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Update On Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Maria is hitting Puerto Rico this morning after rolling across the Caribbean and devastating parts of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Affordable Care Act navigators helped guide those looking for insurance during an enrollment event at San Antonio's Southwest General Hospital last year. Beyond helping with initial enrollment, navigators often follow up with help later, as an applicant's income or job status changes.

Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It

The federal government has sharply cut funding to groups that help people enroll in health plans. But the groups say federal officials don't understand how much help and follow-up some people need.

Kathy Niakan, a developmental biologist at the Francis Crick Institute in London, used the CRISPR gene editing technique to find out how a gene affects the growth of human embryos.

Editing Embryo DNA Yields Clues About Early Human Development

Researchers disabled a gene that they think helps determine which human embryos will develop normally. The technique they used is controversial because it could be used to change babies' DNA.

In his new special, Jerry Seinfeld revisits the shop window where he first decided try stand-up and the comedy club where he became a regular in the summer of 1976.

Jerry Seinfeld's New Netflix Special Puts His Comic Life Into Perspective

After more than 40 years in the business, Seinfeld revisits the clubs where he got his start. Critic David Bianculli says Jerry Before Seinfeld will make you laugh — a lot.

People demonstrate outside the Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance in Barcelona, Spain, as Spanish police officers conduct a search inside. Spanish Civil Guard police have stormed several Catalan government ministries in an attempt to stop the region's independence referendum on Oct. 1.

Spanish Police Detain Catalan Politicians Ahead Of Independence Vote

Spain considers the Catalonian referendum, set for Oct. 1, to be illegal. Spanish police raided government offices and detained at least a dozen separatist leaders, prompting street protests.

Marla Leaf received a speeding ticket after driving on Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Iowa's Supreme Court Hears Dispute Over $75 Speeding Ticket

Marla Leaf says she wasn't speeding, but a speed camera says she was. She argues her rights were violated because Cedar Rapids delegated police powers to the private company maintaining the cameras.

How 3 Rickshaws Won A Million Dollar Prize

The members of the winning team, who met at Rutgers University, piloted a transportation service aimed at the refugees in the world's largest slum.

In Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria Brings 'Widespread Damage And Widespread Flooding'

Hurricane Maria is sweeping across Puerto Rico Wednesday morning. David Greene gets an update from Danica Coto of the Associated Press.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has called the legislation that could be Republicans' last hope to repeal the Affordable Care Act "a really crappy bill."

These GOP Senators Could Block Republicans' Obamacare Repeal

Republicans are very close to having the votes to pass a repeal of the Affordable Care Act in the Senate next week, and it has come down to the votes of three undecided GOP senators.

Toxic blue-green algae found in Skaneateles Lake, public water still safe to drink

Updated at 8:00 p.m. ThursdayOnondaga County health officials continue to say that the city of Syracuse's drinking water, along with the drinking water of…

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