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Los Angeles County's annual homeless count came out Friday and shows a double-digit increase over last year. The pandemic is also causing future homelessness projections to skyrocket.

The reelection of French President Emmanuel Macron next month seems virtually assured due to the war in Ukraine, but many say the lack of debate means democracy is being cheated.

Shoba Narayan has written about her journey from southern India to the United States in her new book Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes, celebrating food, family ties and Indian culture. View a video of Narayan demonstrating the correct way to cook vegetable dosa, and get recipes for some of the other dishes featured in Lynn Neary's report.

College graduates are entering a hot labor market with national data showing employers are significantly boosting recruitment. Many seniors are accepting job offers months before they graduate.

Houston voters will choose their next mayor Saturday in a runoff election between Texas State Sen. John Whitmire and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

As the rainy season begins in Northern California, newts are on the move. Dedicated volunteers in the San Francisco Bay Area are helping the tiny amphibians reach their breeding grounds safely.

President Trump has named Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell as the new acting director of national intelligence.

Americans paid an estimated $1 billion in interest on medical debt in just three years, a federal agency finds. This includes use of credit cards often pitched in doctors' and dentists' offices.

In Texas, it may be politically unwise to cross the governor, but some politicians and advocates in the poor Rio Grande Valley are starting to speak out in support of expanding Medicaid. Gov. Rick Perry opposes all parts of Obamacare.

Saturday is King Charles III's coronation. The ceremony in London will be full of pomp and pageantry. But there will also be some big changes to this more than 1,000-year-old ritual.

It includes a ban on social media platforms such as TikTok and WeChat on government devices. DeSantis said the legislation “makes it very clear we don't want the CCP (the Chinese Communist Party) in the Sunshine State.”

Biden is leaning on Young's experience negotiating on Capitol Hill to help him find a way to cut through the raw politics of Washington and find an agreement to lift the debt ceiling.

The case against 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira raises questions about why he had access to sensitive material. He's scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

The public ferry system is a key link for a diverse nation spanning some 17,000 islands. "We serve all the people," says the captain of a ferry linking majority-Hindu Bali with majority-Muslim Lombok.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking into ways on how to prevent the next leaker. Audie Cornish speaks with Joshua Keating, associate editor at Foreign Policy and writer at the War of Ideas blog for more.

With the Supreme Court weighing in on abortion — again — voters are once again contending with which party best represents their views on the issue.

In their latest book CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora, Kahran and Regis Bethencourt retell fairy and folk tales with Black children as the main characters.

Scott Simon discusses the significance of the Nevada caucuses and the Republican primary in South Carolina with Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving.

President Bush, wrapping up a visit to the Middle East to promote peace in the region, got a boost Wednesday on his last stop in Egypt. Top Arab ally President Hosni Mubarak said he would work closely with the U.S. on a deal to create a Palestinian state.

The Colombian military on Wednesday freed 15 people held by the FARC rebel group. The hostages include Ingrid Betancourt, who was running for president when the FARC kidnapped her six years ago, and three American military contractors. Carolina Barco Isakson, Colombia's ambassador to the U.S., talks about the rescue operation.

Barack Obama's presidential campaign said Wednesday that Jim Johnson, the head of Obama's vice-presidential selection team, resigned. Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain has said Johnson was the type of Washington insider the Illinois senator promised to campaign against.

In the Philippines, the Vice President gave a kill order in the event of her death. Her target: President Ferdinand Marcos. Sara Duterte is now under investigation after announcing this.

People in Vietnam are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War on Wednesday in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon.

FBI Director Kash Patel sparked new criticism against his leadership of the bureau after he partied with the U.S. men's hockey team after their Olympic gold medal win.

New data from the U.S. Education Department show the extent of international gifts and contracts to colleges and universities.