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Bayou La Batre, Ala., has been a Gulf Coast fishing hub for a century. But Hurricane Katrina made a shambles of the town's livelihood. Now 2,300 people are struggling to cope with present conditions in the face of an uncertain future.

The new CD by rapper Common, called Be, could be the best hip-hop release of the year, Will Hermes says. It's produced by grammy award-winning artist Kanye West, a longtime rap friend of Common, and a fellow Chicagoan.

Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico remains largely suspended Monday after Hurricane Rita swept through the region on Saturday. The storm damaged several big refineries in Texas and Louisiana, but the impact appears to have been less than expected.

First, an assessment. Then rescues. Then food and supplies. That's the battle plan for the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, according to David Paulison, acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Since the start of Russia's invasion, there have been persistent fears that Russian troops would land at Ukraine's largest port Odesa. It hasn't happened yet, but the city is preparing for the worst.

It's the first city that's fallen since Russian forces invaded a little over a week ago. But they seem to be stalled north of the capital Kyiv, where Ukrainian forces and volunteers are resisting.

Heard It on the X, the new album by Grammy winners Los Super 7, celebrates the golden age of radio along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Car enthusiasts are trekking across the U.S. this year along Lincoln Highway. The transcontinental trips are part of centennial activities for the road known as "The Main Street Across America," and a unique group of tourists started their journey all the way in Norway.

Scientists are relying more and more on non-scientists to help them gather data. That was the case recently on North Carolina's coast, where volunteers spent a day counting terrapin turtles.

Twelve days after a deadly gas truck fire destroyed a section of I-95, crews opened six lanes of traffic in Philadelphia on Friday afternoon — a temporary fix to get vehicles moving.