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This USGS map displays potential to experience damage from natural or human-induced earthquakes in 2016. Chances range from less than 1 percent to 12 percent.

U.S. Geology Maps Reveal Areas Vulnerable To Man-Made Quakes

5:59pm March 29, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

Parts of Oklahoma and Texas have about the same risk of an earthquake as parts of California, the maps show. Why? Wastewater that oil and gas operations are pumping into wells adds pressure on faults.

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ACLU Challenges Controversial North Carolina Transgender Law

5:52pm March 29, 2016

by Tom Bullock

A recently passed North Carolina law made it the only state to require people use public restrooms based on the sex listed on their birth certificate. A federal lawsuit is challenging the law as discriminatory.

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Corey Lewandowski, campaign manager for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, at a campaign rally in Palm Beach, Fla. earlier this month.

Corey Lewandowski, Trump's Campaign Manager, Charged With Battery

5:21pm March 29, 2016

by Brian Naylor

The charge and a new video tape come after Lewandowski allegedly grabbed a reporter following a Trump campaign rally earlier this month.

This version of Baked Alaska at Delmonico's restaurant in New York City stays true to the original: a walnut sponge cake layered with apricot compote and banana gelato, covered with torched meringue.

Baked Alaska: A Creation Story Shrouded In Mystery

5:12pm March 29, 2016

by Maya Silver

In March 1867, the U.S. purchased Alaska. This igloo-shaped, torched-meringue dessert came as a fringe benefit. Was it a sweet flash of genius, political satire — or maybe a bit of both?

President Obama Chides Media For 2016 Election Coverage

4:54pm March 29, 2016

The president decried the media's role in and responsibility for the current political climate — and this campaign — at a journalism award dinner Monday night.

Reclaiming Oregon Ranchland, One Barbed Prick At A Time

4:38pm March 29, 2016

by Jes Burns

This spring, the historic Oregon's Pine Creek Ranch becomes federally protected wilderness, and back country volunteers are tearing down the miles of rusty barbed wire surrounding the land.

Meagen Limes of Washington, D.C., is struggling to pay rent on the apartment where she lives with her 4-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter.

Living From Rent To Rent: Tenants On The Edge Of Eviction

4:29pm March 29, 2016

by Pam Fessler

Most people who end up facing eviction simply can't afford to pay their rent. Many low-income tenants work, but their rent outpaces their wages. An unexpected bill or a lost job can mean homelessness.

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Feb. 26 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Politics & Government

'Only A Deviant Would Think That' — Trump And The Power Of Innuendo

4:04pm March 29, 2016

by Sarah McCammon

Trump's use of suggestive language is a common element of how he communicates in the campaign, exciting his critics and supporters.

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"You won't believe the price of this one!"

Physician Group Calls On Government To Rein In Drug Prices

3:22pm March 29, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

The American College of Physicians will lobby Congress to allow the re-importation of medicines from other countries and to let Medicare bargain with drugmakers over price. Will lawmakers go along?

Anne Bancroft holds Patty Duke's hand to teach her a new word in a scene from the 1962 film The Miracle Worker.

National

Oscar-Winning Actress Patty Duke Dies At 69

2:58pm March 29, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Duke, whose real name was Anna Pearce, died early Tuesday morning of sepsis from a ruptured intestine, her agent said.

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