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The Florida Senate Votes Against a Ban on Assault Weapons

State senators voted largely along party lines to pass a measure to arm and train teachers.

Ken Layne's quarterly magazine, Desert Oracle, tries to give readers a sense of the profound solitude—and weirdness—of the Mojave Desert.

Many Democratic operatives see the former vice president as a potential 2020 presidential nominee. But he would come with plenty of baggage.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

The city has reputation for violence, but without some of the best trauma centers the situation could be much worse.

The case once more raises the issue of persistent racial bias in North Carolina's history of sentencing black defendants.

Bad jurisprudence, like history, tends to repeat itself.

New research finds the famous tagline on political ads makes issue-oriented attacks seem more legitimate.

Traditional Kandyan dancers perform during a procession in front of the Gangarama Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 1st, 2018.

According to recently obtained emails, the Census Bureau is hurriedly attempting to add a citizenship status question at the behest of the DOJ.