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A gunman kills three people at Michigan State. President Biden is criticized for not formally addressing the flying objects. Turkey's government scrambles to respond to anger over lax building rules.

People watch as workers dig through a collapsed apartment building, looking for people who were inside the building when it collapsed in Islahiye, Turkey, on Sunday. In the week since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake and a series of powerful aftershocks hit Turkey and Syria, leveling cities like Islahiye, over 36,000 people have died.

After Turkey's quake, one family mourns its losses — and braces for more

As volunteers continue digging through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building, the siblings of a woman found dead with her four children are now awaiting news of their mother and another sister.

Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 4.

Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train derailment

Air monitoring continues in East Palestine after the crews released a number of toxic chemicals in what officials called a "controlled explosion" last week.

Paul Davis is a retired physician in Findlay, Ohio, who gets weekly treatments of the drug Kimmtrak to help stave off the progression of his rare cancer — uveal melanoma. He worries the accumulating cost of the drug — nearly $50,000/week if he has to pay it out of pocket — could saddle his family with crushing medical debt after he's gone.

Nearly $50,000 a week for a cancer drug? A man worries about bankrupting his family

Medicare suddenly stopped paying for the pricey drug that prolongs his life. As he waits for an appeal, this retired physician wonders if he should give up treatment to spare his family the cost.

In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, Mexico's Secretary of Public Safety Genaro Garcia Luna attends a press conference on the sidelines of an American Police Community meeting in Mexico City. Garcia Luna, who is in custody and facing drug trafficking charges in New York, has been charged in a superseding indictment with continuing criminal enterprise.

He was the head of Mexico's FBI. Now he's on trial for accepting cartel bribes

Guilty or innocent, the drug-corruption trial in New York of high-ranking former Mexican government official, Genaro Garcia Luna, shows the limits of the U.S. to win its decades-long "war on drugs."

Trial for Mexico's former top drug cop is underway over cartel bribery accusations

Guilty or innocent, the drug-corruption trial in New York of high-ranking former Mexican government official, Genaro Garcia Luna, shows the limits of the U.S. to win its decades-long "war on drugs."

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. has changed its laws on prosecuting war crimes

The U.S. has new laws that could make it easier to prosecute war crimes in other countries — something spurred by the war in Ukraine.

The oldest existing U.S. schoolhouse for Black children has been moved to a museum

A building in Virginia that's believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children has been moved to a museum.

Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton was fired by President Biden Monday for a series of ethical violations, including his not being present on the grounds during the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol.

Biden fires the architect of the Capitol after bipartisan criticism from lawmakers

An inspector general investigation found that J. Brett Blanton had misused government vehicles and "impersonated a government agent," among other ethical violations.

Families are working to bury those who died in the Turkey-Syria earthquake

One week after a massive earthquake struck eastern Turkey and northern Syria, residents are dealing with burying the tens of thousands of dead.

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