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Officials are increasing trapping efforts, establishing quarantine zones and releasing millions of sterile flies after New World screwworm was confirmed in South Texas.
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Akash Pamarthy/Photographer Akash Pamarthy has documented the Sikh religious community in Ohio over several years. His photos tell a story. -
KT Kanazawich for NPRThe Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent while keeping open one that costs $1 million.
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The cancellation comes as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, prepares for a November showdown against Democrat James Talarico. -
The El Paso tent camp has seen at least three detainee deaths, a measles outbreak and nearly 50 detention standards violations in less than a year of operation. -
Prosecutors say an ICE agent fired into a Minneapolis home occupied by four adults and two children, then falsely claimed he acted in self-defense. He was arrested Friday in Texas. -
A Texas Supreme Court order took effect May 28 that allows state health officials to again treat manufactured Delta-8 THC as a Schedule I controlled substance, a legal category that includes peyote and Ecstasy.
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