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Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history of violence and impunity
With U.S. voters across the political spectrum strongly concerned about border security, presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have been trying to one-up each other on who can reduce migration at the ...Read more
Is the election making you feel adrift and wobbly? That’s ‘zozobra’ – and Mexican philosophers have some advice
Ever had the feeling that you can’t make sense of what’s happening? One moment everything seems normal, then suddenly the frame shifts to reveal a world on fire, struggling with war, climate change and political ...Read more
Kristallnacht’s legacy still haunts Hamburg − even as the city rebuilds a former synagogue burned in the Nazi pogrom
Johanna Neumann was 8 when she witnessed a mob of local citizens and Nazis vandalizing the Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg. They were “shouting and throwing stones at the marvelous glass windows,” as she later said ...Read more
Voting while God is watching – does having churches as polling stations sway the ballot?
Houses of worship may be busier than usual come Election Day as Americans head to the polls rather than the pews.
A 2010 census of religious congregations identified nearly 350,000 churches, mosques, temples and...Read more
Fed up with US politics, some Californians are making plans to move abroad
WASHINGTON — Mykel Dicus, 54, is finished with the United States.
In September, the Hayward, Calif., resident toured Spain with a company that specializes in scouting trips for Americans looking to move abroad. Now he'...Read more
List of DVD release dates for Nov. 5 and beyond
Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:
NOVEMBER
5: It Ends with Us
5: Trap
5: Blink Twice
5: The Crow
5: Afraid
5: Someone Like You
5: Strange Darling
5: 1992...Read more
David Foster on the stories behind 5 of his silkiest, swankiest, chart-toppingest hits
"Not all songs have a story," David Foster says. "But these five do."
He would know: In a career that stretches across more than half a century — and which took him from his native Canada to his longtime home of Los ...Read more
Denver comic's heartbreaking memoir becoming a star-studded movie
Denver comic Adam Cayton-Holland’s acclaimed 2018 book, “Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir,” has been adapted into a movie that will feature some recognizable Hollywood stars.
The announcement, first reported ...Read more
NJ filmmaker documents the fans and owners of famous movie and TV houses
PHILADELPHIA — Everyone has a movie or show they've watched so much, that the characters begin to feel like family, and their homes feel like, well, home.
It might be Elliott's bedroom in E.T., the Tanner family's ...Read more
Bare-bones 'Streetcar' invites a reconsideration of the Tennessee Williams classic
LOS ANGELES — "The Streetcar Project," a bare-bones production of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," passed through town last week. First stop was an airplane hangar in East L.A., followed by a warehouse in ...Read more
To save affordable housing, states promote resident-owned mobile home parks
LIBERTY, Mo. — Over her 25 years living in a quiet suburban mobile home park, Kristi Peterman got to know the neighbors directly next door and a few across the street.
But since she and her neighbors collectively ...Read more
Mayo Clinic Q and A: How breast cancer screening can save lives
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm about to turn 40, and I'm nervous about getting my first mammogram. I hear they can be uncomfortable or even painful. Is breast cancer screening really that important?
ANSWER: It can be a bit ...Read more
Baltimore gave $61 million -- 10% -- of its COVID funds to public safety. Where did it go?
BALTIMORE — Over the past 3 1/2 years, Baltimore has had millions of extra dollars to spend on public safety, thanks to the federal government.
The city received a total of $641 million through the American Rescue Plan ...Read more
Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress
KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients.
There was Joshua McCray, 69, a public bus driver who, four years after catching COVID-...Read more
How a proposed federal heat rule might have saved these workers' lives
On a sweltering afternoon in July 2020, Belinda Ramones got a call that her brother was in the hospital. The call was from a woman at the Florida landscaping business that he had joined that week, the Davey Tree Expert Co....Read more
Self-driving cars aren't here yet, but states are getting the rules ready
Early one morning last year, as state Rep. Josh Bray left his small town of Mount Vernon in southeastern Kentucky to make his way to the Capitol in Frankfort, he decided to count how many drivers he saw texting or ...Read more
Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips for better sleep
No matter if you need five hours of sleep or eight, the key is getting good, refreshing rest. According to Dr. Virend Somers, a cardiologist who specializes in sleep disorders, how much sleep a person needs varies from ...Read more
Mayo Clinic Minute: Boosting kids' health literacy
Health literacy refers to the ability of people to find, understand, and use information and services to make informed health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.
In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Angela...Read more
Could mRNA vaccines conquer another deadly infection? Researchers say yes
PHILADELPHIA — The same technology that saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to hold promise against another scourge of infectious disease, according to new research from the University of ...Read more
Residents of LA's port area fear a 16-month Vincent Thomas Bridge closure will gridlock their communities
LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Transportation is slated to fully close the cracked and spalling 61-year-old Vincent Thomas Bridge connecting San Pedro to Terminal Island as soon as next year — stirring fear...Read more
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