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Heavy waves caused by Hurricane Matthew pound the boat docks at the Sunset Bar and Grill on Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Friday. Hurricane Matthew passed by offshore as a Category 3 hurricane, bringing heavy winds and minor flooding.

Hurricane Stays Offshore As It Moves Up Florida And Georgia Coasts Toward Carolinas

The National Hurricane Center says Matthew is a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. The strongest winds are so far staying offshore, but forecasters warn that could change.

Gansu province, where the family lived, is one of China's poorest. Above, rural residents do their washing.

Mother Kills Her Children And Herself; Chinese Bloggers Ask Why

They're wondering about the impact of the family's poverty on the tragic turn of events — and whether the government does enough to help the impoverished.

A worker separates coffee cherries during harvest at a plantation in Brazil's Minas Gerais state. Brazil's coffee exports fell to 2.6 million bags in June, a 12 percent drop from a year ago, according to a report last week by Cecafe, the country's coffee export council.

Coffee And Climate Change: In Brazil, A Disaster Is Brewing

Climate change is threatening the world's coffee, a new report says. In the biggest coffee supplier on the planet, Brazil, rising temperatures are being felt to devastating effect.

Wayne Gretzky is flanked by his Edmonton Oilers teammates after winning the Stanley Cup over the Philadelphia Flyers in May 1987.

Wayne Gretzky On Hockey History, Dreaming Big And Canadian Pride

The ice hockey legend marks the 99th anniversary of the NHL with his new book 99: Stories of the Game. Never mind the sport's tough guy reputation; "the game of hockey is an art," Gretzky says.

This rock was found on a British beach. Some scientists believe it could contain fossilized brain tissue.

Researchers Say They've Found A Bit Of Fossilized Dinosaur Brain

A small rock might contain tissue from a 130 million-year-old dinosaur brain. If confirmed, it would be the first bit of fossilized dino gray matter ever found.

Ian Watlington, with the National Disability Rights Network, pauses at the doorway of a Washington, D.C., recreation center used as a polling place. He says the door, which has a stationary bar down the middle, would be too narrow for him to enter if he was in his motorized wheelchair. He can barely get through in his manual chair.

Voters With Disabilities Fight For More Accessible Polling Places

More than 35 million eligible voters in the U.S. have a disability. And in the last presidential election, almost a third of voters with disabilities reported having trouble casting their ballots.

State's attorney candidate Aramis Ayala speaks at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 28.

In The Black Lives Matter Era, An Effort To Elect More Diverse Prosecutors

Far down the ballot, district attorney races could reshape the criminal justice system for millions of Americans by electing a more diverse slate of prosecutors.

Marcos Spence of Dallas hands out volunteer fliers outside a Donald Trump campaign rally in Austin, Texas, in August.

Why Texas Is Closer To Turning Blue Than It Has Been In Decades

The Lone Star State has gone Republican for the past 40 years, but GOP women have soured on Donald Trump and Latinos are fired up against him.

Lack Of Child Care Rating Systems Leaves Parents In A Bind

About 20 states are in the process of creating a system for rating child care providers. But it's hard to decide which standards best measure quality and which are most useful to parents.

FBI Director James Comey told a congressional hearing on March 1, that encryption was creating "warrantproof" devices.

How A Foiled Robbery Sheds Light On Apple's Clash With The FBI

Is the FBI director right when he says that strong encryption is taking us to an unprecedented new world, where some places in our life are "warrantproof"?

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