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FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2018 file photo, water contaminated with arsenic, lead and zinc flows from a pipe out of the Lee Mountain mine and into a holding pond near Rimini, Mont. The community is part of the Upper Tenmile Creek Superfund site, where dozens of abandoned mines have left water supplies polluted and residents must use bottled water. The Trump administration has built up the largest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund projects awaiting clean-up in at least 15 years, nearly tripling the number of sites where clean-ups are ready to go but awaiting money, according to 2019 figures quietly released by the Environmental Protection Agency over the winter holidays. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

The EPA begins rolling out billions to clean up Superfund sites

Starting with $1 billion, the EPA announced that 23 states and Puerto Rico would be getting money to clean up Superfund sites in a previously unfunded backlog.

Hollywood bard, muse and reveler Eve Babitz dies at 78

With warmth and candor, Eve Babitz chronicled the excesses of her native world in the 1960s and 1970s and became a cult figure to generations of readers.

Tiger Woods returns to competition for the first time since his car crash

Woods is playing in the PNC Championship with his 12-year-old son this weekend. It's the iconic golfer's first time competing since his car accident in February, which resulted in extensive surgery.

Alan Scott, the doctor credited with developing Botox for medicine, dies at 89

Scott, a California native, was looking to help his patients who had eye disorders and discovered a way for the dangerous chemical to be used in medicine.

A mourner prays in front of offerings near a building where a fire broke out, in Osaka, western Japan Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Japanese police on Sunday identified a 61-year-old man as a prime arson suspect after a fire engulfed a mental clinic in the eight-story building where he was a patient, killing more than 20 people who were trapped inside. (Kyodo News via AP)

Police identify suspect in deadly Osaka arson fire

Japanese police say a 61-year-old man is a prime arson suspect after a fire engulfed a mental clinic where he was a patient. The fire killed 24 people who were trapped inside the eight-story building.

Our 11 most-read global pandemic stories of 2021

From India to Israel to white-tailed deer in Iowa harboring the coronavirus, our top COVID stories of the year reveal the ever-changing nature of the world's health crisis.

American Volunteer Group, or AVG pilots sit in front of a P-40 airplane in Kunming, China, on March 27, 1942. Veterans, historians and officials from China and the United States celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Flying Tigers, an air unit that delivered aid to Chinese troops fighting the Japanese military occupation during World War II. The meeting on Nov. 16, 2021 Tuesday was a reminder of positive historic ties between China and the U.S. on the same day the two countries' leaders spoke after years of rising tensions between the world's largest economies. (AP Photo, File)

The Flying Tigers: How a group of Americans ended up fighting for China in WW II

In 1941, Japan was on the offensive against China. So China hired a group of Americans to fight back in the skies. Eighty years ago this week, they fought in their first battle.

U.S. professional sports leagues change their game plans as omicron infections climb

Players are benched after testing positive, games are canceled or postponed and leagues and players' unions are scrambling to figure out how to move forward under a cloud of uncertainty.

Second-graders hold their heads as they talk about "thoughts" and how they compare with "feelings" and resulting "actions," at Paw Paw Elementary School on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in Paw Paw, Michigan. Their teacher is one of many in the school trained to use a curriculum created at the University of Michigan called TRAILS. Research suggests TRAILS lessons for at-risk kids can reduce depression and improve coping skills — something district officials say has been particularly important during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

Schools embrace social and emotional learning to help 'overwhelmed' students

School officials believe that kids can't succeed academically if they are struggling emotionally.

Afghan music students, faculty members and their families disembark from an airplane at Lisbon military airport, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. A group of 273 students, faculty members and their families from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music arrived Monday in Portugal, where they are being granted asylum and where they hope to rebuild their acclaimed school.(AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Afghan music students escaped the Taliban and are beginning their new lives abroad

Students and faculty with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music flew last week from Doha to Lisbon, where they will start their new lives and reconstitute their celebrated academy in exile.

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