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Leslie Anderson stands over the shoulder of Max Lewis wearing a pink blouse amnd white cardigan. She has blonde hair. Max Lewis, right, sits in a power wheelchair wearing glasses and a red shirt. They both smile into the camera.

Max Lewis and Leslie Anderson: 'Cry for Help or Die'

Max Lewis is a lawyer in Columbia. He is also quadriplegic and uses a program called Consumer Directed Services to hire in-home help with personal care.…

A Bangladeshi child works in a brick-breaking yard in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The broken bricks are mixed in with concrete. Typically working barefoot and with rough utensils, a child worker earns less than $2 a day.

New Numbers On Child Labor Are Not Encouraging

A report from the U.N.'s International Labour Organization looks at how many children work, what kind of jobs they perform — and how to stop it.

(L-R) Colleen Starkloff, Judith Heumann and Marcie Roth advocate for more implementation of universal design.

Universal design improves quality of life for people with disabilities

Universal design involves designing buildings, products and services that meet the accessibility needs of everyone. It can help people with disabilities...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named <em>Time</em> magazine's person of the year for showing "what it might look like when a new generation leads." She's seen here at the COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid on Wednesday.

Greta Thunberg Is The 'Time' Person Of The Year For 2019

She burst onto the world stage after organizing school strikes and protests to call attention to the climate crisis. The Swedish activist, 16, is the youngest person to earn the title.

Sadie, a black, Australian labradoodle, is 7 years old. The idea that she's 49 in human years isn't right. Researchers now say she's closer to 62.

A New Way To Calculate Your Dog's Age

The old way to think about your dog's "human age" — the age in actual years times seven — is wrong. Researchers looked at aging on the molecular level.

The Olympic rings displayed outside the National Stadium, a venue for the 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo on April 7. The games have been delayed until 2021 because of the coronavirus.

Japan, IOC Jostle Over Who Will Pay Billions To Delay 2020 Olympics Over Coronavirus

The cost of moving the summer games to 2021 is expected to be massive. The International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday Japan would pay. Japanese officials said they didn't agree to foot the bill.

Students move out of dormitories at San Diego State University in March, after the university cancelled the rest of the semester and has asked students to move out within 48 hours. Nine percent of young adults say they've moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Survey: 3% Of Americans Moved Due To The Pandemic

Among the young, the numbers shot up: 9% of adults 18-29 have moved due to the coronavirus. Some people moved to avoid catching the virus, while others were forced by the closing of college campuses.

Many supermarkets are setting special designated hours when only seniors and others most vulnerable to the coronavirus are invited to shop.

Supermarkets Add 'Senior Hours' For Vulnerable Shoppers

Target, Safeway and others are restricting their opening hours, limiting purchases per each shopper and setting off time for seniors and other high-risk individuals to shop.

A trader reacts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. The U.S. stock market had its worst day since 2008.

Dow Dives More Than 2,000 Points; Steep Market Slide Triggered Trading Halt

Stock indexes tumbled so fast Monday that marketwide trading was halted temporarily for the first time since October 1997. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2,013 points, or nearly 8%.

From left, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Bethany Collins and Stephanie Syjuco side by side.

CAM’s Latest Exhibits Delve Into Nuances Of Race, Nationality, Mourning, More

The Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis is using art to engage with history and contextualize the present. Chief curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi joined St....

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