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New technology is getting us closer and closer to the point where cars will drive themselves. Automakers are testing and refining systems that will make this happen. But our love for control may keep us from riding in these cars anytime soon.

Families in southern California are having to rebuild their Christmas plans after wildfires burned up their homes and everything they owned — including their children's presents.

People with intellectual disabilities are sexually assaulted at seven times the rate of people without disabilities. It's a crime that often goes unrecognized and unpunished.

Dozens of cars in a Kmart parking lot had all their tires slashed after public anger over George Floyd's death sparked large protests in Minneapolis.

Doing business in China comes with major strings attached. This week, with the response to an NBA manager's tweet, it became evident that a few provocative words can cause those strings to tighten.

A grand jury won't bring charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot by officers while playing with an air gun in a park.

The Tulsa Zoo has long had an evolutionary science exhibit. Now its board is considering adding a display providing the biblical account of how the Earth began. The clash between science and religion is now dividing many in Tulsa.

Just before dawn Thursday morning, the wall around a mountaintop reservoir gave way in southern Missouri. More than a billion gallons of water roared down the mountain, sweeping away the home of the parks superintendent who lived below. Ben Meredith, chief of the Lesterville Fire Department, discusses the causes of the flood and the latest developments.

Public pools all over the country are facing lifeguard and staff shortages this summer. It's a problem that's been exacerbated by the pandemic. In Portland, Ore., pools are struggling to keep up.

The pedestrian and cyclist path would make use of a one-mile stretch of abandoned, elevated concrete track. "You are still in the city ... but you are flying above the city," Piano says.