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Hong Kong's Star Ferry shuttles passengers back and forth across Victoria Harbor. This spring, the Star Ferry reported a loss of about $9 million since the middle of 2019. Ridership has plummeted.

Hong Kong's Star Ferry faces an uncertain future, as ridership falls and debt climbs

A drop in tourism due to political turmoil and the pandemic led to financial woes for the ferry, which has taken passengers across Victoria Harbor for decades. Now there are fears it may go bankrupt.

In this image from video, Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif., speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Washington on April 23, 2020.

California US House races could help tilt power in Congress

The main battlegrounds are Southern California's Orange County and the Central Valley farm belt. Democrats are looking to claw back four seats the party lost in 2020.

A plane sits at Melbourne Airport in December, ahead of the Australian Open. The country will reopen its international borders to visa holders and fully vaccinated travelers on Feb. 21.

Australia will reopen to fully vaccinated travelers in 2 weeks

Doubly vaccinated travelers will be welcomed starting Feb. 21, nearly two years after it first closed its border. The move is seen as relief for its tourism industry.

FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, calls on lawmakers to approve his measure to toughen the rules for vaccination exemptions in Sacramento, Calif. An anti-vaccine activist has been cited for assault after pushing Pan on a sidewalk near the Capitol. Kenneth Austin Bennett livestreamed the confrontation on his Facebook page. It shows him shoving Pan in the back after questioning him on vaccinations. The Sacramento Police Department say they cited Bennett on a misdemeanor assault charge then released him.

‘He stood his ground’: State senator will leave office as champion of tough vaccine laws

A California lawmaker who rose to national prominence by muscling through some of the country’s strongest vaccination laws is leaving the state legislature later this year.

As Republicans struggle in some close Senate races, they look to Colorado for an upset

Republican Joe O'Dea is pitching himself as independent-minded in his campaign against Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. But on the key issue of abortion, Democrats say he's out of step with the state.

Alex Jones arrives at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on Tuesday.

Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook attack was '100% real'

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax.

The San Diego County Administration Building is shown on Jan. 12, 2021.

County supervisor requests help on clearing homeless encampments

San Diego County Supervisor Joel Anderson released a memorandum Wednesday asking two county department leaders for more help in clearing homeless encampments along public roadways.

Why I love quiet action sequences in movies

NPR critic Linda Holmes explains why action sequences that don't echo into the movie theater next door should be appreciated.

Short-term profits and long-term consequences — did Jack Welch break capitalism?

The General Electric CEO wowed investors and mingled with celebrities. But New York Times correspondent David Gelles says Welch's aggressive tactics also caused irreparable harm to American industry.

Justice Samuel Alito, seen here in 2007, has emerged as the workhorse of the Supreme Court's conservatives and has spent his time on the court forcefully shaping its opinions.

Samuel Alito, a workhorse on the Supreme Court, shapes its conservative path

The justice has played a key role on the court, often leading the charge not just on abortion, but for expanded religious rights, against LGBTQ rights, against expanded voting rights, and more

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