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Displaced Yemenis receive humanitarian aid provided by the World Food Programme in the city of Taiz on September 11.

The U.N.'s food program has a funding problem. Now millions are going hungry

Cindy McCain, the U.N. World Food Programme's executive director, has been tasked with closing the giant hole in the budget.

Gerhardt Boukes, chief scientist at Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, formulates mRNA for use in a vaccine against COVID-19. The company — based in Cape Town, South Africa — is the linchpin of a global project to enable low- and middle-income countries to make mRNA vaccines against all manner of diseases.

Whatever happened to the project to crack the wealthy world's lock on mRNA vaccines?

Lower-income countries did not get the COVID vaccines they needed. So the World Bank and other partners tapped a South African company to cook up the (undisclosed) recipe for the Moderna mRNA vaccine.

New COVID-19 vaccines received the backing of a panel of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. The shots will be available across the country later this week.

CDC advisers back broad rollout of new COVID boosters

A panel of doctors and scientists advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend that people 6 months of age and older get new COVID boosters this fall.

A satellite image from around daybreak Wednesday shows Hurricane Lee spinning over open water between Puerto Rico and Bermuda. The storm is expected to head increasingly to the north.

Hurricane watch issued for Maine coast as Lee churns northward in the Atlantic

The current forecast track shows Lee's center moving toward Maine's coastal border with Canada. But its effects could reach as far south as New York.

This combo of images provided by the Memphis Police Department shows officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, and bottom row from left, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith. The five former officers are now facing federal civil rights charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from the killing.

5 former Memphis officers are indicted on federal charges for death of Tyre Nichols

The five former police officers face charges of excessive force, deliberate indifference and witness tampering for the January death of the 29-year-old Nichols.

The flooded St. Mark's Square on Nov. 15, 2019, in Venice, two days after the city suffered a high tide.

Venice may be put on the endangered list, thanks to human-created climate change

The impacts of climate change including related disasters, such as wildfires and sea level rise, are increasingly raising a question about how best to save cultural heritage.

Musician Allison Russell is full surprises and ambition on 'The Returner'

The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist spent years in various bands, including Birds of Chicago and Our Native Daughters. Now Russell's startling sophomore album serves as a sort of rebirth.

People check an area damaged by flash floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on Monday.

Libya fears a spiraling death toll from powerful storm floods

At least hundreds of people have died and thousands are feared missing in eastern Libya after Storm Daniel swept in, destroying dams and unleashing a torrent of muddy water that carried homes away.

Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to postpone the creation of a new congressional map while it pursues further appeal.

Alabama asks Supreme Court to aid a delay after June loss in voting case

Alabama is once again asking the Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional districts. In essence, the state is fighting a court order that the high court upheld just months ago.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is helped off the field during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills on Monday in East Rutherford, N.J.

Aaron Rodgers' torn Achilles means the Jets QB will miss rest of the season

The 39-year-old NFL veteran has a torn left Achilles tendon that will require season-ending surgery, New York Jets coach Robert Saleh announced Tuesday.

James Franco, Jason Segel, Linda Cardellini and Seth Rogen in <em>Freaks and Geeks, </em>left, and Issa Rae in <em>Barbie.</em>

From 'Freaks and Geeks' to 'Barbie,' this casting director decides who gets on-screen

Allison Jones is known for casting actors who look like real people — and who are naturally funny. One of her hardest conversations? Telling Bob Odenkirk he didn't get Michael Scott in The Office.

The rich savory flavor of miso soup is one way to experience umami, the fifth major taste.

How umami overcame discrimination and took its place as the 5th taste

Everything about this savory flavor is mysterious, from how it tastes to why it took so long to get recognized as the fifth taste. What is it, and how does it make food taste delicious?

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