail Expansive Russia Disinformation Scheme Targeting U.S.

The studies for the Senate intelligence committee assess how broadly Russians wielded social media to reach millions of Americans and suppress Democratic and black voting.

Francescangeli says boys sometimes work long hours and are often tasked with pushing carts to move rocks out of the mines. "Being a child in these places is really hard," he says. "If they have some time to spend in a free way, they like to be children. But their life doesn't permit them to be children so often."

PHOTOS: Dust And Danger For Adults — And Kids — In Bolivia's Mines

When photographer Simone Francescangeli took pictures of the miners, he was struck by the dangerous environment — and the number of children he saw working in the mines.

Hundreds of flying fox bats died near Sydney over the weekend from dehydration during a heat wave.

Australia's Heat Wave Fries Bats' Brains, Hundreds Found Dead

Sweltering temperatures killed bats outside Sydney over the weekend as temperatures soared up to 117 Fahrenheit, the hottest it's been since 1939.

Kiron University, geared to refugees and displaced people, offers two years of online study leading to bachelor's degrees at partner universities.

As Migrants Pour In, Germany Launches Online University For Them

A new university in Berlin is exclusively geared to refugees. Kiron University relies on existing online courses and aims to be tuition-free and accessible to asylum seekers worldwide.

Cindy and Fred Warmbier, parents of Otto Warmbier, released a statement saying, "No excuses or lavish praise can change" the fact that they hold North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responsible for their son's death. The Warmbiers are seen here at the U.N., where they spoke about human rights last May.

Otto Warmbier's Parents Dispute Trump's Seeming Absolution Of Kim Jong Un

"Kim and his evil regime are responsible for the death of our son Otto," the Warmbiers wrote. Trump tweeted on Friday that he holds North Korea responsible, but he made no mention of Kim.

Omar Barghouti in 2016. A Qatari-born Palestinian, Barghouti is a leader of the international boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel known as BDS.

U.S. Denies Entry To Leader Of Movement To Boycott Israel

Omar Barghouti is one of the founders of a Palestinian-led boycott movement intended to pressure Israel on its occupation of the West Bank. His visa to enter the U.S. has apparently been revoked.

Snow falls as John King of the Department of Water Resources, crosses a meadow while conducting the third manual snow survey of the season at the Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019.

Winter Storms Wash Away California Drought, Burnish Snowpack

California is drenched and its mountains are piled high with snow amid a still-unfolding winter of storms that was unimaginable just a few months ago.

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