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National

Vermont Judge releases Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi

6:06pm April 30, 2025

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi — detained by authorities at his naturalization interview — is free for now. He had been in prison for two weeks after his arrest earlier in April.

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Debra Blackmon (left) was sterilized by court order in 1972, at age 14. With help from her niece, Latoya Adams (right), she's fighting to be included in the state's compensation program.

Payments Start For N.C. Eugenics Victims, But Many Won't Qualify

by Eric Mennel

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Ray Gerrish repairs a drilling rig near Watford City, N.D. Oil industry analysts predict that oil prices will have to remain low for at least several months before having a significant effect on U.S. production.

It's Still Too Early For Tanking Oil Prices To Curb U.S. Drilling

by John Ydstie

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Iraqi Yazidi women who fled the violence in the northern Iraq take shelter in the city of Dohuk on Aug. 5. The Yazidis, are a small community that follows an ancient faith and have been repeatedly targeted by jihadists. Yazidi leaders say several thousand

World News

Iraq's Yazidis Appeal For Help In Finding Their Missing Women

by Michele Kelemen

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Sunlight streams into a corn storage building at a Michlig Grain storage facility in Sheffield, Illinois, U.S., on Oct. 31, 2014. The price of corn has been falling for months.

National

Why Farmers Aren't Cheering This Year's Monster Harvest

by Grant Gerlock

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World News

Mexican Mayor, Wife Arrested In Connection With Missing Students

by Carrie Kahn

Authorities in Mexico have arrested the former Mayor of Iguala and his wife. The two are charged in the case of the forced disappearance of 43 students in September.

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Gloria Gxebeka (left) visits Leona Mqhayi and types her health information into a cell phone

Grannies Taking Care Of Grannies Is Good For Everyone

by Anders Kelto

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Judge In Ray Rice Appeal Known For Being 'Down The Middle'

by Joel Rose

A profile of Barbara Jones, the independent arbiter who will preside over Ray Rice's grievance hearing this week. The former running back for the Baltimore Ravens is appealing his indefinite ban from the NFL for striking his fiancée in an elevator.

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Let's Clear This Up — In New York City, There's Only 1 Rat For Every 4 People

Audie Cornish speaks with Jonathan Auerbach, a PhD student in statistics at Columbia University who endeavored to get a better estimate of the New York City rat population.

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