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Oksana Demidenko poses for a portrait at Marina Bay Park in Richmond, Calif., on Dec. 17.

Immigrants with Temporary Protected Status fear deportation as Trump returns

A nurse who fled Russia's bombardment of Ukraine says she fears losing the protections that allow her to live and work in the U.S.

Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei (third from left), died after being set on fire in her home. The man who allegedly attacked her has also died, in a case that has renewed calls for more awareness and protections for women against domestic violence in Kenya.

Man accused of killing a Ugandan Olympian by setting her on fire, dies of burn wounds

Fellow athletes say that the tragic death of Rebecca Cheptegei, who was reportedly set on fire, highlights an unsettling trend of violence against female runners in particular and women overall.

Well water flows from pumps into a canal that will be used to irrigate a vineyard, Monday, July 25, 2022, in Rio Vista, Calif.

California farmers are hopeful Trump administration will deliver more water to fields

Since winning election, President-elect Donald Trump has been talking about immigration, border security and government efficiency. But in California farm country, his comments about water are also getting attention.

The outside entrance of Las Colinas prison in Santee is shown Aug. 15, 2019.

Doctor charged in 2019 jail death agrees to surrender license

Friederike Von Lintig had faced an accusation from the Medical Board of California that she "committed gross negligence" in her treatment of 24-year- old Elisa Serna, who died in the jail's medical observation unit on Nov. 11, 2019.

Special ed students benefit from being integrated at school. It doesn't always happen

Research shows including students with and without disabilities in the same classroom can benefit everyone. Two students with Down syndrome show what can be gained when that happens.

A man survived a harrowing ordeal in open water as Hurricane Milton passed nearby, spending the night clinging to a large cooler before being rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter crew some 30 miles from shore.

'We were ecstatic': Coast Guard rescues a man clinging to a cooler in open water

"We couldn't believe it, honestly, that he was OK," a pilot said as he described finding a man who spent the night of Hurricane Milton's landfall 30 miles from land.

The FDA issued three health alerts about lead in cinnamon in 2024, after dangerous amounts of the harmful element were found in children's applesauce packets last fall.

Lead in cinnamon: Where do things stand, 1 year after a scary recall?

Last Halloween, the FDA said that some cinnamon, a spice loved by many kids and adults, was contaminated with lead, a metal that can cause irreversible damage in babies and young children.

A displaced Sudanese child pours water at Zamzam camp in Darfur, Sudan, Aug. 1. Famine was confirmed in the camp that same month.

Sudan's biggest refugee camp was already struck with famine. Now it's being shelled

The siege, blamed on the Rapid Support Forces, has sparked a new humanitarian catastrophe and marks an alarming turning point in the Darfur region, already overrun by violence.

Smoke from a forest fire rises above the trees in Evesham, N.J. on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, when firefighters said conditions were the driest in New Jersey in nearly 120 years.

Air quality warnings in New York and New Jersey as parks worker dies fighting fire

A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday.

A bust of Alfred Nobel on display following a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday.

Nobel Prize in medicine honors two Americans for discovery of microRNA

The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is "proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function."

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