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Thousands of migrants are camped in Tijuana, Mexico, after U.S. authorities fired tear gas on those who tried to rush the San Ysidro border crossing. Hopes of applying for asylum in the U.S. dim.

Frederick Hutson disrupted the biggest captive market in America. While in prison, he honed a business plan and re-imagined that system as an untapped consumer base.

New data suggests charter school students are lagging behind their peers at public schools. That deals a blow to President Bush's education reforms, which offer charter schools as an alternative to "failing" public schools. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep, Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute and Jack Jennings of the Center on Education Policy.

This week Rep. Ben McAdams, a Democrat from Utah, said he would vote to impeach President Trump. His district voted for Trump in 2016.

The highest-ranking soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal is sentenced to eight years in prison for abusing inmates. Staff Sgt. Ivan "Chip" Frederick pleaded guilty Wednesday to eight counts of abusing and humiliating Iraqi detainees. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

Sara Hinesley, who goes to school in Frederick, Md., says writing in cursive is "kind of easy." She told WJZ-TV in Baltimore, "I just try my hardest and put my mind to it, and this is what happens."

NPR's Leila Fadel discusses Sen. Kamala Harris's historic vice presidential bid with activist Chanda Parbhoo, Howard University President Wayne Frederick and professor Andra Gillespie.

It has become the longest protest ever at the historically black university and still the school's president has ignored calls to resign following a financial aid scandal.

Mexico says it began deployment of National Guard troops to its southern border Wednesday. Its foreign minister says the U.S. and Mexico agreed to review the success of the enforcement in 45 days.

Louisiana has long struggled with maternal and infant mortality. In New Orleans, free home visits by nurses help spot medical problems early. It's a reproductive health policy with bipartisan support.