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Untangled: Examining how much immigration and crime intersect

Politicians on the right often bring up crime when discussing immigration but research shows that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than people born in the U.S.

Groundwater is having a major effect on Ohio’s environment

According to a study, Columbus is one of 28 major U. S. cities that are sinking. Groundwater extraction is the cause.

An American flag flies at half-staff on Wednesday near a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill.

Highland Park suspect confessed to the July 4th shooting, prosecutors say

The 21-year-old charged with murdering seven people at the parade in suburban Illinois confessed to the shooting after he was taken into custody. He is being held without bail.

<em>Aedes aegypt</em>i mosquitoes, which have been known to carry the Zika virus, buzz in a laboratory in Cucuta, Colombia.

'Nobody Is Immune': Bracing For Zika's First Summer In The U.S.

Author Donald. G. McNeil Jr. predicts that 2016 will be the worst year for Zika transmission in the U.S. "After this year, a fair number of people will be immune, and ... immunity will grow," he says.

Iraqi Protester On Iran-U.S. Tensions

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Halah, an anti-government protester in Baghdad who is worried about what a proxy war between Iran and the U.S. will mean for her country.