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Promotora Gladis Lopez engages community members on June 23 at the Crossroads Farmers Market located at the border of Takoma Park and Langley Park, an area of suburban Maryland with a large Latino population.

Meet Maryland's Secret Weapon In The Battle To Close The Latino Vaccination Gap

Maryland is among just a handful of states where at least half of the Latino population is vaccinated. Here are the people making a difference.

Police stand near a mural featuring Haitian President Jovenel Moïse near the leader's residence, where he was killed by gunmen in the early morning hours in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Wednesday.

What We Know About The Assassination Of Haiti's President

The assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse on Wednesday has pitched the country into uncertainty. Haiti was already in crisis even before its president's assassination.

Anthropologist Paula Zuccotti put a call out on Instagram asking people to send her a photo of 15 items that are helping them survive the pandemic. For details on the two submissions above, from Maria Belen Morales of Ecuador and Liliana Cadena of Colombia, keep on reading.

PHOTOS: 15 Things Folks Can't Live Without In A Pandemic, From Ants To Holy Water

An anthropologist put out a call: Take a photo of 15 essential items that help you cope.. She heard from 1,000-plus people in 50 countries. There's a lot of laptops — as well as wonderful surprises.

Many homes were destroyed by the Beachie Creek Fire in Gates, Ore., in September 2020. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is supposed to help people who have lost property, maybe even their homes, in a natural disaster. But year after year, FEMA has been denying a higher percentage of claims.

As Western Wildfires Worsen, FEMA Is Denying Most People Who Ask For Help

An investigation into FEMA claims after 2020's historic wildfires in Oregon and California reveals wide fluctuations in approval rates and denials of people who met aid criteria.

Sinet An, who was born with a disability, is the star of Cambodia's women's wheelchair basketball team, which celebrated their first win in an international tournament just before the pandemic hit. With Cambodia in lockdown, she hones her skills in virtual practice sessions from her home in Chuuok village in Kandal province. Above: a practice session on June 24.

Shoot That Invisible Ball! How A Top Wheelchair Player Keeps Up Her Game In Lockdown

Sinet An and her Cambodian basketball teammates had their first big international win in late 2019. Then came COVID. Now they practice via Zoom — and dream of their return to the court.

People relax at the Georgetown Waterfront Park on Monday in Washington, D.C. While pandemic restrictions have been lifted for much of the U.S., the delta variant of the coronavirus is hospitalizing thousands of people in the U.S. who have so far not gotten vaccinated.

How We'll Know When The COVID-19 Crisis Is Over

Life might feel like it's getting back to normal. But we're not out of the woods yet. Here's what the end of the pandemic might look like.

Visitors gather last week to view Delicate Arch at Arches National Park in Utah.

An Explosion In Visitors Is Threatening The Very Things National Parks Try To Protect

Growing crowds at America's national parks have prompted some of them to allow entry by reserved tickets only. Arches National Park in Utah may be next, and there's renewed controversy over that step.

Flooding has led to the collapse of an entire field in Rhein-Erft-Kreis, a district in western Germany. Officials have said a warming climate is at least partially to blame for floods.

Flood Deaths Are Rising In Germany, And Officials Blame Climate Change

The worst flooding in decades to affect Germany and parts of Belgium has killed more than 100 people as search and rescue efforts for hundreds of missing continue, officials said.

Archaeologist Ferudun Ozgumus stands in what is believed to be a Byzantine-era substructure in Istanbul.

Beneath Istanbul, Archaeologists Explore An Ancient City's Byzantine Basements

Below the surface of the sprawling, modern metropolis is a different world. Archaeologists are gaining insights into the city's ancient past by examining the basements of ordinary buildings.

When investigators discovered the hack on Microsoft Exchange servers in January, they thought it was about stealing emails. Now they believe China vacuumed up reams of information in a bid to develop better artificial intelligence, or AI.

China's Microsoft Hack May Have Had A Bigger Purpose Than Just Spying

China broke into tens of thousands of email accounts in January. Now officials fear the breach wasn't just about spying. It was to build the next generation of artificial intelligence.

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