Dana Roberson

A bird eats dead fish in the area where thousands of dead fish washed up on Abangaritos beach in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Feb. 16, 2017.

As oceans suffocate, dead zones grow

A new analysis by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center shows that oceans are suffocating as the number of dead zones is dramatically increasing.

As oceans suffocate, dead zones grow
Myra Gregory and her son Roland.

Unless Congress acts, nearly 9 million US children could soon be without health care

Unless Congress acts, nearly 9 million US children could soon be without health care
guns

How gun laws let domestic violence offenders slip through the cracks

How gun laws let domestic violence offenders slip through the cracks
Nestle

While Flint waits, Nestle pumps Michigan water on the cheap

While Flint waits, Nestle pumps Michigan water on the cheap
Bashar al-Assad

President Trump, can the US act as global police and put 'America first’?

President Trump, can the US act as global police and put 'America first’?
Syria

If Assad stayed, could Syria ever rebuild from war?

At a conference focused on rebuilding Syria, experts doubt change will ever be possible under the current regime.

If Assad stayed, could Syria ever rebuild from war?
Prison

President Trump, do you support rehabilitation or incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders?

Back in 1999, Aaron Glasscock was just 22-years-old and two months shy of graduating from college when he was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for a nonviolent drug offense: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Nearly 20 years later, Glasscock is out of prison, as his sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama.

President Trump, do you support rehabilitation or incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders?
Border patrol

Here's what you need to know when crossing international borders

What rights do we have, if any, in that no-man’s-land between the plane and the international arrivals exit?

Here's what you need to know when crossing international borders
Duterte

The Filipino president has deployed a ‘social media army’ to push his agenda

Journalist Sean Williams stumbled upon the Filipino president's keyboard army after tweeting about the violent war on drugs in the Philippines.

The Filipino president has deployed a ‘social media army’ to push his agenda
A scene from the former US Embassy in Iran

A brief history of the times the US meddled in others' elections

So, Americans are outraged that Russia may have attempted to interfere in US elections. From Italy to Guatemala, Indonesia to Afghanistan, people ask, "so, how does it feel?"

A brief history of the times the US meddled in others' elections
A voters arrives at a polling station

So, what does it mean for there to be an election recount?

An election recount gets underway this week in Wisconsin, while Jill Stein pushes to get recounts started in Michigan and Pennsylvania as well.

So, what does it mean for there to be an election recount?
Trump

'Sanctuary cities' around the US promise to defy Trump's threats

President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to cut off federal funding for "sanctuary cities," but a number of mayors are openly condemning that plan.

'Sanctuary cities' around the US promise to defy Trump's threats
Firefighters battle the so-called Blue Cut Fire

The US Forest Service is being overwhelmed by all the fires it must fight

The agency's budget is now more than 50 percent dedicated to fighting forest fires, which takes away from what the agency could do for preservation and recreation.

The US Forest Service is being overwhelmed by all the fires it must fight
An inmate is checked into the Orange County jail in Santa Ana, California, on May 24, 2011.

Female inmate population skyrockets in the US

Women represent a small portion of the overall population of incarcerated Americans, but they also have become the fastest growing segment of inmates in a system that often fails to meet their needs.

Female inmate population skyrockets in the US
A sign is seen next to a water dispenser at a high school in Flint

After months, the Flint water situation is finally getting a little bit better

Government officials say Flint's tap water is finally safe enough for showering and washing hands — which is a step forward, but still not safe enough for drinking.

After months, the Flint water situation is finally getting a little bit better