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Oklahoma Approves Nitrogen Asphyxiation For Executions

The new method was proposed after the botched execution by lethal injection last year of an Oklahoma inmate.

San Diego Considers Offering 3 Paid Sick Days For City Employees

More than 1,360 city employees — mainly library and recreational staff, and hourly lifeguards — would be eligible.

Freighters wait to unload cargo at the Tanjung Pagar container port in Singapore.

Why A Blockbuster Of A Trade Deal With Asia Matters

Congress is giving President Obama new powers to help seal the deal on an ambitious Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, a move which angers many Democrats and unions.

Scientists Find Microbial Riches In Isolated South American Village

Members of an isolated Amazonian tribe carry the most diverse collection of bacteria ever seen in humans, according to a new study.

Jannie Coverdale, 77, lost two grandchildren in the bombing, Aaron Coverdale, 5, and his brother Elijah, 2. Coverdale was their guardian and had dropped them off at the day care that morning.

Anniversary Of Oklahoma City Bombing Reopens Wounds For Survivors

When the truck bomb exploded at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995, there were 21 kids in the building's day care. Six survived, including Chris Nguyen and PJ Allen.

Syrian children listen to a teacher during a lesson in a temporary classroom in Suruc refugee camp on March 25 in Suruc, Turkey. The camp is the largest of its kind in Turkey with a population of around 35,000 Syrians who have fled the ongoing civil war in their country.

Turkish Educator Pledges $10M To Set Up Universities For Syrian Refugees

The war has put dreams of college on hold for some 40,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey. Enver Yucel hopes to create a higher ed system to meet their needs, with coursework in English, Arabic and Turkish.

In the Fortune Garden kitchen in El Centro, Calif., near the Mexican border, cooks speak to each other in Cantonese, and waiters give orders in Spanish.

The Chinese-Mexican Cuisine Born Of U.S. Prejudice

Fried yellow chilis. Baja-style fish. Not the typical Chinese restaurant fare, unless you're near the U.S.-Mexico border. The reasons why go back to an 1882 law enacted to keep Chinese out of the U.S.

The cover of the book, Teaching Kids to Think: Raising Confident, Independent & Thoughtful Children in an Age of Instant Gratification" by San Diego psychologists Darlene Sweetland and Ron Stolberg is pictured.

San Diego Psychologists Explain How To Teach Kids To Solve Problems

San Diego child psychologists turned authors discuss how a life filled with instant gratification can produce unintended consequences.

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during an annual call-in show on Russian television in Moscow on Thursday.

Putin Defends Missile Deal With Iran, Says No Russian Troops In Ukraine

The Russian president's comments were part of a four-hour-long call-in TV show that has become an annual tradition. He also criticized the West for its treatment of Moscow.

A portrait of Jenn Nelson, curator of the East Jesus Art Collective, March 28, 2015.

Slab City's East Jesus Not Waiting For Bulldozers To Arrive

An artists' collective in Slab City called East Jesus is fighting to keep its land — and the art its residents have created. The collective and Slab City are on state-owned land in Imperial County.

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