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    No More Family Separations, Except These 900

    Separations of migrant families are continuing in substantial numbers, often for reasons as simple as a parent with a traffic ticket, the American Civil Liberties Union reported.

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    Need Extra Time on Tests? It Helps to Have Cash

    Demand for disability accommodations for schoolwork and testing has swelled. But access to them is unequal and the process is vulnerable to abuse.

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    Echo Trump’s Tough Talk, or Lift Tariffs? Democrats Clash Over Trade

    Though presidential candidates appearing at a debate on Tuesday generally favored a strong approach to China, they differed over whether protectionism was the way forward.

    By Alan Rappeport

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    Homes Are Being Built the Fastest in Many Flood-Prone Areas, Study Finds

    Increased awareness of climate change has not diminished Americans' appetite for building homes in flood zones, new data show.

    By Christopher Flavelle

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    Democratic Debates, Interest Rate, Caster Semenya: Your Wednesday Briefing

    Here’s what you need to know

    By Claire Moses

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    Who Won Night 1 of the Democratic Debate? Experts Weigh In

    Lower-polling candidates had their moments, but none outshone the front-runners, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

    By Maggie Astor

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    What Kamala Harris Doesn’t Want to Be Asked at the Debate

    In an extended interview, the California senator explains why she thinks litmus-test questions aren’t helpful and how she is approaching this campaign.

    By Alexander Burns

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    The Army’s Message to Returning World War I Troops? Behave Yourselves

    Posters from 1918 reveal ignorance of the toll that the war took on those who fought it.

    By David Chrisinger

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    How Four Cities Can Predict Murder in America

    There’s a workaround for researchers and policymakers faced with a big time lag in the release of national statistics.

    By Jeff Asher

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    ‘We Have Fire Everywhere’: Escaping California’s Deadliest Blaze

    For eight hours last fall, Paradise, Calif., became a zone at the limits of the American imagination — and a preview of the American future.

    By Jon Mooallem

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    Debate Night: The ‘On Politics’ Breakdown

    John Delaney, Elizabeth Warren, and the fight for the future of the Democratic Party. Plus: A chat with Charles Barkley.

    By Lisa Lerer

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    In Wisconsin Swing District, a Range of Views on Immigration

    Invoking family stories of coming to America, many left-leaning voters in the multiethnic city of Racine say immigrants should enter legally.

    By Stephanie Saul

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