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Senior members of the convent swap the snowy East End of London for sun-drenched Hong Kong.

As tension builds and the hotel staff rebel, can Book unmask Captain Orr’s murderer?

On June 25, people queued up to register for a COVID-19 vaccine at a site outside a Hindu temple in Hyderabad. Vaccinations are now being administered after a series of missteps led to a shortage of doses. If all goes well, India's public health agency hopes to be vaccinating up to 10 million people a day by late July.

India Is The World's Biggest Vaccine Maker. Yet Only 4% Of Indians Are Vaccinated

The Serum Institute began mass-producing COVID vaccines even before approval. They've made millions of doses. But so far only about 4% of people in India are fully vaccinated. What went wrong?

Despite Falling Unemployment, U.S. Wages Stay Stagnant

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Peter Coy, economics editor for Bloomberg, about why pay isn't rising in the U.S., despite a falling unemployment rate.

A child watches others swim at the Emancipation Swimming Pool in Houston on July 19, 2022.

After years in decline, U.S. drowning deaths are rising again

For the first time in decades, the number of drowning deaths in the United States is on the rise. Researchers say part of the reason for the spike is the pandemic when many pools were closed.

Members of law enforcement and emergency services gather and a perimeter created around the west front of the U.S. Capitol as the U.S. Capitol was on lockdown Saturday after an apparent suicide.

U.S. Capitol Briefly Placed On Lockdown After Apparent Suicide

Police say a gunman was "neutralized" by a self-inflicted wound. No one else was reported to have been hurt in the incident, which occurred during Washington, D.C.'s annual Cherry Blossom festival.

Nate Poort works on braizing loops together for transformers at RoMan Manufacturing in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 12, 2018.

U.S. Economy Loses Steam, Adding Only 20,000 Jobs Last Month

The economy added far fewer jobs than expected in February, a slowdown from much stronger gains in December and January. But the jobless rate fell to 3.8 percent, and earnings growth picked up.

A makeshift memorial is created at the scene of the fatal shooting at a dance studio in Dadeville, Ala. Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting that killed four young people at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party, investigators announced Wednesday.

3 are charged with murder in Alabama shooting that left 4 dead and dozens injured

The suspects, 16, 17 and 20, were arrested in connection with a shooting at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party, investigators said Wednesday. The district attorney said the teens would be tried as adults.

A Haitian man standing behind a counter takes a food order from a woman. A vase of flowers is on the counter and more diners can be seen sitting at tables behind them.

Springfield shows Haitians support amid 4 days of bomb threats, canceled events

Wittenberg University and Clark State College canceled events and moved classes online amid more threats. People also came to Haitian restaurants and pastors expressed support.

Syrians arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos are part of the largest flow of refugees since World War II. The challenge for the U.N. is to find the funds and political will to address refugee needs while tackling the newly ratified Sustainable Development Goals.

Are The New U.N. Global Goals Too Ambitious?

End poverty and hunger. Educate all kids. Fight climate change. Can the U.N. do all that while coping with the biggest refugee flow since WWII?

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