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From boat makers to farmers, U.S.-led tariff war inflicts pain

By Paul Wiseman, Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press

A Florida boat builder absorbs $4 million in lost business and expects more pain. An Ohio pork producer is losing access to a vital export market and fears the damage will last years. A motorcycle shop near Cologne, Germany, wonders…

Trump officials pledge to reunite families amid border chaos

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

A fact sheet on "zero-tolerance prosecution and family reunification" released Saturday night by the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies also says a parent must request that their child be deported with them.

Oklahoma conservatives’ views on medical marijuana evolving

By Sean Murphy, Associated Press

A growing group of traditionally conservative Republican voters in Oklahoma have shifted their position on medical marijuana as they approach a Tuesday vote that could ensure Oklahoma joins the growing list of states that have legalized some form of pot.

As Saudi women take the wheel, activists say fight for gender equality continues

By Ilayda Kocak

In Saudi Arabia, as a women’s driving ban is lifted Sunday, human rights advocates are criticizing the country’s remaining restrictions on women.

Zimbabwe rules out delaying election after blast at rally

By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press

Zimbabwe's presidential spokesman is ruling out an election delay or a state of emergency after an explosion at the president's campaign rally on Saturday that state media called an assassination attempt.

Will launching plants into orbit yield new medicines?

By Eric Boodman, STAT

A team of biologists and chemists hopes that this alien environment might prod these floral cosmonauts into producing new and improved molecules for drugs.

After volcano eruption, Guatemalans lead their own disaster recovery

By Walter E. Little, The Conversation

Officially, 110 people died and 197 are missing. But an anthropologist-photojournalist team who lives in the area believe that those numbers are grossly underestimated.

Health officials cautiously optimistic dangerous Ebola outbreak is over

By Helen Branswell, STAT

Transmission of the deadly virus appears to have stopped — though it is not yet time to pull back on the response operation.

Protests, facility visits planned amid immigration confusion

By Associated Press

Protests and rallies focused around the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border are scheduled this weekend, while more than two dozen congressional Democrats planned to visit detention facilities in Texas.

Reports: HUD failed to track lead paint cases, ensure fixes

By Juliet Linderman, Associated Press

Two federal reports released this month blast the Department of Housing and Urban Development for failing to have procedures to adequately protect children in subsidized housing against lead paint exposure.