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Canadian wildfire smoke and heat make for unhealthy U.S. air. Protests erupt in France after police kill a teen boy during a traffic stop. A new physics discovery could help us understand black holes.

In Atlanta, dozens of activists who oppose a new police and fire training facility are being accused of domestic terrorism. That has alarmed civil liberties and human rights groups.

Western tribes are making a last ditch effort to thwart a large lithium mine in a federal appeals court.

Nassim Haddad has seen his share of woe. At 79, he says of his philosophy: "I start again from the beginning. I [am not] afraid from anything." It also helps that he believes he was "born laughing."

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is smothering U.S. cities like Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh. Air quality warnings are in effect across the Midwest as officials warn of hazardous conditions.

"It's nearly impossible to escape this world untouched by pop culture: moviegoing, TV watching, music listening," writes pop culture critic Aisha Harris in the introduction to her book, "Wannabe." "It doesn't all just happen to us — it helps shape us and informs how we move about the world, whether…

Many pregnant people struggling with substance abuse don't want to get help for fear of losing their children to the state. Casa Mía offers safe harbor.

The ruling, in a case brought by a Hamburger Mary's restaurant, pauses enforcement of the state's new "Protection of Children" law, which prohibits admitting children to an "adult live performance."

Pakistan's law and justice minister Azam Nazeer Tarar defends his government's decision to use an anti-terrorism law and military courts to try some civilians who were involved in protests last month.

Hundreds of illegal migrants from Pakistan and other nations were aboard, hoping to land lucrative jobs in Europe. We talk to family members, some still awaiting news of the fate of their loved ones.

Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee issued a report claiming intelligence agencies failed "on a "fundamental level" in the lead-up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.