Tag: National
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Jason De León, National Book Award winner, talks of human smuggling, immigration and the lives behind the stereotypes.
Anthropologist and author Jason De León said the problem with the topic of migration is that people “pedal these very simplistic stories — and it’s a very complex issue.” To examine the issue of human smuggling, De León spent seven years closely studying the lives of men dedicated to smuggle migrants from Central America and Mexico…
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Percival Everett’s ‘James’ wins National Book Award for fiction
Percival Everett’s new novel, “James,” a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s enslaved companion, won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday. “James” flips the classic Mark Twain work on its head and explores how Huck’s companion, Jim, privately experienced the adventures, his thoughts about racism and the…
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Hiker found dead in Texas’ Big Bend National Park
A hiker was found dead Monday along a trail in Texas’ Big Bend National Park after rangers noticed a vehicle that had been parked for several days and launched a search, staff said. The name of the 24-year-old hiker was not released in a National Park Service statement, but the agency said the discovery was…
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A pair of bears are on their way to the National Zoo from China
HONG KONG — A pair of giant pandas began their journey Monday from China to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, where they will begin a 10-year residence in the nation’s capital, weeks before the presidential election. Bao Li, a 3-year-old male, and Qing Bao, a 3-year-old female, are the latest pandas to be sent…
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Over 3% of U.S. high schoolers identify as transgender, national survey finds
About 3.3% of high school students identify as transgender and another 2.2% have at some point questioned if they were one, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data, which was collected as part of the CDC’s national 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of more than 20,000 students in public…
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Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin tangle over national security and tout bipartisan credentials in Michigan Senate debate
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers clashed repeatedly here Tuesday over who would best represent their purple state during the first debate of their hotly contested Senate race. The tone during their hour-long debate, hosted by NBC News affiliate WOOD-TV, was mostly civil. But there were several…
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Afghan national living in the U.S. charged with allegedly plotting an Election Day terrorist attack
An Afghan national living in Oklahoma was charged this week with conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack on Election Day on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested Monday in connection with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and getting…
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Man falls to his death while canyoneering in Utah’s Zion National Park
A man fell to his death while canyoneering in Utah’s Zion National Park on Saturday, the National Park Service said in a release. The man, 40, died after accidentally falling near the exit of Heaps Canyon around 6 p.m., the park service said Sunday. He was not immediately identified. The man was canyoneering with three…
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Former Trump national security aides endorse him amid turmoil overseas
WASHINGTON — A group of national security experts led by Cabinet members from the Trump administration endorsed the former president Wednesday, citing his foreign policy record and calling him “a peacemaker.” The group, organized by former Trump national security adviser Robert O’Brien and former National Security Council chief of staff Alex Gray, wrote in a…
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The CIA is soliciting secret tips from informants in the national languages of Iran, North Korea and China
The Central Intelligence Agency is releasing instructions in Farsi, Mandarin and Korean to allow people to share information with the agency without running afoul of authoritarian regimes. “People are trying to reach out to us from around the world and we are offering them instructions for how to do that safely,” the CIA said in…