Fact check: What did Biden and Trump claim about immigration in the debate?
Immigration is playing a big role in the 2024 election and was featured in Thursday night’s presidential debate on CNN. NPR looks at the facts behind the candidates’ claims.
Is your dog ugly? Find out in this week’s news quiz
In other news, a weird monolith showed up outside Las Vegas, a star athlete was disappointed and a celebrity had a tough week.
Giant sinkhole swallows the center of a soccer field built on top of a limestone mine
A giant sinkhole swallowed the center of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern Illinois, leaving a gaping chasm where kids often play. No injuries were reported.
For Native Americans, the birth of a rare white bison is a blessing and a warning
A rare white-colored buffalo calf was born in Yellowstone National Park this spring. It’s interesting for tourists, but many Native Americans see it as the fulfillment of a prophecy.
Gun violence is getting worse. Can a shift in perspective be the solution?
The surgeon general’s office has declared gun violence a national public health crisis.
It’s the first time the body has ever issued a public health advisory about firearms, and for Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, it’s a step in reframing the conversation about death by gunfire.
According to the CDC, more than 48,000 Americans were killed by gun violence in 2021, and over half of those deaths were by suicide.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority curtailed the SEC’s ability to impose fines
The U.S. Supreme Court issued multiple consequential decisions on Thursday, on everything from opioids to ozone pollution.
Study shows incarcerated women experience different conditions than men
One in three convicted women are held in jail rather than prison, compared to about 1 in 10 of all convicted people. But compared to prisons, jails tend to have fewer resources and support systems.
Supreme Court tosses out bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma and Sackler family
The Supreme Court struck down a controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan, affecting compensation to thousands of opioid victims and sending legal shockwaves through the U.S. bankruptcy system.
Fires, floods have New Mexico reeling from multiple disasters
A wildfire in southern New Mexico threatens to wipe out a tourist town’s busy season, while mudslides from a two-year-old burn scar in the north have created a drinking water crisis in another.
At the border, migrants ‘wait and see’ as encounters with Border Patrol dip 40%
The Biden administration touts the recent decline in border crossings as a policy win. But one family’s story of risking the journey shows why asylum restrictions aren’t a long-term solution.
The scandal roiling one of the nation’s biggest megachurches, explained
A woman says Robert Morris, prominent evangelical pastor, former Trump religious adviser and founder of Gateway Church, sexually abused her as a child in the 1980s. Morris has resigned from Gateway.
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