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A man looks at newly drawn congressional districts for Gwinnett County, Ga., at a meeting of county Democrats this month.

How 2 competitive districts in Georgia became a very red one and a very blue one

Redrawn congressional maps pit two Democratic incumbents against each other in the Atlanta suburbs.

Two young Afghan women, Shopirai Otmonkhel and Zahra Karimi Nooristani, hold the Afghan flag on an unnamed peak in Panjshir. They were among 13 Afghan girls and young women who took part in a 16-day climbing expedition in northeast Afghanistan.

For Young Afghan Women, Scaling Mountain Peaks Brings Highs And Lows

Months of training culminated with reaching the summit of a 16,500-foot peak, which they named. But there were frustrations and squabbles along the away, and uncertainties as they returned to Kabul.

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross that's believed to be 65 years old, and her mate have welcomed a new chick at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Here, a week-old chick peeks out from its nest.

An Old Bird Can Hatch A New Chick — Even At Age 65

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross that researchers first tagged in 1956, has hatched what could be her 40th chick, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says.

Trump Keeps Up Criticism Of 'Caravan Migrants' Who Seek Asylum In The U.S.

Nearly 150 Central America migrants are camped out at the entrance to a U.S. border station in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. officials say they can only take a limited number of asylum applications.

Police officers lead Amanda Knox from the Court of Appeal in Perugia, Italy, in November 2010.

Italy Ordered To Pay Damages To Amanda Knox

The European Court of Human Rights ordered the country to pay Knox nearly $21,000 for failing to provide legal assistance and an interpreter when police initially questioned her in a 2007 murder case.

HIV-positive patients and their families protest hospitals' lack of medicines and supplies in Caracas, Venezuela, in April 2018. Some patients are fleeing to neighboring countries like Peru in search of lifesaving anti-retroviral drugs.

Venezuela's Health Crisis Spills Over To Neighboring Countries

Refugees are fleeing to try to get health care. And disease outbreaks across Latin America are being linked back to Venezuela.

Beef lanzhou noodles are a famous food in China, typically in the northwest area.

China Plans To Make Scratch From Noodles

Lessons in noodle-making is one of the ways that China hopes to eliminate rural poverty by 2020.

WVXU "Do" List: Food, Wine And Why You Better Have Plans For Father's Day

This Sunday is Father's Day, and if you don't yet have plans, there's plenty to chose from this weekend around the Tri-State. In this edition of the WVXU…

The river Seine in Paris had already overrun its banks by Saturday, and fears remain that it could creep across more of the city.

Déjà Vu Flooding In Paris As Officials Say Seine Will Crest Soon

The river is expected to peak at around 19 1/2 feet later this weekend, but not before it swallowed up streets, halted all boat traffic and sent rats scurrying through the city.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions holds a news conference at the Department of Justice last week, highlighting his department's fight to reduce violent crime.

2017 U.S. Crime Rates Expected To Show Drop-Off

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been traveling this week to push an effort to crack down on crime. Meanwhile, a new report says data undercut claims that the U.S. is experiencing a crime wave.

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