U.S. Customs and Border Protection says border wall panels will start being installed in the region late this summer or early fall. Multiple signs of construction moving forward have surfaced in recent weeks, from the development of a "man camp" worker housing facility to apparent deliveries of steel bollards to the region.
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Less than two weeks after overhauling its newsroom, NPR has hired Nadine Zylstra to be its chief content officer. She has been a top executive at Sesame Workshop, YouTube and Pinterest.
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Xi traveled to Pyongyang on Monday in a likely attempt to reassert China's unique influence over its socialist neighbor.
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Israel and Iran's recent exchange of fire is threatening the truce in the Middle East. And, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading at an unprecedented rate, officials say.
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Nicholas Enrich, on staff at the U.S. Agency for International Aid under 4 administrations, talks about Into the Woodchipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID.
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From a West Texas measles outbreak to rising vaccine exemptions statewide, families of immunocompromised children depend on herd immunity, which is slowly eroding.
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A federal appeals court allowed Texas to require app stores to verify users' ages and seek parental consent before a minor can download apps.
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To avoid fake FIFA websites, which seek to fraudulently obtain users' information, the FBI recommends ensuring the typing of the URL “fifa.com” and avoiding links labeled as “sponsored” by search engines such as Google, Bing or Yahoo.
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First responders said four people were taken to the hospital and they continued their search for victims overnight.
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ExxonMobil board of directors said the legal and regulatory environment in Texas is more business friendly.
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Montezuma quail are an avian conundrum. They’re among the most visually stunning birds in Far West Texas: The males have sky-blue bills, black-and-white striped faces and chestnut bellies covered in white polka dots. But they’re also masters of concealment. You could spend a lifetime here and never see one.
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