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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks with reporters on Feb. 15 about visiting several communities and sites in Mississippi to honor individuals and events that advanced the civil rights movement.

The U.S. looks to replace a derogatory name used hundreds of times on federal lands

The Department of the Interior wants the public to comment on name replacements for the more than 660 geographic features that contain a racial slur referring to Native Americans.

Central Americans From Migrant Caravan Arrive At U.S. Border To Find Crossing At Capacity

Migrants who traveled in a caravan through Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego face slow processing by U.S. immigration officials.

U.S.-Iran nuclear talks wrap up with no announcement of a deal as risk of war looms

Iran and the U.S. held hours of indirect negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program but walked away without a deal, leaving the danger of massive regional war on the table.

A mourner holds a portrait depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, top, and his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as mourners wait for the funeral procession for the elder Khamenei outside the Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

The U.S. launches new airstrikes on Iran and Tehran fires back at Gulf Arab states

The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries, raising fears of resuming war.

"Northland," by Porter Fox. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

'Northland' Explores Life Along That 'Other' U.S. Border

The U.S. border with Canada is the world's longest international border, yet it receives very little attention.

A book cover shows a man with gray hair. It's titled The Conductor by Caleb Franz.

How Ohio’s “father of abolitionism” helped 2,000 people reach freedom

A new book is celebrating the life of one of Ohio’s earliest and most active conductors along the Underground Railroad: Reverend John Rankin.

Bump stocks are now illegal to use in Columbia, S.C., after the city enacted a ban on the devices. In this photo from October, a shooting instructor shows the grip of an AR-15 rifle fitted with a bump stock.

Columbia, S.C., Approves A Rare U.S. Ban On The Use Of Bump Stocks

Bump stocks made headlines in October, when a man used weapons fitted with the attachment in an attack that killed 58 people at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas.

A man walks past a boarded-up window of a Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco on Sunday.

A Sign Of The Times: Across U.S., City Storefronts Boarded Up Ahead Of Election

City authorities have not recommended such measures, but building and store owners say they are taking precautions in case of widespread unrest following Tuesday's election.

U.S. Postal Service Warns Ohio About Potential Delays For Absentee Voting

The U.S. Postal Service has sent a letter to dozens of state election officials around the country including Ohio, warning that delays in delivering the...

In this May 28, 2020, file photo, a woman passes a fence outside Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19 in New York. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, Sept. 22, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world’s richest nation with its sparkling laboratories, top-flight scientists and towering stockpiles of medicines and emergency supplies. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo File)

6 Months, Over 200,000 Deaths: Taking Stock Of The Pandemic In The U.S.

We check in with an epidemiologist and a virologist about the latest on COVID-19 in the U.S.

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