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Trump administration’s immigrant detention policy broadly rejected by federal judges

District courts have dismissed the administration’s efforts to detain virtually all undocumented immigrants without a bond hearing while they await...

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Cassandra Burke Robertson

2026’s abortion battles will be fought more in courthouses and FDA offices than at the voting booth

Judges and federal regulators will make significant decisions over Americans’ reproductive rights.

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Rachel Rebouché

From FIFA to the LA Clippers, carbon offset scandals are exposing the gap between sports teams’ green promises and reality

There are better ways for teams to cut their climate impact.

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Brian P. Mccullough

New industry standards and tech advances make pre-owned electronics a viable holiday gift option

Seeing more refurbished electronic devices on the market? Thank tech innovation – and the government regulation that sparked it.

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Suvrat Dhanorkar

Germany’s plan to deport Syrian refugees echoes 1980s effort to repatriate Turkish guest workers

Some 1 million Syrians were welcomed in Germany after fleeing civil war. They are increasingly unwelcome in a country where politics have swung...

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Michelle Lynn Kahn

From early cars to generative AI, new technologies create demand for specialized materials

The mass adoption of new technologies drives demand for rare and complex materials used in their manufacture.

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Peter Müllner

Doulas play essential roles in reproductive health care – and more states are beginning to recognize it

Doulas bring a holistic, person-centered approach that can improve birth outcomes and lower overall costs.

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Adetola F. Louis-Jacques

Exposure to neighborhood violence leads some Denver teens to use tobacco and alcohol earlier, new study shows

Girls are at an even greater risk of early substance use than boys.

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Anna Maria Santiago

Young, undocumented immigrants are finding it increasingly hard to attend college as South Carolina and other states restrict in-state tuition or ban them altogether

Young, undocumented immigrants are finding it increasingly hard to attend college as South Carolina and other states restrict in-state tuition or ban them altogether

The Trump administration’s aggressive deportation policies have heightened stress among the country’s approximately 14 million immigrants who are...

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William Mccorkle

6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong

6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong

Roughly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural areas – places the federal government defines based on small populations and low housing density. Yet many...

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Tim Slack

US oil industry doesn’t see profit in Trump’s ‘pro-petroleum ’ moves

US oil industry doesn’t see profit in Trump’s ‘pro-petroleum ’ moves

As the Trump administration makes announcement after announcement about its efforts to promote the U.S. fossil fuel industry, the industry isn’t...

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Skip York

Newly discovered link between traumatic brain injury in children and epigenetic changes could help personalize treatment for recovering kids

Newly discovered link between traumatic brain injury in children and epigenetic changes could help personalize treatment for recovering kids

A newly discovered biological signal in the blood could help health care teams and researchers better understand how children respond to brain...

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Lacey W. Heinsberg

You care about fairness at work – so why do you feel like a fake?

You care about fairness at work – so why do you feel like a fake?

Most people care about fairness at work and want to support colleagues who face marginalization – for example, people of color, women and people...

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Meg Warren

Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chapelle Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chapelle Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

When Sabrina Carpenter’s provocative 2024 pop single “Bed Chem” plays on the radio, and I hear the lyrics “But I bet we’d have really good...

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Jared Bahir Browsh

Pope Leo XIV’s visits to Turkey and Lebanon were about religious diplomacy

Pope Leo XIV’s visits to Turkey and Lebanon were about religious diplomacy

On his visit to Turkey and Lebanon between Nov. 27 and Dec. 2, 2025, Pope Leo XIV met with political and religious leaders, celebrated Mass and...

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Ramazan Kilinç

Outside the West, the Kundalini tradition presents a model of the ‘divine feminine’ beyond binary gender

Outside the West, the Kundalini tradition presents a model of the ‘divine feminine’ beyond binary gender

The notion of the divine feminine is a recurring motif in American pop culture, playing with the assumptions people make when referring to God –...

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Anya Foxen

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its...

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Ari Koeppel

Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chappell Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chappell Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul

When Sabrina Carpenter’s provocative 2024 pop single “Bed Chem” plays on the radio, and I hear the lyrics “But I bet we’d have really good...

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Jared Bahir Browsh

PFAS in pregnant women’s drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds

PFAS in pregnant women’s drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds

When pregnant women drink water that comes from wells downstream of sites contaminated with PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” the risks to their...

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Derek Lemoine

Are sanctuary policing policies no more than a public relations facade?

Are sanctuary policing policies no more than a public relations facade?

In early 2025, in an effort to facilitate its deportation goals, the Trump administration entered into hundreds of agreements with local police...

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Nick Lehr

What does it mean to be a new national park? Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia may soon find out

What does it mean to be a new national park? Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia may soon find out

Ocmulgee Mounds, a site in central Georgia with 12,000 years of Indigenous history, may be on the verge of becoming the newest U.S. national park....

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Seth T. Kannarr

How keeping down borrowing costs for mortgages and other loans is built into the Fed’s ‘dual mandate’

How keeping down borrowing costs for mortgages and other loans is built into the Fed’s ‘dual mandate’

What’s the point of monetary policy? For most of us, the main impact tends to be how much we have to pay to borrow to buy a house or car. But for...

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Arabinda Basistha

The law meets its limits – what ‘Nuremberg’ reveals about guilt, evil and the quest for global justice

The law meets its limits – what ‘Nuremberg’ reveals about guilt, evil and the quest for global justice

The film “Nuremberg” depicts events surrounding the post-World War II International Military Tribunal – the first and best-known of the Nuremberg...

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B.b. Blaber

Putting pig organs in people is OK in the US, but growing human organs in pigs is not – why is that?

Putting pig organs in people is OK in the US, but growing human organs in pigs is not – why is that?

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a...

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Monika Piotrowska

Florida’s new reporting system is shining a light on human trafficking in the Sunshine State

Florida’s new reporting system is shining a light on human trafficking in the Sunshine State

Most Americans imagine human trafficking as a violent kidnapping or a “stranger danger” crime – someone abducted from a parking lot or trapped in a...

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Shelly M. Wagers

Why can’t I wiggle my toes one at a time, like my fingers?

Why can’t I wiggle my toes one at a time, like my fingers?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...

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Steven Lautzenheiser

From evil to upheaval and beyond: How the ‘axis’ metaphor shaped modern geopolitics

From evil to upheaval and beyond: How the ‘axis’ metaphor shaped modern geopolitics

The plural of “axis” is “axes,” apparently. And foreign policy types with axes to grind have been making good use of this other meaning, too....

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Andrew Latham

Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years

Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years

Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times,...

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Vivian Ho

Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews

Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews

There is a meme that circulates every holiday season, an image of a sign in a restaurant window. “The Chinese Restaurant Association of the United...

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Samira Mehta

What 38 million obituaries reveal about how Americans define a ‘life well lived’

What 38 million obituaries reveal about how Americans define a ‘life well lived’

Obituaries preserve what families most want remembered about the people they cherish most. Across time, they also reveal the values each era chose...

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Stylianos Syropoulos

Netflix-Warner deal would drive streaming market further down the road of ‘Big 3’ domination

Netflix-Warner deal would drive streaming market further down the road of ‘Big 3’ domination

When it comes to major U.S. industries, three tends to be the magic number. Historically, auto manufacturing was long dominated by Chrysler, Ford...

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David R. King

Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one key phrase

Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one key phrase

The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over birthright citizenship. It will likely hand down a ruling...

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Morgan Marietta

The Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one phrase

The Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one phrase

The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over birthright citizenship. It will likely hand down a ruling...

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Morgan Marietta