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Chalcey playing in her living room. 2018.

'Love from Manenberg' shows life in a community plagued by gang violence

Sarah Stacke photographs life in a South African community, where residents are three times as likely to be murdered than anywhere else in the country, in her new book, Love from Manenberg.

Stateside for Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016

Flint's Democratic Senator Jim Ananich and Republican Senate Majority Leader ArlanMeekhof give their reaction to last night's State of the State…

Residents had to be rescued from the Avante at Orlando nursing home in Orange County, Florida, as floodwaters from Hurricane Ian rose.

Florida nursing homes evacuated 1000s before Ian hit. Some weathered the storm

Some have required rescues, while others are hunkered down and depending on generator power as crews begin to sort through the damage.

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Avi Kwa Ame, also known as Spirit Mountain, as seen across the desert from an area near the Castle Mountains in Feb. 2016. President Biden is declaring the area as a national monument.

Biden is creating new national monuments to protect land in Nevada and Texas

The designation preserves Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada and Castner Range in Texas from new development. President Biden is also starting the process for a vast new marine sanctuary southwest of Hawaii.

Stacy Williams stands with her son Davion, 15, in Detroit, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Davion wants to go to college. A counselor at his Detroit charter school in 2022 helped him visualize that goal, but he knows he’ll need more help to navigate the application process. So he was discouraged to learn the high school where he just began his sophomore year had laid off its college transition adviser – a staff member who provided extra help coordinating financial aid applications, transcript requests, campus visits and more.

Schools are cutting advisers and tutors as COVID aid money dries up. Students are still struggling

The U.S. government provided aid money to schools during the pandemic meant to help address learning loss, but the latest national data shows many students remain behind.

Yellow box trailers are seen last month at a terminal in Medley, Fla. Despite no official announcement from the trucking company, industry experts say Yellow faces an imminent shutdown.

The Yellow trucking company meltdown, explained

Yellow's demise stems from an exodus of customers, union strife and longstanding financial troubles.

Dan Kildee testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations

Congressman Kildee urges PFAS chemical cleanup at US military bases

Michigan Congressman Dan Kildee (D-Flint) is urging legislators to invest more money in cleaning up PFAS pollution at military bases across the…

Nurses hold signs outside Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday, the first day of their strike.

NYC nurses are on strike, but the problems they face are seen nationwide

Thousands of nurses at two New York hospitals are on strike for a third day. Their staffing shortages and other problems predate the pandemic, says the president of the American Nurses Association.

A baby looks out the window of a truck picking its way through Horseshoe Beach, Fla., surveying storm damage, after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.

Some don't evacuate, despite repeated hurricane warnings, because they can't

People with disabilities, people who can't afford it and people who don't want to abandon their pets are among the many who can't easily get up and leave before a hurricane.

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