Amid the backdrop of a 339 percent increase in hate crimes, some Asian Americans said they want to feel more connected to their culture, including re-embracing their Asian names, their languages and their identities.

“I never thought I would have to step up and become this person I am today," said a local leader of Asians With Attitudes, a Chinatown patrol group.

How generational differences help explain Asian American voting trends.

“I try to be more creative as a father during this time and figure out new ways to entertain the kids,” Curtis Webster, Jr. said.

“I feel that I’m bringing something that’s more than just a box. It’s bringing healing and hope,” Ben Hertle said.

“Having parents that fall in the high-risk category and being a health provider yourself isn’t easy at all, and my wife feels the same way and exposing her parents,” Dr. Jalal Baig said.

“They feel cheated that they didn’t get to be a child, that they didn’t have years of being carefree,” the director of Camp Mariposa said.

Attracting recruits to work for rural police departments is increasingly difficult, especially as most new officers choose to work in better staffed and better paying urban areas.

A mysterious neurological disorder killed Mitchell Herndon. By donating his body to research, his family hopes to save others with degenerative brain conditions.

Rare diseases used to be little more than a mystifying label. Now those who are told they are one-of-a-kind are finding others like them.

“I had this internal struggle: ‘Do I really want to bring a child into this world?’” a Seattle 29-year-old said.