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Why Recycling Plants Keep Catching on Fire

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America’s Clean Water Crisis Goes Far Beyond Flint. There’s No Relief in Sight

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A Teenager's Death Has Put Diplomatic Immunity Under a Spotlight

By Melissa Chan

The Untold Story of an Undocumented Immigrant Family Torn Apart by 9/11

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Trump Displays Altered Dorian Chart to Show It Over Alabama

The Aug. 29 weather chart that mapped the predicted direction of Hurricane Dorian was marked in black ink to touch a corner of Alabama.

By Jasmine Aguilera

When Americans Feared an Invasion From Their Northern Border

In the late 19th Century, the French Canadians who came to work in cotton mills were treated as ‘pawns in a Catholic plot'

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After an Atlanta Hyatt Housekeeper Reported a Flasher, the Man Died in a Fall Trying to Escape Hotel Security

The man fell from a balcony on the 10th story of the Hyatt Regency hotel

By Jasmine Aguilera

How Workers Can Level the Playing Field in Our Rigged Economy

President Trump repeatedly boasts that it’s the best economy ever. That may be true for America’s corporations and the richest 1 percent, but for millions of workers, many of them gig workers, many of them...

By Steven Greenhouse

What To Know About Changes to The Endangered Species Act

The law that saved the bald eagle from extinction faces a set of rollbacks by the Trump Administration, worrying conservation scientists.

By Jasmine Aguilera

Community Uncertainty Lingers After ICE Raids In Mississippi

Networks of lawyers, school administrators, Child Protective Services and church groups provide aid as 680 people face possible deportation.

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'He Was Just a Kid.' El Paso School Mourns Shooting Victim as Teachers Console Students Citywide

Javier Amir Rodriguez, 15, was one of the victims of Saturday's tragedy

By Jasmine Aguilera

American Students Are Taught Racism Is Bad—But They're Still Not Learning the Truth About Race

Every semester college students come into my social science classes knowing two incompatible things: that racism and white nationalism are repugnant, but that race and whiteness are deeply, biologically real. The former is linked to...

By Charles King

El Paso Walmart Was a Hub for Mexican Shoppers

Walmart, the site of Saturday's El Paso mass shooting, is just minutes away from the border

By Jasmine Aguilera

Passenger Records Live Bat on Spirit Airlines Flight

Passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight can be heard screaming and laughing at an apparent bat flying around the cabin of the plane.

By Jasmine Aguilera

Cardi B And Bernie Sanders Partnered For A Campaign Video

Cardi B and Sen. Bernie Sanders, who she has supported since 2016, are partnering on a campaign video targeting young people.

By Jasmine Aguilera

Justice Ginsburg Discusses Her Health, Court Packing

Ginsburg discussed her recent bout with cancer and her final moments with Justice Stevens

By Jasmine Aguilera

The U.S. Navy Is Searching for a Sailor Who Went Overboard in the Arabian Sea

The incident comes amid recent tensions between the U.S. and Iran

By Sanya Mansoor

Area 51 Is the Internet's Latest Fascination. Here's Everything to Know About the Mysterious Site

The site's rumored alien secrets have gotten a reboot in the social media age

By Jasmine Aguilera

‘Wonderful Feeling to Be Back.’ Astronaut Michael Collins Returns to Apollo 11 Launch Site on 50th Anniversary

The astronaut returned to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday

By Jasmine Aguilera

Trump's New Asylum Rule Violates Law, Experts Say

The Trump Administration announced rules that migrants coming from Central America who have passed through other countries en route to the U.S. border will no longer be able to make a claim for asylum beginning...

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