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An annual report from the U.N. humanitarian agency looks at the challenges ahead.

Severe frostbite claimed Xia Boyu's feet during his first failed attempt in 1975. Then, lymphoma claimed his legs beneath the knee. Still, Xia kept trying — and on Monday, he finally reached the top.

Oyster harvests in the Gulf of Mexico have declined dramatically. Now scientists are working to rebuild oyster reefs, helped by settlement money from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews Mad Men, the drama about advertising execs during the Kennedy years. Season two of the Emmy-nominated series begins on Sunday night on AMC.

The island's government still lists the official death toll from the hurricane as 64 despite evidence that it's vastly under-counted.

The country legend's new album returns to some of her commercial roots, telling stories of domestic betrayal in grand yet thoroughly grounded fashion.

Melody Herzfeld, a drama teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., received the Excellence in Theater Education Award at the Tony Awards Sunday. She sheltered 65 students in a closet in her classroom during the deadly shooting in February.

It's flu season — time for the marketing of juices and supplements that claim to boost immunity. But they don't help, scientists say. Instead, try eating healthy and getting enough sleep.

Wildfires are still raging in multiple states across America's western region. Fire historian Steve Pyne of Northern Arizona University says it's time to rethink land use, development and forest management in light of the increasing numbers of fires we are seeing each year.

As they debate whether he's fulfilled promises to restore manufacturing jobs, some union members who were Trump backers from 2016 are reassessing whether they'll support him again in 2020.