- — Trump indictment: As legal peril grows, so does political divide
- As Donald Trump faces new legal jeopardy, his charges of a corrupt Department of Justice are heightening the nation’s political rifts.
- — What is behind a huge drop in the murder rate this year?
- The murder rate in big U.S. cities spiked in recent years. This year has so far seen a big decline. A change in policing could be contributing.
- — Ukraine’s rise-from-the-ashes resilience
- Rebuilding the country in the midst of war was thought crazy. Yet look at how one city devastated by Russian atrocities is rebuilding.
- — 'Healing our communities': New York moves reparations forward
- New York lawmakers passed a bill to establish a reparations commission to address the lasting effects of slavery. State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages emphasizes the importance of healing communities. The bill now awaits consideration by the governor.
- — End of the line for California transit riders? Funding gets slashed.
- Californians have always loved their cars but now the state’s public transit system has lost $2 billion in government funding. A decline in ridership during the pandemic is partly to blame, but advocates say scaling back will weaken the system even more.
- — Why India lags behind in rail safety – and where it goes from here
- Leaders in India have been pouring money into modernizing the country’s massive rail system. But as a recent accident in Odisha shows, modern doesn’t always equal safe.
- — One is the loneliest number: What will help people connect again?
- How do Americans rediscover their spirit of community and connection after a pandemic that left behind an epidemic of loneliness?
- — Trump indicted: In historic first, ex-president faces federal charges
- Indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida home, Donald Trump becomes the first former U.S. president to face federal criminal charges. The development is expected to bear weighty legal and political consequences.
- — In major win for voting rights, Supreme Court sides with Black Alabamians
- In one of the biggest rulings of this term so far, the Supreme Court upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act. The case has important implications for both 2024 elections and democracy overall.
- — Where there’s fire, there’s smoke: Public safety lesson for Eastern US
- The severity of Canadian wildfire smoke has startled the United States and may prompt Eastern communities to draw safety lessons from the fire-prone West.
- — Hunger’s rising but so is a key solution: gender equality
- As more countries elevate women’s rights, they allow women better access in agriculture. Afghanistan’s acute hunger proves the point.
- — Hunger’s rising but so is a key solution: Gender equality
- As more countries elevate women’s rights, they allow women better access in agriculture. Afghanistan’s acute hunger proves the point.
- — From MLK to Black Power: Books trace the Civil Rights Movement
- Three books delve into the Civil Rights Movement from Martin Luther King Jr.’s nonviolent campaigns to the rise of the Black Panthers.
- — At French Open, Ukrainian tennis stars seek Russian support
- In Paris, the long shadow of the Ukraine war has complicated rivalries among Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarusian players in the French Open tennis tournament.
- — Supreme Court sides with Black voters in Alabama redistricting case
- In a 5-4 ruling the Supreme Court justices affirmed a lower-court decision that Alabama’s redistricting to concentrate Black voters in a single district violated the Voting Rights Act. In a surprise move, two conservatives sided with the court’s liberals.
- — Pat Robertson moved seamlessly between religion and politics
- Pat Robertson, who died Thursday, launched the far-reaching Christian Broadcasting Network, ran for president as a Republican in 1988, and founded the Christian Coalition, which cemented the Republican Party’s enduring alliance with evangelical voters.
- — Halted House: McCarthy welcomes fallout challenge from Biden deal
- Since Tuesday, conservative Republicans have arrested the House’s operations, refusing to support routine procedural votes. The move signals discontent from the far right over the debt-ceiling deal negotiated by Speaker Kevin McCarthy with President Joe Biden.
- — Dam collapse: Zelenskyy mobilizes aid for devastated Kherson
- Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits flood-hit Kherson, assessing evacuation efforts and aid provision. The mayor of the Russian-occupied town of Nova Kakhovka reports five deaths and ongoing evacuation of the remaining two residents after the dam breach.
- — Student loans? US approves $42B to forgive debt for public workers.
- The United States rolls out a loan forgiveness program to encourage public service. Open to teachers, librarians, nurses, and others, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program cancels a borrower’s remaining student debt after 10 years of public interest.
- — Southern farmers search for new strategies against warmer winters
- With climate change driving warmer winters, farmers across the southern United States find new and creative ways to ensure their fields yield enough crops. This includes employing new agricultural techniques and growing crops once rare in the region.
- — In Pictures: At Odd Pet Vet, quirky critters find love and care
- Love comes in many shapes and sizes. At Odd Pet Vet, veterinarians embrace quirky critters – and the people who adore them.
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