Christina Walker

Young inventors who have turned their attention to fighting a global pandemic that has infected more than 32 million and claimed nearly a million lives.

California’s Sierra National Forest was quickly surrounded by raging fires as helicopters airlifted hundreds of people. From a scenic retreat to an urgent recovery mission, the contrast is a stark reminder climate change is upending life in the Golden State.

When Mei Xiang went in for an ultrasound on Friday, her results were shared around the world.

At least 40 Confederate symbols have been removed from across the US since George Floyd’s death in May, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Grandparents unable to see their grandkids. Couples splitting up. The coronavirus isn’t just threatening our health, it’s threatening our relationships, as we try to navigate what a socially distanced world should look like.

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted how we grieve and heal, forcing families to stay apart to stay healthy. It is in this space hospital chaplains have become intermediaries — providing messages of love, support and compassion.

An Alaskan heat wave. A Hawaiian winter storm. A deluge in Nebraska that turned towns into islands.

A school district in Colorado has closed schools for two days after a virus outbreak rapidly spread through the student population, according to school officials. It’s the first time the Mesa County Valley School District 51 has had to close all schools due to illness, the district said Wednesday.

They have occurred across the country, from Georgia to California, at elementary, middle and high schools and on college and university campuses.

Hurricane Dorian is crawling up the US coast after stalling over the Bahamas and flattening neighborhoods there. Scientists say this slow, destructive pace is becoming more common.