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A rafting group was camping on the Colorado River when monsoonal rain hit.

Kenneth Manzanares killed his wife on a cruise ship after she told him she wanted a divorce.

The law prohibits trans people who don't want or can't afford gender-affirming surgery from obtaining accurate birth certificates, the suit states.

Though he wasn’t expecting to be signed, Robert Anthony Cruz ultimately surprised his father with the good news of joining the Washington Nationals as a free agent, the video now viral on TikTok. After years of practice and dreaming, it’s Cruz’s time to play ball in the national spotlight. 

As states across the country are legalizing marijuana, restorative justice measures are now written into Illinois law, including automatic expungement for low-level marijuana arrest records. Since January 2020, over 500,000 arrest records have been expunged. 

The Bootleg Fire in Oregon has exploded in size, burning over 200,000 acres. More than 20 homes have been destroyed so far and another 2,000 are at risk. 

"I have been dealing with some personal challenges over the last several months, but that is not an excuse for how I acted," he said on Instagram.

New Covid-19 cases are soaring in states with the lowest vaccination rates. This comes as a recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds two-thirds of unvaccinated adults believe major myths about vaccines. 

As the highly-contagious delta variant continues to spread, outbreaks of Covid-19 cases are being seen in parts of the country that have the lowest vaccination rates.

California is paying $7.5 million to victims of its forced sterilization program from the early 20th century. NBC News' Simone Boyce explains how the state is trying to close this dark chapter of its history.

“If we continue to have large swaths of the population unvaccinated, we are giving this virus a great opportunity to evolve,” Anne Rimoin, an infectious diseases expert, said.