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Teenager is latest migrant child to die in U.S. custody

Teenager is latest migrant child to die in U.S. custody

The 16-year-old boy was found unresponsive after a routine welfare check at a facility near the U.S. border with Mexico. He was the fifth migrant child since December to die after being detained.
by Shannon Van Sant

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Stuck in detention: For immigrants without lawyers, justice is hard to find

Stuck in detention: For immigrants without lawyers, justice is hard to find

Having a lawyer is an important factor in getting released. A Dane County, Wis., program helps immigrants get out of jail and challenge efforts to deport them

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Brains and Losses: The bottom line on aging and financial vulnerability

Brains and Losses: The bottom line on aging and financial vulnerability

Neuroscientists and gerontologists see evidence that people aging normally can become more vulnerable to financial exploitation. Marketplace's David Brancaccio and his team have identified fraud victims and their families who have been willing to tell their stories.
by MPR News Staff

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Hundreds protest Alabama's abortion ban at state capitol

Hundreds protest Alabama's abortion ban at state capitol

Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the Alabama Capitol on Sunday to protest the state's newly approved abortion ban, chanting "my body, my choice!" and "vote them out!"
by Associated Press

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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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