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The Brazilian singer Flora Purim helped create the sound of jazz fusion. Now, as she releases what she says will be her final album, it's time to give her artistic legacy its due.

Crowds are gathering to cheer the news of Joe Biden's presidential win near the White House at Black Lives Matter Plaza.

Media outlets have become so quick to feed the public feel-good stories about the singer that routine fact-checking seems to be getting overlooked, as a recently viral story shows.

Some 1.8 billion faithful around the world are marking Eid al-Fitr, but in many places, COVID-19 restrictions and concerns over the spread of virus were putting a damper on festivities.

In 2019, the United Nations reported that an unprecedented number of people have been forced to flee their home countries. Over 70 million people are…

Motorists near Colombia's border with Venezuela used to opt for cheaper, smuggled gas from the neighboring country. Now the tables have turned.

While many doubt the wisdom of rebuilding in a fire zone, the first building permits have been issued as the town of Paradise, Calif. begins to recover from the devastating Camp Fire of last November.

Jury selection for the Derek Chauvin trial is delayed as there is an effort to get clarity on the potential of a third-degree murder charge.

The Des Moines Register reporter, Andrea Sahouri, was arrested as she covered a Black Lives Matter protest. "Treating media work as a crime is a human rights violation," Amnesty International said.

New guidance that fully vaccinated people don't have to wear masks made a visible change at the White House this week.

Heavy rain has fueled new floods in southeastern Germany and Austria, though not on the scale of last week's onslaught. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the scene "surreal" and "ghostly."

A look at how the delta variant and vaccine efforts are shaping the course of the coronavirus through three places - Brazil, South Africa and Israel and the Palestinian territories.