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Locals gather near the site of a complex attack that killed at least 20 people and injured 50 more in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 28th, 2019. The target of the attack was the campaign headquarters of President Ashraf Ghani's vice presidential running mate, Amrullah Saleh.

Afghan Election Season Begins With a Deadly Attack and a U.N. Report That Civilian Casualties Are Down

As peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban proceed, the U.N. notes that more civilians have been killed by airstrikes than insurgent attacks this year.

Christopher Jones & Dan Xin Huang

A Dunkin' employee places a fresh tray of doughnuts on the shelf in New York City.

The Dunkin’ Lawsuit Over Undocumented Workers Ignores a Basic Reality of the Food Service Industry

Restaurants rely heavily on foreign-born workers, and that's unlikely to change.

Isabela Dias

Electronic cigarettes and pods by Juul, the nation's largest maker of vaping products, are offered for sale at the Smoke Depot on September 13th, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

San Francisco Is Set to Ban Vape Sales. What Other Restrictions Have Places Tried?

City and state governments are responding to skyrocketing youth vaping rates, which went up 78 percent between 2017 and 2018.

Francie Diep

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins speaks at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 4th, 2018.

The Leader of One of America’s Biggest Science Agencies Just Signed a ‘No-Manels’ Pledge

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins joins men from many fields, both in the sciences and beyond.

Francie Diep

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin speak with then-President-elect of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in July of 2018.

The U.S. Is Using the Tariff Threat to Push Mexico to Accept Most Asylum Seekers

The Trump team is working on a "safe third country" agreement with Mexico, which would make migrants who travel through Mexico ineligible for asylum in the United States.

Jack Herrera

A 3-D facial-recognition program is demonstrated during the Biometrics 2004 exhibition and conference.

San Francisco Is Voting Today to Ban the City’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

The vote comes amid concerns that the technology violates civil liberties and is subject to racial biases.

Brianna Provenzano

A picture taken on December 5th, 2018, shows the Pyrenees mountains, southern France, at sunset.

Researchers Discover Microplastics in the Air of the Pyrenees Mountains

According to a new study, scientists found as much microplastic pollution in the air in this remote area as in densely populated cities like Paris.

Leah Dunlevy

President Trump Signs Two Executive Orders to Speed Approval of Fossil Fuel Projects

In two new executive orders, Trump seeks to expand executive power over pipelines and make it harder for states to block oil and gas projects.

Leah Dunlevy

New Hampshire Is Set to Repeal the Death Penalty

New Hampshire could become the 21st state in the nation to repeal the death penalty, a practice that is in decline both in the United States and around the world.

Jack Herrera

Worries About Health-Care Costs Cut Across Party Lines

But Republicans are far more likely to think that the United States' quality of care is among the best in the world.

Francie Diep