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West Nile virus warnings have become a rite of spring since the virus was first detected in 1999 in New York. The disease has been spreading across the country ever since, and now, residents of more 40 states are being urged to mosquito-proof themselves and their homes. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

New Orleans resident Sharon White is more determined than ever to rebuild her home. In January, she was devastated to learn that the city had decided against reviving her neighborhood. But now she has a building permit and she wants a FEMA trailer so she can begin the restoration.

Maria Avdeeva made the decision early on not to leave her home in Kharkiv — even as she watched entire neighborhoods, landmarks and public spaces decimated, acquaintances injured or killed, her community forced underground for safety.

Delivery workers left Luke Ansell's new, custom-made couch jammed in his staircase in his two-story home. Thankfully, some pals rushed over to help him move the new piece of furniture upstairs.

India has overtaken Japan as home to the most billionaires in Asia. Yet it also has the world's largest population of hungry people, as one reporter's continuing journey down the Ganges River reveals.

In China, rescue workers have been digging through flattened homes and schools in a desperate search for victims of China's worst earthquake in three decades. Mark Magnier, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, says "with each passing hour, it's getting more and more difficult."

In May, Olympic gold medalist and world-champion American sprinter Tori Bowie was found dead in her Florida home at the age of 32.

Julius Shulman's images cast modern architecture in a vivid light, including his iconic "Case Study House No. 22," a nighttime portrait of a modern glass house jutting out from a cliff over the Los Angeles skyline. He died Wednesday at 98, just two weeks after his last assignment.

Last year on April 23, Olympic gold medalist and world-champion American sprinter Tori Bowie was found dead in her Florida home at the age of 32. An autopsy found that the cause of death was complications related to childbirth.

Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at the home of Mayor Karen Bass on Sunday morning, officials said.