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Doctors and others working on the country's opioid epidemic are welcoming President Trump's declaration of a public health emergency, but they say it's not enough.

Zach and Kelly Weinersmith's accessible, occasionally goofy new book lays out futuristic fantasies (like matter-printed cocktails) and connects them to projects scientists are working on right now.

Law enforcement officials are still searching for a motive in the mass shooting. Computers found at the gunman's home may hold more clues about him and the reasons behind the attack.

Residents, aid groups, and government agencies are beginning to grapple with the tragic consequences facing Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind looks at the arrival of evacuees in central Florida from an economic perspective.

Authorities say truck drivers to move the food, water, medicine and other items around the island are scarce, as is diesel. Whether roads are too damaged is disputed. Crates are stacking up.

Following riots and attacks in past years, residents of Urumqi, the capital of the western region, now live and work under intense surveillance, and are subject to detention after traveling abroad.

"I can make jokes," Laura Welliver says, "because I've already had my good, long cry."

Miami (AP) - Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long says the government response to Hurricane Irma has shifted from saving lives to one of beginning the long recovery process.

About half of the 106 trailers at the Sea Breeze Mobile Home Community are destroyed or moved off their foundations.

Hurricane Irma hit the Florida Keys hard. Evacuated residents may not be able to return home for weeks. The scope of the destruction is only just becoming clear.