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Soap, sleep essential to migrant kids' safety, according to panel of judges

By Associated Press

A three-judge panel for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco dismissed a challenge to a lower court decision that authorities had failed to provide safe and sanitary conditions for the children under the 1997 settlement.

Immigration protesters say 2 hurt when truck drives at them

By Associated Press

At least two people were injured Wednesday night outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, according to the Jewish youth movement Never Again Action.

Veteran accused of assaulting boy for not removing hat during national anthem

By Associated Press

An attorney said the man, who suffered a traumatic brain injury from an automobile crash, believed he was doing what President Donald Trump wanted him to do.

Wet weather doesn't end climate change risk to Colorado River

By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

For the seven states relying on the Colorado River, climate change means a future with increasingly less water for farms and cities.

Israel bars Reps. Omar and Tlaib from visiting the country

By Ilan Ben Zion, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The newly-elected Muslim members of Congress are outspoken critics of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

To help first-generation students succeed, colleges enlist and inspire their parents

By Aaron Cantú, The Hechinger Report

One in three first-generation students quits college within three years. Can colleges boost grad rates by building relationships with students’ parents?…

WATCH: Philadelphia gunman identified after police standoff

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross expressed amazement that the standoff, which began Wednesday when officers attempted to serve a drug warrant, ended with no one dead and no life-threatening injuries, despite the gunman firing over 100 rounds.

House panel subpoenas owner of 8chan, message board tied to mass killings

By Associated Press

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson and the panel's top Republican announced the subpoena Wednesday, saying that "at least three acts of deadly white supremacist extremist violence have been linked to 8chan in the last six months."…

N.J. officials say EPA is helping to test for lead in Newark's water

By David Porter, Associated Press

New Jersey authorities said Wednesday they're working with federal officials to determine how widespread lead in Newark's drinking water might be, as the city handed out bottled water to residents for the third day in a row.

How 2020 could shape the conversation on race in the U.S.

By Gretchen Frazee

In his reelection bid, President Donald Trump has revived themes of race and ethnicity as one of his campaign talking points. Americans must now decide how to respond.