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The pandemic hit, and this car became home for a family of four.

Even when the economy was booming, Dave and Sergine had lived in a state of near homelessness. Coronavirus made it worse.

What do we owe her now?

Twelve years later, past and present residents of Arlington, Tex., are still reckoning with Amber Wyatt‘s story.

'Run!' Gunfire on a school playground still haunts the first graders who survived

In tiny Townville, S.C., first-graders are haunted by what they survived — and lost — on a school playground.

“Did your father die?” For a 2nd grader, gunfire, lockdowns, then the worst violence of all

He wanted to be brave like his dad, until the gun violence circling his life found a close target.

I want it to stop

At 15, Ruben Urbina had devoted friends and plans for college, but the 15-year-old was struggling with depression.

The wounds they carry

For six teens at a Las Vegas high school, homecoming week started with a country music concert.

How's Amanda?

The days of waiting -- for a key injection that could help curb her heroin cravings -- seem to go on forever.

We don't know why it came to this

As white women between 25 and 55 die at spiking rates, a close look at one tragedy.

A survivor's life

Another mass shooting was over. The country had moved on. But inside one house in Oregon, a family was discovering the extent of a wound.

You're one of us now

After Katrina, they were promised a fresh start. Now they need to be rescued again. The Williams family is still in Auburn, Neb., 10 years later.