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Paula Rodriguez and her dog, Maia, were separated while on their way from the Dominican Republic to San Francisco on Aug. 18. Rodriguez was turned away by border agents and forced to catch a flight home without Maia, who was lost by Delta Air Lines staff.

Owner reunited with her dog that roamed the Atlanta airport for 3 weeks

Maia the dog escaped from her carrier last month while being loaded onto a plane at the busiest airport in the world. An online community banded together to reunite her with her owner.

Another round of COVID-19 vaccines is on the way. The Food and Drug Administration approved vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna that target an omicron subvariant called XBB.1.5. Vaccination campaigns, like this one in San Rafael, Calif., in 2022, could resume soon.

New COVID vaccines get FDA approval

Vaccines for a fall immunization drive against COVID-19 just got the green light from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency says the vaccines can protect people, as hospitalizations tick up.

People listen to the California reparations task force in Oakland, Calif., at one of its final meetings in May.

Most California voters oppose cash reparations for slavery, poll finds

A new poll finds a majority of California voters oppose cash payments to the descendants of enslaved African-Americans. The findings highlight the political headwinds facing reparation efforts.

Fleur Cinema & Café staff stand behind the counter, ready to serve concessions to moviegoers.

Fleur Cinema & Café in Des Moines reopens after three-year closure

Des Moines' iconic Southside movie theater, Fleur Cinema & Café, reopened Sept. 8 after being closed for over three years.

A man walks past rubble caused by the earthquake in the village of Tafeghaghte, near Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday.

Hope for survivors is fading after Morocco's strongest quake in more than a century

Survivors with shovels have been working alongside bulldozers to dig through remote villages flattened by the monstrous earthquake that has claimed more than 2,400 lives since Friday.

Hostess Brands, best known for its Twinkies, is being bought by jelly-maker J.M. Smucker.

Twinkies are sold! J.M. Smucker scoops up Hostess Brands for $5.6 billion

For Hostess, the deal with the peanut-butter-and-jelly conglomerate is a sweet win after not one, but two bankruptcies.

A resident navigates through the rubble on Saturday following a 6.8-magnitude quake in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Up First briefing: Morocco earthquake; new COVID boosters; a primer on prenups

More than 2,000 are dead after a 6.8 magnitude quake struck near Marrakech on Friday. The FDA could approve new COVID boosters any day now. What to know if you're considering signing a prenup.

Kayce Atencio, who had a heart attack when he was 19, was unable to rent an apartment for years because of bad credit attributed in part to thousands of dollars of medical debt. "It always felt like I just couldn't get a leg up," says Atencio, one of millions of Americans whose access to housing is threatened by medical debt.

Medical debt nearly pushed this family into homelessness. Millions more are at risk

Saddled with debt from health care, many Americans are forced into painful tradeoffs. And some are losing their homes.

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, returns a shot to Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, on Sunday in New York.

Novak Djokovic wins the U.S. Open, taking his 24th Grand Slam title

Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, moved one major singles title in front of Serena Williams to become the first player to win 24 in the Open era, which began in 1968.

Spain soccer federation President Luis Rubiales speaks during a news conference in Nyon, Switzerland, on Oct. 5, 2022.

Luis Rubiales resigns as head of Spain's soccer federation

The embattled president of Spain's soccer federation has left his job. A furor arose after he kissed a star player on the mouth after the Women's World Cup final.

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