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Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:29:56 +0000
Erin is the 5th named storm of the hurricane season.
By:Dylan Moriarty, Szu Yu Chen, N. Kirkpatrick
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:45:21 +0000
Families of victims and survivors of the 2023 mass killing in Lewiston allege that the Army ignored warning signs of the dangers posed by reservist Robert Card.
By:Victoria Craw, Gaya Gupta
Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:03:01 +0000
A 42-year-old Houston man was arrested in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old who had rung the doorbell of a house and run away.
By:Praveena Somasundaram
Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:34:18 +0000
The story of Roger Molina, a Venezuelan migrant who was sent by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s megaprison.
By:Elana Gordon, Reena Flores, Sam Bair, Helena Carpio, María Luisa Paúl
Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000
In Savannah, Georgia, descendants and community members want to preserve the place where one of America’s largest slave auctions occurred 166 years ago.
By:Emmanuel Felton
Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:00:51 +0000
All students in Tennessee public and charter schools must begin annual firearm safety lessons after the state became the first to pass a law requiring the training.
By:Kim Bellware