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Lots of New England towns have taken non-binding votes against tar sands oil, but residents of South Portland, Maine, are about to take a vote that could matter. They are considering an ordinance designed to prevent their port from being used to export tar sands to world markets via an existing pipeline that connects Maine to Montreal.

When Ebola spread to the eastern city of Goma in July, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak an international crisis. We look at what is being done to keep Ebola from spreading.

Child care sometimes gets in the way of health care for busy moms. Now a hospital in Dallas is trying something new to help parents not miss so many doctor's appointments.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Paul Mazursky has died at the age of 84. As seen in his films Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and An Unmarried Woman, Mazursky had a way of mixing comedy and drama that captured the 1960s and '70s.

Some of the most powerful people in Washington, including senators and cabinet members, tested positive for COVID-19 this week. Meanwhile, federal funding for the pandemic response is running out.

Two journalists imprisoned in Nicaragua will hear the evidence against them in court Friday. The government says they fomented hate while reporting on President Daniel Ortega's crackdown on freedoms.

Residents of Denver's suburbs who had to flee Thursday's wildfires describe the damage.

Revenge travel is here - Americans "sticking it to COVID" by going on holiday regardless of the risks. One of the major destinations it seems this summer is Italy. Where the crowds are growing so big that some tourists can't see the major sights.

The dominant issue in the Los Angeles mayor's race is homelessness. But a solution may not be in the mayor's hands. That leaves voters trying to make sense of candidates' promises for a solution.

Investigators are endeavoring to answer a number of questions after James Hodgkinson opened fire on Wednesday at a baseball field where Republican congressmen were practicing in suburban Washington. Residents who saw the shooter there in recent days are also trying to understand why.