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How to help cyclone victims in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe

By Gabriela Martinez

Many aid groups are still assessing the damage and devising logistics to reach the most heavily affected areas, but here are some international and African organizations that are leading relief efforts.

This river was once so dirty that it caught fire. Now its fish are safe to eat again

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

The easing of fish consumption restrictions on the Cuyahoga was lauded Monday by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine as an important step toward ultimately delisting the river altogether as an area of concern.

Facebook to overhaul ad targeting to prevent discrimination

By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

The changes to Facebook's advertising methods —which generate most of the company's enormous profits — are unprecedented.

Supreme Court rules against immigrants in detention case

By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

The Supreme Court disagreed with the immigrants' interpretation of federal law in a 5-4 ruling that divided the court along ideological lines.

As UK aims to salvage Brexit deal, EU says it needs a decision

By Jill Lawless, Lorne Cook, Associated Press

Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan has been derailed in Parliament. Now she is at the mercy of an exasperated European Union.

WATCH: Trump predicts ‘fantastic working relationship’ with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro

President Donald Trump praised Brazil's new far-right leader Tuesday as he welcomed him to the White House, saying the man who's been described as the "Trump of the Tropics" has done "a very outstanding job."…

Kazakhstan’s president steps down after 30 years

By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press

Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only leader that independent Kazakhstan has ever known, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday after three decades in power, raising uncertainty over the country's future course.

WATCH: Elizabeth Warren supports elimination of electoral college

By Associated Press

Elizabeth Warren supports the elimination of the electoral college, the most pointed instance of the Democratic presidential candidate opposing the polarizing mechanism the nation uses to elect its presidents.

White officer on trial in fatal shooting of Antwon Rose

By Associated Press

A white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black 17-year-old last year goes on trial starting Tuesday in a case that could put him behind bars for life.

Supreme Court set for case on racial bias in jury selection

By Jeff Amy, Mark Sherman, Associated Press

This week, the Supreme Court will consider whether Curtis Flowers' conviction and death sentence in a sixth trial should stand or be overturned for a familiar reason: because prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury.