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A shop owner waits for customers in a market in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Over the past nine months, tourism has plummeted in the country after a series of deadly attacks.

People Aren't Coming To See The Pyramids Or Snorkel In The Red Sea

The crash last week of an EgyptAir passenger plane flying from Paris to Cairo is not likely to help Egypt's battered tourism industry.

Dehorned rhinos roam a private ranch in South Africa in February. The country's Supreme Court of Appeal has lifted a domestic ban on trading rhino horns.

Rhino-Horn Trade OK'd By South African Court, Lifting Domestic Ban

International trade of rhino horns is still banned, though illicit trade continues. South Africa has the world's largest rhino population; more than 1,000 were killed by poachers last year.

General Election Polls Show Tightening Race Between Trump, Clinton

Polling shows a tightening race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in head-to-head matchups. Bernie Sanders shows more strength against Trump in such polls, but there are important caveats.

'Almost-successful' LightSail test at Cal Poly says Bill Nye

Scientists at Cal Poly are headed back to the drawing board after a semi-successful test this afternoon of a space craft prototype known as a LightSail.…

Christy Roberts, an entomologist in Harris County, Texas, sorts mosquitoes with tweezers. They will be tested for viruses such as West Nile and Zika.

Mosquito Hunters Set Traps Across Houston, Search for Signs of Zika

Harris County, Texas, operates one of the largest mosquito control operations in the country, with more than 50 people who trap, freeze and test mosquitoes for disease threats.

El Nino Offers Clues To California's Future Under Climate Change

El Nino didn't deliver the monster rains many Californians were hoping for but it wasn't a total bust. The weather system raised ocean temperatures off the coast and led to some extremely high tides.

'Helping Children Succeed' Starts At Birth; A Case For The Power Of Nurture

Paul Tough's new book surveys the best new evidence on how to overcome the effects of poverty.

Refugees and migrants wait to be transferred by buses Tuesday during the evacuation of the camp near the Greek village of Idomeni. At its height, there were more than 12,000 people crammed into the makeshift camp, which exploded in size when Balkan states began closing their borders in mid-February.

PHOTOS: Greece Begins Evacuating Thousands Of Asylum-Seekers From Camp

Migrants and refugees have waited for months at the makeshift camp near Idomeni. They hoped to cross into Macedonia, but the border has been shut. Now they're being transferred to camps farther south.

TSA agents work at a security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Monday. The House committee says the head of security for TSA has been removed from his post after inquiries into the agency's management.

TSA's Head Of Security 'Removed' From Office, Says House Panel

The Oversight Committee has criticized TSA for giving Kelly Hoggan bonuses despite security problems under his leadership. The agency has also been under fire for long screening lines for travelers.

For simple care and prescriptions, veterans in Northern California can go to 14 CVS MinuteClinics.

To Cut Wait Times, VA Tries MinuteClinics In Northern California

Veterans can visit 14 CVS MinuteClinics in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, Calif., for simple care, lab tests and prescriptions. Will the experiment work well enough to go nationwide?

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