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With less than two months to go until Election Day, and with former President Donald Trump continuing to repeat baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen, the issue of election integrity will likely remain at the forefront of many voters’ minds. Election officials from seven battleground states convened in Atlanta last week to compare notes and prepare for Election …

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The town of Paradise, California, was almost completely destroyed in the 2018 Camp Fire — which scorched more than 150,000 acres and was the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history. The once lush landscape covered in pine trees was stripped bare, as 95% of the town burned. But from the ashes, a new breed of American pioneer was born. Kylie …

A renewed fight over transgender rights is unfolding on Long Island, New York, as Nassau County lawmakers are set to vote on whether to ban transgender women athletes from competing in women’s teams in county-owned facilities. In February, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed an executive order denying permits to women’s or girl’s sporting events with transgender participants, barring them …

Based on her medical condition, Grace Song had been labeled a fall risk by the Southern California nursing home where the 92-year-old spent a month earlier this year. So it was a surprise to her family when they learned she was left alone in the bathroom, fell, and was rushed to the emergency room. “This is where you feel, how …

Officer Dave Stiak didn’t know what to expect when he got the call that someone was hanging over the railing of a bridge in Lemont, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Stiak, a police officer for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, was on patrol with his partner in February when the calls started to come in. “He was standing outside of the …

In the mid-1980s, Air Force technician Mark Ely’s job was to inspect secretly obtained Soviet fighter jets. The work, carried out in hidden hangers known as hush houses, was part of a classified mission in the Nevada desert, 140 miles outside of Las Vegas at the Tonopah Test Range — sometimes referred to as Area 52. The mission was so …

With recreational marijuana now legal in 24 states, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving to reclassify the drug to a less dangerous category under the Controlled Substances Act. This comes as daily marijuana users now outnumber daily drinkers for the first time ever, according to a new report from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. The change in preference is …

Kristi Shirley has been captivated by the army of cicadas marching up trees at a park near her home in southern Illinois. “There’s nothing like it. It’s just like, wow, is this what we’re watching in front of our eyes?” Shirley said. By now, you’ve probably seen the headlines: two groups of periodical cicadasare emerging at the same time for …

Inside Fire Station 22 in Bellbrook, Ohio, Lt. Jay Leach helped remove buckets of firefighting foam known as aqueous film-forming foams (AFFF) — a tool undeniably effective at suppressing and smothering fires, but one also laced with PFAS, or so-called “forever chemicals,” which are now linked to various cancers. “Most firefighters who got into this job know the inherent risks, …