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A man vapes with an electronic cigarette. On Thursday, the CDC said lung-injury patients reported using 152 different THC-containing product brands.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said most people who have had lung injuries after vaping had consumed THC-containing products.

New York police Sgt. Damon Martin in the 75th Precinct field intelligence office, where the walls are covered with photos of seized illegal guns.

Does New York City Need Gun Control?

New York City has stricter gun laws than most other American cities — and lower rates of gun violence. But legal challenges could force the city to loosen its gun control. Will a rise in crime follow?

Vacant homes marked as unsafe structures in the West Hill neighborhood of Albany, N.Y. New data from the Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy at Brandeis University reveal a sharp racial divide in access to opportunities in almost every major metropolitan area of the country, including Albany.

In Nearly Every U.S. Metro Area, New Data Show Opportunity Lags For Kids Of Color

NPR got an early look at data showing vastly different opportunities for children of different races across the U.S. living just neighborhoods apart. Albany, N.Y., has some of the greatest inequities.

Fifteen horses were shot and killed in Floyd County, Ky., in what one resident calls "a very large act of evil."

'Act Of Evil': 15 Horses Were Shot After Being Hunted In Rural Kentucky

"It looked like a battlefield for just horses — we counted 15 that we found dead," Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt says.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced on Wednesday that she will seek reelection, hoping to win a fifth term as New England's only GOP member in the Senate.

Susan Collins Of Maine Announces She Will Seek Reelection

The moderate Republican will face an important test when President Trump's impeachment trial begins in the Senate. Collins has not indicated how she plans to vote.

In a photo from October 2012, a nurse treats a girl wounded by Syrian Army artillery shelling at Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria.

Congress Authorizes Sanctions On Syria, Iran And Russia

The measure, known as the Caesar Syrian Civilian Protection Act, authorizes sanctions for war crimes. It is included in the newly passed 2019 Pentagon budget.

Curtis Flowers (center) appears in court in Winona, Miss., on Monday for a bail hearing. His 2010 conviction on murder charges was reversed in June by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that prosecutors had excluded black people from the jury.

Man Whose Conviction Was Overturned By Supreme Court After 6 Trials Is Granted Bail

For the first time in 22 years, Mississippi man Curtis Flowers will be allowed to leave state custody. His case was the subject of the second season of the podcast In The Dark.

Former Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Sen. Bernie Sanders lead the crowded Democratic presidential primary field, according to the latest NPR/<em>PBS NewsHour/</em>Marist Poll. Above, they appear during the Democratic presidential primary debate in Atlanta on Nov. 20.

NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: Biden, Sanders Lead 2020 Democratic Race

Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they prefer former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over the rest of the Democratic field just ahead of Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: Biden, Sanders Lead 2020 Democratic Race

Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they prefer former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over the rest of the Democratic field just ahead of Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

A migrant calls out numbers from the unofficial list of asylum-seekers in Tijuana on July 16, 2019

Asylum-Seeker Sent Back To Mexico Is Killed In Tijuana

The 35-year-old man, his wife and children had been sent back to Mexico under the controversial “Remain-in-Mexico” program, which makes U.S. asylum-seekers wait in Mexico while their claims are processed.

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