Richard "Rick" Slayman, 62, who made history as the first person to undergo a pig kidney transplant, has passed away. This is just two months post-operation, according to Massachusetts General Hospital. Slayman suffered from end-stage kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. With the pig kidney transplant being successful, his death wasn't linked to the procedure by doctors.

Tens of thousands of homeless people live in Los Angeles, and more are joining them each day. Affordable housing is lacking, and municipal programs come up short.

Leading mountaineers are again trying to draw attention to all the garbage that expeditions leave behind in the ice on the world's highest mountain.

A police force in a Madrid commuter town has become an example to others in Europe on how to prevent institutional racism.

The UN General Assembly has voted to grant new "rights and privileges" to Palestine and requested the Security Council approve membership. The US is expected to veto the measure in the Security Council.

With the rate of insurgency in Borno State, many lives and families have been severely affected, with thousands being displaced and forced to live in internally displaced camps (IDP). A mother, who has lost neighbors, family, friends, and loved ones still in captivity, shares her heartbreaking experience of living in constant fear. She calls on the government to provide more basic amenities to help her and others in the IDP camp in Chabbol village, Borno state.