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Rescuers remove rubble at the maternity ward of the Vilniansk Multidisciplinary Hospital in Ukraine, one of the countries experiencing an increase in violence against health-care workers.

2022 was the worst year on record for attacks on health care workers

A new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition documents almost 2,000 incidents in 2022: "a shockingly violent year against health care, especially in Ukraine and in Myanmar."

Alessandra Korap Munduruku, one of this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, afloat in her native Sawré Muybu Indigenous Territory in Brazil. She was honored for her activism to protect the rainforest from industrial projects. "So our rights are being violated. Everything going on here is wrong," she said. "We can't just sit here and do nothing."

How a Brazilian activist stood up to mining giants to protect her ancestral rainforest

Indigenous activist Alessandra Korap Munduruku was one of this year's recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots activists.

Lord Norman Foster sits for a portrait on the 42nd floor of JPMorgan's current headquarters. Lord Foster is the architect for a new 60-story building the bank is building. He describes the new structure as a "a breathing building" because of the increased focus on air circulation.

How two big Wall Street banks are rethinking the office for a post-pandemic future

From more air circulation to well stacked pantries, JPMorgan Chase and BNP Paribas are seeking to make the office a draw at a time when work-from-home is becoming commonplace.

The Golden Gate Bridge is seen in an aerial view in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 9, 2008.

Nine people have been wounded in a mass shooting in San Francisco's Mission District

Nine people were wounded in a mass shooting in San Francisco's Mission District on Friday night in what police said appeared to be a "targeted and isolated" incident.

Horseshoe crabs are bled at a facility in Charleston, S.C., in June 2014.

Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability

Horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines around the world. But while Europe has approved a synthetic alternative, biomedical labs are bleeding more crabs from the Atlantic coast.

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a tour after a meeting with Gov. Greg Abbott at the Texas State Capitol on May 23, 2023 in Austin. Johnson announced Friday that he's stepping down from his seat in Parliament.

Boris Johnson resigns from Parliament, citing an upcoming report on his behavior as PM

The flamboyant and populist former U.K. prime minister quit his parliamentary seat. He called the panel examining whether he lied to fellow lawmakers about COVID social gatherings a "kangaroo court."

India is number 1 in global population. This clock board outside the International Institute for Population Sciences in Mumbai keeps track of the numbers. The photo is from June 2, 2023.

India's population passes 1.4 billion — and that's not a bad thing

Population growth has long been a source of worry in India, which now has more people than China: 1.486 billion residents. But some experts are optimistic about the impact of this population boom.

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Wildfire smoke filling the New York City skyline was a familiar sight to communities in the Western U.S., who have had to learn to live with the effects of more extreme fires.

3 lessons from the Western U.S. for dealing with wildfire smoke

How bad does the air get inside your house? What should schools do about recess? Western states have grappled with all that before.

Customers arrive for the dinner service at Wool Growers, a 67-year-old Basque restaurant in House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's district. The Republican leader is facing opposition from within his own party, but back home, some constituents are praising his performance under tough circumstances.

Kevin McCarthy survived his first political battle. This is how his hometown reacted

The debt ceiling debate ultimately ended with a deal between congressional Republicans and the White House. In Bakersfield, Calif., Speaker Kevin McCarthy's constituents watched the debate unfold.

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