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Advocates gather outside the county building in McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

ICE contracts at local, regional level spark contentious debate

Without a federal mandate to end immigration detention in county jails and private detention centers, advocates continue turn to local and state lawmakers to act.

ICE contracts at local, regional level spark contentious debate
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz

On the mainland, local officials offer help to Puerto Rico

On the mainland, local officials offer help to Puerto Rico
An attendee leaves flowers for Nabra Hassanen, a teenage Muslim girl killed by a bat-wielding motorist near a Virginia mosque, during a vigil in New York City, U.S. June 20, 2017.

Nabra Hassanen's murder feeds anti-immigrant rhetoric on the conservative internet

Nabra Hassanen's murder feeds anti-immigrant rhetoric on the conservative internet
Karen Aroesty standing in front of the headstones of Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery

St. Louis repaired its historic Jewish cemetery. But the city is still looking for answers.

St. Louis repaired its historic Jewish cemetery. But the city is still looking for answers.
A view of hands on the window of a prison cell door

Poor health care in immigrant detention centers may get worse under Trump

Poor health care in immigrant detention centers may get worse under Trump
Hillary Clinton

How the Arizona Republic is handling death threats after endorsing Clinton

“We weren’t going to sit down as a news organization and just take a pass," says Mi-Ai Parrish, the head of the conservative paper. "So we didn’t."

How the Arizona Republic is handling death threats after endorsing Clinton
The World

For Darlene Love, a Christmas without David Letterman?

Sadly, a Christmas TV ritual won't be taking place this year. Since David Letterman retired in May, singer Darlene Love has moved to other venues to perform her her Christmas classic.

For Darlene Love, a Christmas without David Letterman?
Easton Glacier, Mount Baker

How will the Pacific Northwest change when its glaciers are gone?

Glaciers are key contributors to drinking water supplies, hydropower generation and salmon survival in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists aren’t sure exactly when the glaciers will disappear. It could be within a few decades. It has been 4,000 years since the glaciers have receded this much.

How will the Pacific Northwest change when its glaciers are gone?
Eighth grader Tanzid Sakib goes to public school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He arrived from Bangladesh at the age of 10.

Tanzid Sakib's first experience with an American school literally left him on the floor

Imagine having the chair pulled out from under you the second you walk into a US classroom. Tanzid Sakib can laugh about it now. The teenager from Bangladesh recalls his first days of public school in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Tanzid Sakib's first experience with an American school literally left him on the floor
The "Pearls of Pancasan" practice twice a week in their village in the northern mountains of Nicaragua

Making 'The Beautiful Game' even more beautiful for these young Nicaraguans

It’s rare to see young women or girls playing organized sports in rural Nicaragua because they have so many responsibilities: taking care of younger siblings, gathering firewood, cooking, and cleaning. And women are restricted by machismo, and the idea that sports are for men. But a small soccer league is giving girls new opportunities, both on the field and off.

Making 'The Beautiful Game' even more beautiful for these young Nicaraguans
Baby powder commercial

Women are suing Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder

Talcum powder has been used for more than a century on babies and many people use it for daily hygiene. But a spate of recent lawsuits and some studies suggest using talc could lead to ovarian cancer in adult women. Still, the science is far from settled.

Women are suing Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder
A passport that belonged to Sigfredo Chávez. Intipucá celebrates him as its first migrant to take off for the US.

The Salvadoran town where migrants are hotly debated folk heroes

Intipucá is a small town in El Salvador that spans two countries: There as about as many of its citizens and their descendants living in Washington, DC, as there are people still in the town. It even built a statue to the first man to leave for the US, but a debate still rages over whether he was really the first.

The Salvadoran town where migrants are hotly debated folk heroes
A view from the entrance of the tunnel discovered by Toronto police.

Who built this mystery tunnel underneath Toronto?

Who built a tunnel under this university campus? That's the mystery that Canadian police are trying to solve.

Who built this mystery tunnel underneath Toronto?
Erik Bruner-Yang, chef and owner of Honeycomb Asian market in Washington, DC

Honeycomb is making Asian food in Washington, DC a bit sweeter, and a lot more local

Erik Bruner-Yang's already got one of the hottest restaurants in the nation's capital: a ramen shop called Toki Underground. But recently, he opened an Asian market, something he says is sorely lacking in Washington. The market's called Honeycomb, and the whole point, Bruner-Yang says, is to utilize as many local ingredients as possible.

Honeycomb is making Asian food in Washington, DC a bit sweeter, and a lot more local
A man drinks a soft drink at a store in Mexico City. Last year, the Mexican government has imposed a 1 peso per liter tax on soda and sugary drinks to combat obesity.

Mexico's soda tax is starting to change some habits, say health advocates

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg couldn't do it in New York. But Mexico adopted a soda tax last year, and health advocates say they're starting to see some results.

Mexico's soda tax is starting to change some habits, say health advocates