Barbara Bush Changed With Her Country
The former first lady was notably eager to learn about people she didn’t understand—and recognize she might have been wrong about them.
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John Minchillo / AP Do We Need Zoos?
The killing of Harambe, the silverback gorilla, at the Cincinnati Zoo has sparked a massive debate.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters UCLA Shooting: The Suspect in the Murder-Suicide
The LAPD has identified the shooter in Wednesday’s killing of an engineering professor.
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'Losing a Kid in a Split Second Can Happen to Anyone'
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AP No Civil-Rights Charges in Minnesota Police Shooting
Federal prosecutors ended their investigation into the November 2016 shooting death of Jamar Clark.
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Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 'A Nation in Transit' on the Oregon Trail
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How the Local Food Movement Is Changing Rural Health
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Joe Skipper / Reuters The Death of Corey Jones: Six Shots, Two Charges, Few Answers
A prosecutor on Wednesday charged a police officer for attempted murder and negligent manslaughter in the 2015 killing of the 31-year-old black man.
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LM Otero / AP Ken Starr Stepping Down as Baylor University's Chancellor
The move comes just days after the school demoted Starr, its president, and fired Art Briles, the football coach, over how sexual-assault complaints were handled.
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Deborah Fallows / The Atlantic Farming in the Desert
A small town in Arizona grows a thriving food scene.
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Kevin Grambley America by Air: Hovering Past Houston Traffic
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Alvin Baez / Reuters Another American Zika Birth
A woman in New Jersey gave birth to a baby girl this week after being infected with the virus.
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William Philpott / Reuters Judging the Mom Who Let Her Boy Run Away at the Zoo, Cont'd
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Darron Cummings / AP An Investigation Into Wisconsin's 'Candy Land'
A report due out Tuesday looks into the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center and how doctors might have over-prescribed pain pills to veterans.
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M. Spencer Green / AP Chicago's Violent Memorial Day Weekend
Six people were killed and 69 shot over the three-day weekend.
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John Minchillo / AP Judging the Mom Who Let Her Boy Run Away at the Zoo
After a 4-year-old climbed into a gorilla’s pen, the internet unleashed its fury at his mother, showing a profound lack of empathy.
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Brandon Wade / AP The Rising Floods in Texas
Torrential rain in Texas, and overflowing rivers and reservoirs have caused thousands to evacuate their homes, and killed at least six people.
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Tim Schaffer / Reuters Girl Scouts: Still Mostly White
The 104-year-old organization is having trouble recruiting black and Latina kids. Why?
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Stories for Memorial Day
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Toru Hanai / Reuters Quoted
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Peter Nicholls / Reuters The Coming Storms of the Southeast
A tropical storm warning has been issued for coastal areas of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
