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They call it 'a dream fulfilled' -- new homes designed for (and by) slum residents

It's a bold new experiment and it's already won a prize. Residents in a jam-packed slum, many of them living in one-room tin shacks, help design their...

Aug 01, 2026
FDA weighs a new kind of flu shot based on technology RFK Jr. has questioned

The FDA is poised to render a decision on Moderna's mRNA-based flu shot, which could be the first of its kind to market. The decision is expected to r...

Aug 01, 2026
Lebanese who fled the Israeli invasion visit to see what's left

Residents of the ancient town of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon have endured wars in the past, but the latest conflict with Israel is testing the limit...

Aug 01, 2026
More than 25,000 children lose previous legal protections, as federal contract ends

Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children are set to lose legal representation. The federal contract that pays for legal access expired Friday....

Aug 01, 2026
Death toll in Spain border crisis reaches 67 as tens of thousands cross back in to Morocco

The death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis with Morocco has climbed to 67. They included some who drowned and some who were killed in a stampede to...

Aug 01, 2026
In the race for Senate in Michigan, multiple party fights are colliding for Democrats

As Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed vie for the Democratic nomination, voters are debating which way the party should go: establishment or insurgent; ...

Aug 01, 2026
Staff Sgt. Rampersad, 28, who always knew she wanted to serve, is laid to rest

Staff Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad is one of a handful of service members who've recently died in the conflict with Iran. Her family says she knew from a y...

Aug 01, 2026
Nurses chase Cyclospora using grocery receipts, food apps and detailed interviews

Public health nurses have been pulled from other duties in Washtenaw County, MI, to call hundreds of people sick with cyclosporiasis, and try to help ...

Aug 01, 2026
Over 81,000 U.S. soldiers are missing from past wars. One may soon be identified

In June, the Department of Defense disinterred the remains of an unidentified WWII soldier who had been buried in Sitka, Alaska for decades. Now, they...

Aug 01, 2026
Why did OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI models hack other companies?

OpenAI and Anthropic say their models broke into other companies' systems during testing, raising security concerns amid a heated debate over how to r...

Aug 01, 2026

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