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After two weeks out of state, Democratic lawmakers returned to Austin, paving the way for Republicans to pass their proposed congressional map.

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A coalition of over 100 organizations is planning a protest in September during the U.N. General Assembly, linking climate action, migrant justice and gender equity.

In El Paso, heat deaths hit record highs in 2023 and 2024. Advocates say not enough is being done to protect the region’s most vulnerable people.

The U.S. State Department said Saturday that it's stopping all visitor visas for people from Gaza. The department made the announcement on the social media platform X, saying that it's halting these visas to conduct "a full and thorough review of the process and procedures" used for granting "medical-humanitarian" visas.

The State Department did not immediately respond to NPR's request for details on how many such visas have been granted in recent months, but its announcement described it as "a small number."

An Ohio-based humanitarian group, HEAL Palestine, is the main American organization helping evacuate people — primarily injured children and family members — and bringing them to several cities in the U.S. for medical treatment. According to the organization's website, it has evacuated 148 people from Gaza, including 63 children.

Conversion therapy is quietly spreading across America again. These survivors say it nearly cost them their lives.

Under the Death in Custody Reporting Act, the government is supposed to track how many people die in law enforcement custody — but the data is a mess.

A Houston mother is one of many nationwide left with grief and unanswered questions when a loved one dies behind bars.

Nicole Westmoreland, a member of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ all-star defense team, told CNN in an exclusive interview on Tuesday that the music mogul’s team has reached out to the Trump administration about a potential pardon following his conviction on two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution last month.

“It’s my understanding that we’ve reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon,” Westmoreland said.