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This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted by in part by the FBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida

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Trump team may have hidden or moved classified material, DoJ says

5:05am August 31, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Justice Department said Tuesday it had uncovered efforts to obstruct its investigation into the discovery of classified documents at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate

Anti-censorship protestors at a meeting of the Lafayette Library Board, defending a librarian who included queer teen dating in a book display in defiance of the board.

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Local libraries have become a major political and cultural battleground

5:00am August 31, 2022

by John Burnett

In Lafayette, La., like elsewhere in the nation, conservative groups are demanding removal of books they consider unsuitable for young readers. Many librarians see it as an attack on civil liberties.

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Pallets of bottled water are unloaded at a Kroger store in north Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday. The grocery chain and other stores are helping address the challenges of the city's longstanding water system problems by making more drinking water available for

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The water crisis in Jackson follows years of failure to fix an aging system

5:00am August 31, 2022

by Jason Breslow

More than 150,000 people are without clean water. For years, aging infrastructure and a lack of investment left residents dealing with unreliable access and worries about the safety of the water.

Nearly 1,500 pounds of alleged cocaine was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to officials. The estimated street value of the narcotics is $11.8 million.

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A shipment of baby wipes turns out to be $11.8 million worth of cocaine

7:11pm August 30, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the seized cocaine totaled more than $11.8 million in street value.

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Jackson, Miss., is in a water emergency and residents don't have clean drinking water

4:05pm August 30, 2022

by Kobee Vance

Jackson, Miss., is without clean drinking water as its water system is near collapse. Officials are scrambling to distribute fresh water and devise a plan to repair the neglected treatment system.

Alicia Williams checks the vital signs of Paul Yager inside the mobile medical unit parked outside St. Vincent de Paul, a charitable organization with a soup kitchen in Phoenix's Sunnyslope neighborhood, on Aug. 9. Yager, 64, is unsheltered, lives with pr

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Homelessness is aggravating harm caused by the Phoenix heat, medical personnel say

10:49am August 30, 2022

by Katherine Davis-Young

Phoenix gets more triple-digit temperatures than any other major U.S. city, and heat deaths have more than quadrupled since 2015, records show. Officials say it's because of homelessness.

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A truck hauling a load of tomatoes crashed Monday after a collision near Vacaville, Calif., and its load spilled across several lanes of Highway 80 in Northern California. Crews had cleaned the eastbound lanes but one westbound lane remained closed six ho

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A tomato spill makes a major California highway a marinara mess

8:49am August 30, 2022

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

A truck hit the center divider on I-80 between San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., Monday morning, slathering several lanes in quickly crushed tomatoes and forcing morning commuters to play ketchup.

Marijuana plants at Hepworth Farms in Milton, N.Y. Sixteen percent of Americans say they smoke marijuana, with 48% saying they have tried it at some point in their lives.

Marijuana use is outpacing cigarette use for the first time on record

7:51am August 30, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Cigarette use has been declining for decades, while marijuana use has been on the rise, according to a new Gallup survey in the U.S.

Inside the rise of 'stealerships' and the shady economics of car buying

6:30am August 30, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

Car dealerships deploy tricks and traps to make as much money as they can from you. Here's what I learned when trying to buy a new car.

Data centers have become integral to a global economy that's powered by digital information. However, many of the facilities depend on water to keep from overheating. That is further straining water resources in places like California, where Lake Oroville

Data centers, backbone of the digital economy, face water scarcity and climate risk

6:07am August 30, 2022

by Michael Copley

About 20% of data centers in the United States already rely on watersheds that are under moderate to high stress from drought and other factors. However, few companies are talking about the issue.