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Prison Telecom Business Indicted By Rap Album Recorded In Jail

August 28, 2020 - 4:00pm

Thank You For Using GTL opens with a recording of what you hear when the artist Drakeo the Ruler calls from the LA County Men's Central Jail — a requirement that you consent to being recorded yourself before the call can begin and a read out of the balance...

Millions Of Pounds Of Extra Pollution Were Released Before Hurricane Laura's Landfall

August 28, 2020 - 3:39pm

Updated at 11:45 a.m.

Hurricane Laura tore through a region that is home to dozens of major oil refineries, petrochemical plants and plastics facilities. Now, residents could be breathing dangerously polluted air from those sites, public health experts and local advocates say.

The pollution began before the storm...

Thousands Gather For March On Washington To Demand Police Reform And Racial Equality

August 28, 2020 - 2:39pm

Updated 4:13 p.m. ET

Thousands of demonstrators braved sweltering temperatures in the nation's capital on Friday to demand an overhaul of the country's criminal justice system and push for racial equality.

The event, called the Commitment March, was held at the Lincoln Memorial, the same site where the...

Hurricane Laura Witness: 'The Wind Just Tore Everything Up'

August 28, 2020 - 2:11pm

Emergency crews, utility workers and residents are mourning over the damage and cleaning up the mess Hurricane Laura made in southwest Louisiana. The storm — whose 150-mph winds tie for the strongest to ever hit the state — wrought destruction on a broad scale, leveling warehouses and crashing trees through...

Melania Trump's Bright Green Dress On Final RNC Night Screams Meme

August 28, 2020 - 1:57pm

Months of practice fiddling with Zoom's virtual background feature primed the Internet for this moment.

When first lady Melania Trump appeared at the last night of the RNC Thursday, she wore a Valentino dress in a lime green shade — a green screen green, of sorts. And as she...

From The School Bus To The Hospital, A Doctor's Experiences With Racism

August 28, 2020 - 9:06am

As nationwide protests continue to inspire conversations about racial inequity in America, Ayim Darkeh is reminded of his not-so-distant past.

Darkeh, an emergency room doctor in New York City, spoke with his mother, Shirley, in June about his experiences with racism dating back to childhood.

The family moved...

How Many Coronavirus Cases Are Happening In Schools? This Tracker Keeps Count

August 28, 2020 - 9:06am

Looking for a snapshot of coronavirus outbreaks in U.S. schools? The National Education Association has just launched a tracker of cases in public K-12 schools.

The tracker is broken down by state and shows schools and counties with known cases and suspected cases and deaths, as well as...

Everything Is Unprecedented. Welcome To Your Hotter Earth

August 28, 2020 - 9:06am

The upshot of climate change is that everyone alive is destined to experience unprecedented disasters. The most powerful hurricanes, the most intense wildfires, the most prolonged heat waves and the most frequent outbreaks of new diseases are all in our future. Records will be broken, again and again.

But...

More Space, Please: Home Sales Booming Despite Pandemic, Recession

August 28, 2020 - 9:01am

For months after the pandemic hit, Caroline Wells and her husband were working remotely from their home in San Antonio while trying to ride herd on their two young children. She says the house has basically no yard, and it's on a busy street. So sending the kids outside to...

Poor Neighborhoods Feel Brunt Of Rising Heat. Cities Are Mapping Them To Bring Relief

August 28, 2020 - 9:00am

This summer volunteers are fanning out in 13 cities across the U.S. to — quite literally — take the temperature of their neighborhoods. It's part of a project to help protect people as the world warms, and in many places it's highlighting how the poorest areas suffer most from rising...

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Prison Telecom Business Indicted By Rap Album Recorded In Jail

Millions Of Pounds Of Extra Pollution Were Released Before Hurricane Laura's Landfall

Thousands Gather For March On Washington To Demand Police Reform And Racial Equality

Hurricane Laura Witness: 'The Wind Just Tore Everything Up'

Melania Trump's Bright Green Dress On Final RNC Night Screams Meme

From The School Bus To The Hospital, A Doctor's Experiences With Racism

How Many Coronavirus Cases Are Happening In Schools? This Tracker Keeps Count

Everything Is Unprecedented. Welcome To Your Hotter Earth

More Space, Please: Home Sales Booming Despite Pandemic, Recession

Poor Neighborhoods Feel Brunt Of Rising Heat. Cities Are Mapping Them To Bring Relief

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