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El Salvador

Coyotes Are Now Smuggling Migrants Back Home After They've Given Up on America

Travel restrictions around COVID-19 across Latin America mean some of those who want to get back home have to do it illegally.
Bryan Avelar
Deborah Bonello
8.27.20
Death Penalty

The Only Native American on Death Row Was Just Executed Without His Tribe's Consent

For 17 years, the Navajo Nation and the victim’s family have publicly objected to Lezmond Mitchell’s sentence.
Trone Dowd
8.27.20
Vice News Tonight

A Cop Who Stayed on Duty After Killing a Black Man Is Now Accused of Assaulting a 15-Year-Old

Kansas City has one of the highest rates of police killings in the country.
Belle Cushing
Isobel Yeung
8.27.20
Games News

Hurricane Laura Is In 'Flight Simulator' and Players Are Flying Right Into It

'Microsoft Flight Simulator' is giving storm chasers a whole new tool to explore the horror and majesty of nature.
Matthew Gault
8.27.20
jacob blake

Here’s What We Know About the Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake

Rusten Sheskey is a 7-year veteran of the department who has been placed on administrative leave after shooting Blake several times in the back.
Paul Blest
8.27.20
Coronavirus

Business Is Booming for the Italian Mafia During COVID

Italy is releasing some of its most brutal mafiosi from prison. Their families are also seizing on the opportunity to hand out loans, sell fake PPE, and extort money from vulnerable Italians.
Joe Hill
Gabrielle Caplan
Hind Hassan
8.27.20
Bulgaria

Bulgarians Are Trying to Oust Their Government

With the focus on Belarus, most people are unaware of a popular uprising happening in a different former Eastern Bloc nation.
Tim Gallagher
Valentina Dancheva
Valentina Dencheva
8.27.20
Tipping Point

This European Country Has Some of the World's Worst Air, and 'It's Too Expensive' to Fix

Skopje in North Macedonia is so polluted that the city stinks in winter. Residents blame decades of government corruption and inaction.
Jana Cholakovska
8.27.20
mental health

People with Mental Health Issues Are Being Denied Life Insurance

Due to an apparent lack of knowledge about mental illness, some life insurance providers are refusing cover to those with a history of anxiety, self-harm or PTSD. 
Izzie Price
8.27.20
Word of Mouth
8:36

Indonesian Food Served In The Back Of A Convenience Store

Indo Java, an Indonesian market in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, seems like an unassuming shop to passersby. But the smells coming from the tiny makeshift kitchen lure people inside to taste the flavors of Indonesian cuisine.
Palantir

Palantir Says Faulty AI and Privacy Regulation Are a Risk to the Company

Palantir has never made a profit, and according to its S-1 filing, may never make a profit. But it has no plans to stop now.
Edward Ongweso Jr
8.27.20
data selling

The Loophole the DMV Uses to Sell Your Data to Private Investigators

Some private investigators told Motherboard that the reasons they can give to DMVs to access drivers' personal data are too broad.
Joseph Cox
8.27.20
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