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Inside the bombshell scandal that prompted two Miss USAs to step down

Allegations of a "toxic work environment" have once again tarnished the pageant’s reputation.

What we know about the police killing of Black Air Force member Roger Fortson

Fortson’s shooting deepens longstanding scrutiny of police violence.

Macklemore’s anthem for Gaza is a rarity: A protest song in an era of apolitical music

"Hind’s Hall" was electrifying because it was so unexpected.

Armed groups are likely committing ethnic cleansings and atrocities in Darfur — again

International impunity helped allow a power struggle in Sudan to spiral into ethnic violence.

Why does this forest look like a fingerprint?

We set out to solve why a forest in the middle of Uruguay looked like that — and wound up discovering something much bigger.

The Trump hush money case has been a quiet affair. Enter Stormy Daniels.

What we learned from Daniels’s testimony.

Why Japan is struggling to kick its coal dependency

If a wealthy, advanced economy is having a hard time getting off coal, what does it mean for the rest of the world?

How the White House just made the world a little safer from biorisks

New regulations are a win for safe synthetic DNA.