U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains.
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The closure of small-town grocery stores across the Midwest leaves communities with a hole to fill. A family in rural Benson is building a way to help.
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During grill season, you should follow best hygiene practices for handling of raw meat, cleaning of surfaces and tools and storage of food.
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Death rates from falls among older adults are on the rise, and public health experts want to ensure seniors are staying strong and healthy for as long as possible.
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A new Indiana law requires university professors to offer multiple viewpoints in classrooms and lets students and staff report political bias.
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Country artists and classic rock bands dominate the Grandstand this year.
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A traveling Roadshow this spring and summer provides community professionals with important updates on the economy, housing, child care, suicide prevention, and much more.
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A state government home buyout program has helped hundreds of people move out of harm’s way. But for many, it takes too long.
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Solar farms generate resistance from neighbors worried about changing the agricultural landscape. So a team in Iowa is working on a way to grow food and harvest solar power on the same acreage.
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Georgia State University says the students were not sent an official acceptance letter but "communication" from a department welcoming those who intend to major in a specific academic area.
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Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal capacity."
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The rapper slipped free from the legal mess that swallowed his label and his mentor Young Thug — but on his new album, he's still in the grip of an unending image crisis.
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Once an ally of the former president, now Cohen has spent a third day of testifying against him. He alleges Trump knew about the deal with an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair.
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Wallace is known for his celebrity profiles, but his new memoir, Another Word For Love, is about his own life, growing up unhoused, Black and queer, and getting his start as a writer at the age of 40.
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People who live near the areas where nuclear weapons were tested say their communities still suffer harm and are pressing Congress to renew funding to help them.
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More than a million people could get health care if these states would pass laws expanding Medicaid. Most residents want the expansion but entrenched politics stands in the way.