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Collette Williams and her son SaVaughn live a few blocks from the Clairton Coke Works. Pollutants from the plant exceed local limits, and Williams believes that exacerbates her son's severe asthma.

One Town's Decades Long Struggle For Cleaner Air

The air has been getting dirtier around the country's largest coke fuel plant near Pittsburgh. The push to clean up pollution is complicated when residents depend on the industry that's causing it.

This sketch provided by the Harris County Sheriff's Office in Houston, Texas, shows an artist's rendition of the suspect in the fatal shooting of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes on Sunday in Houston.

Police Release Sketch Of Man Wanted In Slaying Of Child In Texas

Seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes was shot and killed Sunday in Houston while riding in a car with her mom and siblings. The suspect is still at large, and police haven't yet determined a motive.

A Look At Unalaska's '18-'19 Girls' Basketball Team

The Unalaska girls' basketball team will play their first games of the 2017-2018 season this week.Last year, under Coach Casey Clausius the team qualified…

Pennsylvania Makes A Case For Dairy With A Huge Butter Sculpture

The annual unveiling on Thursday doubled as an opportunity for state officials to plug milk and other products of the struggling dairy industry.

A Border Patrol officer inside his vehicle guards the fence near San Diego across the border from Tijuana, Mexico.

Troops To Be Deployed To Border To Build And Upgrade 160 Miles Of Fencing

The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to provide additional active-duty troops to work on barriers in Arizona and California.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., offered an apology on Wednesday after allegations were made public of sexual harassment and discrimination on his 2016 campaign.

Bernie Sanders Responds To Allegations Of Sexism, Harassment By Aides During 2016 Race

"We will do better next time," the U.S. senator from Vermont and former presidential candidate said. As Sanders considers whether to run in 2020, new allegations from his 2016 campaign have emerged.

The flag of North Korea waves inside the compound of the North Korean embassy in Rome. North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service.

North Korean Diplomat In Italy Goes Into Hiding, Says Intelligence Agency

South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul on Thursday that Ambassador Jo Song Gil escaped the North Korean embassy in Rome with his wife in early November.

Rep.-elect Carol Miller, R-W.V., will be the only new women member of the House GOP in the new Congress.

The New Congress Has A Record Number Of Women — But Very Few Republican Women

While Democratic women are smashing records for serving in office, the GOP is grappling with how — and how much — to work on boosting its women candidates.

Talitha Saunders and AJ Ikamoto tidy their ambulance at the end of a recent shift. The two work as emergency medical responders in Oregon with American Medical Response in Portland. Leaders there are working to prevent any race-based disparities in treatment.

Emergency Medical Responders Confront Racial Bias

In a recent study of patients treated by emergency medical responders in Oregon, black patients were 40 percent less likely to get pain medicine than their white peers. Why?

Toni Tennille, left, and "Captain" Daryl Dragon, of the singing duo The Captain & Tennille, pose during an interview at their home in Nevada in 1995.

'Captain' Daryl Dragon Of Musical Duo Captain & Tennille Dead At 76

The '70s pop group was known for hits including "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Lonely Night" and "Muskrat Love." Dragon and musical partner Toni Tennille were married for almost 40 years.

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