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A police officer stares down a man and child wearing masks in the Lan Kwai Fong area of central Hong Kong.

On Halloween, Police Fire Tear Gas At Costumed Hong Kong Protesters

Police fired tear gas and closed off sections of central Hong Kong and Kowloon, as protesters defied the city's mask ban with costumes depicting Guy Fawkes, the Joker and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

More than 300 fires broke out in Northern California over the past week, leaving residents like Danielle Bryant waiting for updates and a change in the weather.

For Some California Residents, Latest Wildfires Are A Tipping Point

Californians have been evacuated multiple times in recent years owing to smoke, fires, floods and power outages. Now people are reconsidering whether the state is the dream they had hoped for.

Human Rights Watch says one of the deadly raids happened in the Rodat district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province in late October 2018. Residents gathered there two days later.

CIA-Backed Afghan Forces Committed Atrocities, Human Rights Group Says

The paramilitary forces have "unlawfully targeted civilians because of mistaken identity, poor intelligence, or political rivalries in the locality," according to Human Rights Watch.

Demonstrators rally in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's efforts to add to 2020 census forms a citizenship question, which has since been blocked by the courts.

Blocked Citizenship Question Not Likely To Lower Census Response, Bureau Finds

Months after courts blocked the question from appearing on 2020 census forms, the Census Bureau released early findings from a national experiment testing public reaction to the controversial inquiry.

How Democrats Are Reacting To Developments In The Impeachment Inquiry

Democratic Rep. Peter Welch attended a closed door deposition with Tim Morrison, an official on the National Security Council.

Democratic Rep. Peter Welch Discusses Developments In The Impeachment Inquiry

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and member of the House intelligence committee, about the impeachment inquiry and the House impeachment resolution vote.

WNC Tackles An "Unaddressed Public Health Crisis"

Educators, mental health professionals, and law enforcement are gathering in Asheville this weekend to tackle what has been dubbed “an unaddressed public…

NC Attorney General Approves NY Firm As HCA Independent Monitor

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has approved Gibbins Advisors as the independent monitor of HCA Healthcare. The healthcare consulting firm…

'Deadspin' Journalists Submit Their Resignations To Protest Mandate From New Owners

Journalists have submitted their resignations en masse to the website Deadspin in a revolt against the policies of new ownership.

Colorado estimates that about 15% of the 12 million letters it sends to beneficiaries of public assistance programs each year are returned unopened, left to pile up in county offices like this one in Colorado Springs. That amounts to about 1.8 million pieces of undelivered mail each year statewide.

Return To Sender? Just One Missed Letter Can Be Enough To End Medicaid Benefits

Colorado, like a number of states, is struggling with huge piles of returned mail linked to public aid programs such as Medicaid or food stamps. But is dropping people from such assistance the answer?

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