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The reported rate of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter may be the lowest since reliable national data began to be collected in 1960. Jeremy Hogan/Photodisc via Getty Images

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The US murder rate fell to historic lows in 2025 – here’s why

Staff Writer - July 12, 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the NATO summit on July 8, 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images

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We asked Ukrainians what they think of Trump – more view him as an enemy than a friend

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks in Cutler Bay, Fla., on March 6, 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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Justice Jackson’s birthright citizenship opinion includes Black Americans in the story of the nation’s search for equality

Colorado passed a landmark artificial intelligence law that was challenged in a federal lawsuit. AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images

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Why Colorado replaced its AI discrimination law with a transparency requirement that the feds might challenge anyway

The Fort Gregg-Adams Religious Services Office held its first official Native American worship service at Heritage Chapel on the U.S. Army installation in Virginia on Aug. 10, 2024. Chad Menegay

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Why removing a distinct religious code for Native American military service members will make their needs invisible

Loss of a pet falls into what researchers call disenfranchised grief in which the pain is often minimized or discounted. Claudia Luna/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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The 3 worst things you can say after a pet dies,...

Staff Writer - July 26, 2025

Students at Columbia University in New York City on April 14, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

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Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other...

Staff Writer - July 25, 2025

A school of bigeye trevally swims near Bikar Atoll. Enric Sala/National Geographic Pristine Seas

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We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and...

Staff Writer - July 25, 2025

Trees like these in Boston can help keep neighborhoods cooler on hot days. Yassine Khalfalli/Unsplash, CC BY

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2 ways cities can beat the heat: Which is best, urban...

Staff Writer - July 23, 2025

QAnon supporters wait for Donald Trump to speak at a campaign rally at Atlantic Aviation on September 22, 2020, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. eff Swensen/Getty Images

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How the QAnon movement entered mainstream politics – and why the...

Staff Writer - July 19, 2025

Two scholars argue that nostalgia and resentment fuel government attacks on universities. Rick Friedman/AFP

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Leaders in India, Hungary and the US are using appeals to...

Staff Writer - July 19, 2025

The U.S. is the only advanced economy that doesn’t legally mandate a minimum number of vacation days. Comstock Images/Stockbyte via Getty Images

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Why do so many American workers feel guilty about taking the...

Staff Writer - July 13, 2025

Protesters support birthright citizenship on May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

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How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action...

Staff Writer - July 12, 2025

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People are often concerned about environmental risks lurking near their homes. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...

Staff Writer - July 1, 2026

Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...

Leaving the pyrotechnics to the professionals is safer and more spectacular. YinYang/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Fireworks, heat and drought make this July 4th a recipe for wildfires

June 30, 2026

Rescue workers carry a person on a stretcher in Caracas following an earthquake in Venezuela on June 24, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

Aid is on the way after Venezuela’s earthquakes, but it’s not...

June 27, 2026

A June 24, 2026, earthquake shook buildings to the ground, trapping and killing people in Caracas, Venezuela, and nearby communities. Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images

Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San...

June 26, 2026

Many yoga classes end with the instructor explaining ‘namaste’ as ‘the divine in me bows to the divine in you.’ Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Why it’s OK to say ‘namaste’ in yoga class

June 23, 2026