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Deported after living in U.S. for 26 years, he navigates a new life in Mexico

Deported after living in U.S. for 26 years, he navigates a new life in Mexico

Sitting in his small apartment in Mexico, separated from his family, 29-year-old Gilberto Olivas-Bejarano is part of a generation of young people who are neither Mexican nor American, neither undocumented nor fully able to participate in the society around them.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Peter Breslow

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Where's masculinity headed? Men's groups and therapists are talking

Where's masculinity headed? Men's groups and therapists are talking

American men face higher rates of suicide than women and higher rates of incarceration. In the age of #MeToo, some men are turning to each other to build healthy esteem that builds up others, too.
by Alan Yu

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Twin Cities man who pulled gun on Somali teens sentenced

Twin Cities man who pulled gun on Somali teens sentenced

A man who pleaded guilty to pulling a gun on a group of young Somalis inside a McDonald's in a Minneapolis suburb has been sentenced.
by Associated Press

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Taiwan's parliament legalizes same-sex marriage, a first in Asia

Taiwan's parliament legalizes same-sex marriage, a first in Asia

In 2017, a court had given the government two years to create a legal framework for gay marriage. On Friday, lawmakers passed the most progressive of three bills.
by Laurel Wamsley

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Rape victim tells court she's a survivor at sentencing of one of her attackers

A statement read by a victim advocate said in part, "I am smarter, braver and stronger than [Deonte] Lawson ever counted on. I am a survivor. And I know I am not his first victim, but I am going to make damn sure I am his last."
by Matt Sepic

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Kidnap victim Jayme Closs honored by Wisconsin Assembly

Kidnap victim Jayme Closs honored by Wisconsin Assembly

A 13-year-old teenager who was held prisoner in a Wisconsin cabin for three months before escaping her abductor is being honored by state lawmakers as a "hometown hero."
by Associated Press

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