New Migrants Have a Year to Apply for Asylum. Many Won’t Make It.
Santos Lopez uprooted his family and walked nearly 2,000 miles on a dangerous trek from Honduras to the United States last spring to escape from a violent gang that was…
What is the cost of racism? More lawmakers are embracing reparations for Black people
As President Joe Biden and Congress have failed to deliver on promises of police accountability and amid a conservative-led backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion policies, many Black Americans are…
Is the West’s water crisis spreading? Drought blankets Midwest, America’s Breadbasket
DENVER — Heavy winter snows have temporarily eased the well-documented water crisis in western states including Colorado and California, but now Midwestern farmers in America’s Breadbasket are worrying more about…
‘We will not stop until we find you’: Manhunt on in Baltimore mass shooting
Multiple shooters opened fire at a crowded block party in south Baltimore early Sunday, killing two people, wounding 28 more and fueling an intense manhunt for the killers and a…
Post-COVID trauma drives elementary schools’ challenges: 5 Things podcast
On today’s episode of the 5 Things podcast: With COVID-19 quarantines in the rearview, grade school students are now meeting in classrooms in person after years spent learning at home.…
Boom go the fireworks, out goes the dog: How to keep dogs calm and safe on Fourth of July
The Fourth of July is a sacred American ritual filled with hot dogs and baseball, cold beer and sparklers. But for many of America’s dogs, it’s the scariest day of…
Years after saving the bald eagle, 82 of them could be killed in NY wind farm projects
The bald eagle all but vanished from New York in the 1970s. The pesticide DDT, ingested by eagles from fish snatched from the state’s lakes and rivers, thinned the shells…
64-year-old woman punches bear in the nose after it chased her dog in Maine
A 64-year-old woman confronted a black bear “head on” and stood up as tall as she could before punching the animal in the nose after it chased her dog in…
Deadly shooting at Baltimore block party
A shooting at a block party in Baltimore left at least two people dead and 28 injured with three in critical condition, police said. (July 2)
Southern California residents feel 3.8 magnitude earthquake near Malibu
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Southern California on Sunday morning near Malibu, officials said. The earthquake happened at around 2:29 a.m. local time in the Pacific Ocean,…