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Stephanie Cole was a frightened teen on her first day at a new job. When she froze during a transaction, a customer had some kind words for her.

On Stephanie Cole's first day at a new job, a stranger puts her mind at ease

Stephanie Cole never forgot one tiny moment during her first day at a new job, when a stranger showed her kindness.

Athena Kills (left) and Scalene Onixxx are pictured during Drag Queen Story Hour in Riverside, Calif. The rise of family-friendly drag events has sparked a backlash among right-wing media and organizers.

After the Club Q shooting, drag queens say they're upping security measures

Drag has grown in visibility in recent years as a way to celebrate gender fluidity and self-expression, especially among the LGBTQ community and its allies. That's made it a target of the right wing.

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner is shown during the first half of Game 2 of basketball's WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky, Oct. 13, 2021, in Phoenix.

Brittney Griner asks supporters to advocate for Paul Whelan

Brittney Griner has asked her supporters to advocate for the release of Paul Whelan, a former Marine serving a 16-year prison term in Russia for espionage charges the United States are baseless.

Incoming state Sen. Lea Webb, a Democrat, said she would oppose the nomination of Hector LaSalle to lead New York's highest court.

Lea Webb opposes Hochul’s high court pick

Senator-elect Lea Webb emerged as the 10th Democrat opposed to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pick to lead the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court.

In some hospitals, like this one in Chongqing, one of China's largest cities, patients are lying on gurneys in the lobby because beds have run out.

Fears of a 'dark COVID winter' in rural China grow as the holiday rush begins

Health officials are concerned that people traveling home to their villages for the Lunar New Year could turn celebrations into superspreader events, catching ill-prepared rural systems off guard.

Lauren Overman poses for a portrait at a park close to her home near Greensboro, N.C., on Nov. 21, 2022. Overman will sometimes work virtually from this picnic table as an abortion doula, which she has been doing for over four years. She offers her services virtually and in-person, to people across the U.S., including in states that have banned or severely restricted abortion access.

In North Carolina, more people are training to support patients through an abortion

In the months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, training groups in North Carolina say they've seen an uptick in interest from people wanting to work as abortion doulas.

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington in 2020.

Musk asks in poll if he should step down as Twitter CEO; users vote yes

There was no immediate announcement from Twitter, or Musk, about whether that would happen, though he said that he would abide by the results.

Confusion and falsehoods spread as China reverses its 'zero-COVID' policy

As China lifts its stringent zero-COVID policy, public health messaging has taken a U-turn. People are grappling with the whiplash, trying to find a way to protect themselves and loved ones.

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at the groundbreaking for a new affordable housing project in Brooklyn on Dec. 19, 2022.

Hochul says ambitious affordable housing plans will require renewing a developer tax break

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced new affordable housing projects in Brooklyn and said she hopes to step up construction of low-cost housing to the rest of the state beginning next year.

People rest in the subway station being used as a bomb shelter during a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia launches a new wave of missiles into Ukraine

Russian forces fired its largest air barrage into Ukraine in nearly two weeks Thursday as Ukrainian air defenses repelled several drones and missiles throughout the attack.

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