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Face-to-face encounters impose a moral responsibility

On a mission to evacuate refugees from the Congo years ago, Sasha Chanoff and his colleague were faced with an impossible choice: Evacuate only the 112 people on their list, or at great risk, attempt to evacuate them, plus an additional 32 refugees, all women and children. The answer shaped his values, and ultimately, his life's work.

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There are more than recipes in my beloved cookbooks

I set out to organize my cookbooks, writes Billie Munro. Instead, I found, in the margins, a chorus of family voices.

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Turbulent national politics come to Maine

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Mass. Senate approves protections for hospital workers attacked on the job

Massachusetts state senators on Thursday unanimously approved legislation that would strengthen protections for healthcare workers who are assaulted on the job — a daily occurrence at hospitals across the state.

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All that wildfire smoke sent New England's solar production plummetting

At peak hours, the solar fleet in the region produced 2,500 megawatts less than had been forecasted.

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How El Paso shaped modern America

For generations, Ellis Island has been America’s great symbol of immigration. But another gateway has shaped the nation just as profoundly: El Paso, Texas. We trace one hundred years of migration, violence and memory along the U.S.–Mexico border.

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Driver in fatal wrong-way crash that killed a state trooper was drunk, investigation finds

A toxicology report found the wrong-way driver's blood alcohol concentration was more than twice the legal limit at the time of the crash that killed State Trooper Kevin Trainor.

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How Democrats are shifting on aid for Israel

Democrats beyond the progressive left are changing their tone on aid for Israel.

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How Detroit is recovering from bankruptcy

Detroit has seen a remarkable recovery since it entered bankruptcy in 2013, but that recovery has been uneven, and not all neighborhoods and people have felt the benefits.

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America has a problem with alcohol. Experts have solutions

Alcohol kills more Americans than all other drugs — about 178,000 people a year.

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The challenges facing farmers

Farmers are dealing with climate change and tariffs, as well as prices going up because of the war in Iran.

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Hegseth announces plan to screen military members' testosterone levels

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says members of the military over 30 years old should be screened for low testosterone, but what is the evidence for doing this?

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Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on what's ahead for the city

Duggan led the city through its bankruptcy and the economic recovery, helping to bring in private donors and philanthropy to aid in the city's turnaround.

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Trump to focus on 2020 election in prime-time speech

Trump has been focused for nearly 6 years on an election he lost.

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A closer look at a family object: A shillelagh from Ireland 

Two long and thorny black sticks have been handed down through generations in Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd's family. 

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This is your brain on fatherhood: How childrearing, not just pregnancy, changes bodies and minds

Most dads will tell you that having children changed them forever. A growing body of evidence shows that’s true at a chemical level.

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Thousands protest across Ukraine after President Zelenskyy fires tech-savvy defense minister

As part of a big government reshuffling, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed his defense minister, Mykhailo Federov.

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How government agencies use your social media data for surveillance

Most of us know the internet isn't a particularly private place. But your data is not just vulnerable to prying eyes. It's for sale. And one of the buyers is the federal government.

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U.S. and Iran continue to exchange strikes

The U.S. and Iran are exchanging strikes for the sixth day in a row, as the two countries battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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The World Cup final is set

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is down to just two matches and four teams.