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When the hospital emergency room is inundated with knee-deep water

By Laura Santhanam

Experts predict that human-driven climate change will significantly increase the number of communities vulnerable to flooding and could undermine the health care systems that support cities and towns already in harm’s way.

Prince Andrew acknowledges he faces U.S. sex assault lawsuit

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

The acknowledgement was confirmed in a joint agreement signed by a lawyer for Andrew and approved by a Manhattan federal judge. It was entered in the public record Tuesday.

WATCH: After 5 years, Obamas break ground on Presidential Center in Chicago

By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press

Construction on the Obama Presidential Center along Lake Michigan, near the Obama family home and where the former president started his political career on Chicago's South Side, officially began last month.

Here are this year's MacArthur fellows and 'genius grant' recipients

By Don Babwin, Associated Press

The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced the 25 recipients, who will each receive $625,000.

WATCH: Psaki defends Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal decision

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan on Tuesday, saying he had been given "split" opinions by his military advisers.

WATCH: Senate committee discusses need for reforming conservatorships

By News Desk

Conservatorships have garnered national attention after pop star Britney Spears recently faced challenges ending the court conservatorship that controlled the singer’s life and money for over a decade.

Maryland newspaper gunman gets more than 5 life prison terms

By Brian Witte, Associated Press

A judge has sentenced a man who killed five people at a newspaper to more than five life sentences without the possibility of parole.

WATCH: Gen. Milley explains his calls with China over concerns about President Trump

By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered a full-throated defense of two calls he made to his Chinese counterpart, saying he was responding to "concerning intelligence" that China was worried about a U.S. attack.

WATCH: White House COVID task force holds briefing

By News Desk

White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients says an additional 1 million people have scheduled booster shots for the coming weeks. He adds: “We’re off to a very strong start with the booster campaign.”…

Atlanta spa-shooting suspect pleads not guilty in 4 killings

By Kate Brumback, Associated Press

A man already sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting four people at a massage business outside Atlanta pleaded not guilty to shooting four others on the same day at two spas inside the city.