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FILE - A giant tarp covers a section of rubble where search and rescue personnel have been working at the Champlain Towers South condo building, as demolition experts were preparing to bring down the precarious still-standing portion, Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June's condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla., an attorney said Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

A nearly $1 billion settlement is reached in a Surfside condo collapse lawsuit

A tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June's condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida.

North Korea's Kaepoong town is seen from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, May 12, 2022. North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after holding for more than two years to a widely doubted claim of a perfect record keeping out the virus that has spread to nearly every place in the world. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak as Kim orders lockdown

While the scale of the outbreak isn't known, it could have serious consequences because the country has a poor health care system and its 26 million people are believed to be mostly unvaccinated.

FILE - Hong Kong's outspoken cardinal Joseph Zen, center, and other religious protesters hold placards with "Respects religious freedom" written on them during a demonstration outside the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Reports say a Roman Catholic cardinal and three others have been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger Chinese national security. U.K.-based human rights group Hong Kong Watch said Cardinal Joseph Zen, lawyer Margaret Ng, singer Denise Ho and scholar Hui Po-keung were detained Wednesday, , May 11, 2022, by Hong Kong's National Security Police. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

A Catholic cardinal and others are arrested on Hong Kong security law

The White House and U.S. politicians join others around the world in calling for the release of a retired archbishop, singer and others in the Chinese territory.

LANSING, MICHIGAN - APRIL 21: Supporters and family members of Patrick Lyoya participate in a rally in front of the Michigan state capital building to call on the Grand Rapids police department to name, arrest and prosecute the officer that shot Patrick on April 21, 2022 in Lansing, Michigan. Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, died after being shot in the back of the head by a Grand Rapids police officer following a traffic stop on April 4. A funeral service for Lyoya is scheduled for tomorrow in Grand Rapids. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Advocates demand prosecutor charge white Michigan policeman in Black refugee's death

"I'm asking for justice," says Peter Lyoya, whose son Patrick Lyoya, 26, was fatally shot by Grand Rapids police officer, Christopher Schurr, 31, during a traffic stop last month.

Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman has filed the second lawsuit against the state Supreme Court's congressional map in a week.

PA GOP Piles On Lawsuits In Bid To Avoid New Congressional Map

HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) -- State Senate Republicans and eight GOP congressmen have appealed to Pennsylvania's Middle District Court to stop a new congressional map drawn by the state Supreme Court from going into effect.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 22: People vote during the Primary Election Day at P.S. 249 The Caton School on June 22, 2021 in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City. This is the first year in the city for ranked-choice voting, which allows voters to rank their top five candidates. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Two debates set in Democratic primary for New York governor

“I’m eager to participate in these debates to highlight our strong track record of getting things done for New Yorkers."

Benjamin Graff, center, and his son Jacob Graff, 19, drop off their mail-in ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Where PA's U.S. Senate candidates stand on energy, climate issues

StateImpact Pennsylvania checked in on how climate change and energy issues are playing out in the race for U.S. Senate.

SUNY Upstate Medical University / Drs. Jeanette Zoeckler and Michael Lax recently finished a report on occupational disease in New York

New York researchers call injury and death in the workplace 'an epidemic hidden in plain sight'

The study shows an estimated 7,000 deaths a year due to occupational disease.

Home prices could fall in some U.S. cities. Here's where and why

During the past two years, home prices nationally have soared more than 30%. Rising mortgage rates make affording a home even harder. That has many people wondering if we're in another housing bubble.

Good Samaritans save a driver having a medical issue at a busy intersection

When a driver experienced a medical episode and was drifting into an intersection, people around her sprang into action and saved everyone on the road from a potentially life-threatening crash.

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