ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. When Hurricane Helene plowed over the Southeast last September, it caused more inland deaths than any hurricane in recorded history. The highest per capita…
This story is published in partnership with the New York Times as part of The Times’s local investigations fellowship. As religious groups across the country open more maternity homes for pregnant women and teenagers, the nonprofit that oversees some of those homes in Florida is facing renewed criticism from state lawmakers over its practices. The…
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Why defend academic freedom even when the ideas in question are wrongheaded or harmful? “It is precisely because any kind of purge opens the gate to all kinds of purge, that freedom of thought necessarily…
The man who authorities believe detonated a powerful explosive device outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic had “access to a large quantity of commercially available chemical products which could be combined to create a home-made explosive device,” the FBI revealed Thursday. The agency said it was still investigating the case and did not provide further…
A sign outside of the Voice of America headquarters in Washington, DC, US, in March, shortly after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the scope of eight federal agencies as part of his campaign to downsize the US government, including the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America. Bloomberg/Bloomberg…
One male died and another was injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon in Pleasant Township, police said. Deputies with the Porter County Sheriff’s Department were called around 4:51 p.m. May 21 to the intersection of Ind. 8 and County Road 450 East, according to a release from Sgt. Ben McFalls, the department’s public information…
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This story was published in partnership with CBS News & Stations and The Trace. More than a dozen law enforcement agencies have stopped reselling their used guns or pledged to reconsider the practice after an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting. The investigation, published last year, revealed…
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. When Hamas stormed across the Gaza border on October 7, 2023, it knew exactly what it was doing. The group…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country. The Department of Homeland Security announced the action Thursday, saying Harvard has created an unsafe campus environment by allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist…