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North Carolina families' homes are in limbo for years after hurricanes

5:56pm May 18, 2023

by Colin Campbell

Thousands of North Carolina families affected by hurricanes in 2018 and 2016 still wait for their homes to be rebuilt or repaired. State officials blame federal red tape and a lack of contractors.

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Checking in with Joseph Dituri on his 79th day living underwater

5:43pm May 18, 2023

Biomedical engineer Joe Dituri has broken the record for longest time spent living underwater without depressurization. He talks about what he's learned so far.

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U.S. Supreme Court hands social media companies a major victory

5:38pm May 18, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The court unanimously sided with Twitter in a case brought by plaintiffs who said it aided and abetted terrorism. Based on its opinion, it sent a related case involving Google back to lower courts.

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In border towns, expected chaos after Title 42 ended hasn't materialized

5:12pm May 18, 2023

by Ashley Lopez

As the immigration policy known as Title 42 draws to a close, residents of Brownsville, Texas, right along the border, are focused elsewhere.

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Conservationists rush to vaccinate California condors as avian flu strikes

5:12pm May 18, 2023

Conservationists are rushing to vaccinate critically endangered California condors against deadly avian flu. Ashleigh Blackford of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is overseeing the effort.

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New York state is becoming a battleground for migrant rights

4:29pm May 18, 2023

by Jasmine Garsd

Some communities are resisting efforts by New York City Mayor Eric Adams to bus migrants to their towns. While wanting to be empathetic, they say they don't have the money to support the new arrivals.

Love to Love You, Donna Summer debuts on Saturday, May 20, on HBO.

'Love to Love You, Donna Summer' documents the disco queen — but at a distance

4:09pm May 18, 2023

by Eric Deggans

The HBO documentary struggles to define who the singer-songwriter actually was — despite knitting together interviews with family members, archival clips and home movie footage.

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A close-up of the rainbow sea slug found in a rock pool in Cornwall.

An 'extremely rare' rainbow sea slug was spotted along the coast of England

11:24am May 18, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The rare rainbow sea slug, or Babakina anadoni, is typically found in the warmer waters off Spain, Portugal and France.

TikTok creator Taryn Delanie Smith plays Denise, a character who's helping the internet cope with grief and abstract questions about the afterlife.

Heaven has a bathrobe-clad receptionist named Denise. She's helping TikTok grieve

11:07am May 18, 2023

by Emily Olson

Taryn Smith, a 26-year-old TikToker, was in the shower when she had a funny thought: What if she died in a chicken suit? What happened next represents the way we use social media to mourn.

A border patrol agent speaks to people who were apprehended in Yuma, Arizona on May 11 a the U.S. border as Title 42 expired. The agency said on Wednesday that an 8-year-old girl died after being detained.

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An 8-year-old girl died after being detained by U.S. Border Patrol

10:41am May 18, 2023

by Emily Olson

The young girl died in U.S. Border Patrol custody after experiencing a "medical emergency," the agency said. The news underscores concern about the safety of migrants with Title 42 no longer in place.