Meanwhile in America: ‘New Americans’ in the Rust Belt
If you’ve read or heard about Erie, Pennsylvania, since the election, it’s likely to be with framing as “declining Rust…
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Jacob Myrick The Poisoned Generation
The story of a decades-long lead-poisoning lawsuit in New Orleans illustrates how the toxin destroys black families and communities alike.
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Adam Bettcher / Reuters 'I Don't Want You to Get Shooted'
In a new video, Diamond Reynolds's 4-year-old daughter implores her to be quiet after Philando Castile's death.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump Appears to Fault Obama, Calls Otto Warmbier's Death a 'Disgrace'
He said the 22-year-old University of Virginia student “should have been brought home a long time ago” from North Korea.
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Brad Ogbonna Black Gotham
Memorializing Manhattan’s earliest African residents
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Bettmann / Getty The Architect of the Radical Right
How the Nobel Prize–winning economist James M. Buchanan shaped today’s antigovernment politics
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Reuters Otto Warmbier Dies
The University of Virginia student who was imprisoned by North Korea was returned in a coma last week to his family.
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Matt Slocum / AP A Mistrial in the Cosby Case
The jury was deadlocked after six days of deliberation, and prosecutors have vowed to retry the former actor and comedian.
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Eric Miller / Reuters Jury Acquits Officer Who Shot Philando Castile
Jeronimo Yanez was charged with second-degree manslaughter.
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Reuters Is ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Dead?
Russia says it’s investigating whether he was killed in an airstrike near Raqqa.
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Alex Brandon / AP Turkish Guards Charged Over Violent Embassy Protest in Washington
A dozen members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security detail were recorded beating up protesters during a protest last month.
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Bryan Woolston / Reuters Otto Warmbier's Father Says He's Proud of His Son, Praises Trump's Efforts
Fred Warmbier also said he didn’t believe North Korea’s explanation for why his son was in a coma.
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Bryan Woolston / Reuters Otto Warmbier's Condition
The University of Virginia student, who was freed Tuesday by North Korea, is being treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Representative Steve Scalise Shot at a Baseball Practice
The House majority whip was among those hit when a gunman opened fire in suburban Washington, D.C.
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Denis Balibouse / Reuters The End of Yahoo
Verizon closed its acquisition of Yahoo for $4.48 billion, paving the way for the start of its new division called Oath.
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Kyodo / Reuters North Korea Frees a U.S. Detainee
Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, has reportedly been evacuated to the U.S. in a coma.
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Mark Elias / Reuters Adam West, Caped Crusader, Dies
The actor felt typecast by his iconic portrayal of Batman, but he later grew to embrace the role.
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Reuters Chelsea Manning's First Interview Since Her Prison Release
The former Army analyst accepted responsibility for the leak of classified information, but reaffirmed she had “a responsibility to the public.”
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Ammar Abdullah / Reuters U.S. Calls Syria Airstrike Lawful—but Human Rights Groups Disagree
A military inquiry concluded there may have been one civilian casualty, but others estimate there were dozens.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters James Clapper: Russia Investigation Worse Than Watergate
The former Director of National Intelligence said the 1970-era scandal “pales” in comparison to what the U.S. is confronting now.
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Reality Winner / Instagram / Reuters Who Is Reality Winner?
The 25-year-old Air Force Veteran has been charged with mailing classified material to a news outlet.
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Matt Rourke / AP Bill Cosby's Day in Court
The former actor appeared before a judge Monday to face accusations he drugged and raped a woman 10 years ago.
