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The naming of the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has sparked a political debate about the legacy of a long-serving former mayor.

A day after an explosion damaged a key bridge between Russia and Crimea, Russia has stepped up attacks on the Ukrainian town of Zaporizhzhia, where a nuclear plant is located.

Hurricane Fiona knocked many of Puerto Rico's avocados off their trees. In the days since the storm, everywhere you go, people are scrambling to eat and give away avocados before they rot.

In the conclusion of a two part National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's John Nielsen reports from Peru on the mixed reactions to the Trans-Oceanic Highway. Nielsen completes his journey along the road and witnesses the hazards it has created for the people of the Amazon while establishing the jungle's only bridge to the 21st century.

Many of America's communities are changing, and so is how voters think about what matters most to them and whom they want their leaders to be.

Ethiopia's government declared a unilateral cease-fire after nearly eight months of fighting. The opposition, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, has dismissed it. Thousands of people face famine.

Kean Babcock initially faced felony rioting charges for being on the Roebling Bridge during a protest against the ICE detention of Egyptian immigrant Ayman Soliman. Those were later reduced to misdemeanor charges.

Gov. Beshear says his administration will provide more information on the Omicron coronavirus variant as it comes in. He also addressed the economic progress Kentucky has made this year in light of the pandemic.

Though the marshmallow-chocolate-graham cracker treat began a century ago as a coal-miner's snack, it is still made by the same Chattanooga bakery and has since become a cultural icon of the South.

The New Jersey governor has said neither he nor his staff were involved in the closing of some key lanes leading onto the George Washington Bridge into New York. Democrats have said the governor's office may have been trying to punish the mayor of Fort Lee, N.J., for not supporting Christie's re-election bid.