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On A Bad Date? These Apps Could Help You Stay Safe

Safety apps are designed to help women ease out of a dating situation that seems uncomfortable or dangerous. But experts say it's also important to help friends in real life.

Proposition 13 backers celebrate the measure's passage in 1978.

Forty Years Later, Proposition 13 Is Proof Your Vote Matters

Passed 40 years ago Wednesday, Proposition 13 has had deep and lasting impacts on the state of California.

Wilmot Collins, the next mayor of Helena, Montana, came to the U.S. as a refugee during Liberia's civil war. Refugees are "not bloodsuckers," he says. "We are not just here to consume the resources. We provide for the economy."

How A Liberian Refugee Got To Be A Montana Mayor

Wilmot Collins will be sworn in on January 2. His victory in the mayoral election in Helena has made headlines the world over.

Indian children, who had been bonded laborers, in New Delhi on June 12, 2012, after being rescued in a raids on garment factories and a metal processing plant. India has an estimated 18 million modern slaves.

San Diego Professor Questions 'What Slaveholders Think'

India has more than 18 million people in slavery, by far the most of any country in the world. How do slaveholders justify this oppression to themselves?

Ramen Noodles Are Now The Prison Currency Of Choice

Ramen will buy anything from smuggled fruit to laundry services from fellow inmates, a study at one prison finds. It's not just that ramen is tasty: Prisoners say they're not getting enough food.

Fedor Konyukhov prepares for liftoff from the Northam Aero Club on July 12 in Northam, Australia. For the past eight days, he has had little sleep in an open gondola hurtling at high speeds through below-freezing air that is too thin to breathe.

Russian Adventurer Seeks To Break Record In Round-The-World Balloon Flight

For the past eight days, Fedor Konyukhov has had a tiny amount of sleep in an open gondola hurtling at high speeds through below-freezing air that is too thin to breathe. And he has four more to go.

Plastic waste washes in from Manila Bay and the ocean, covering the beach and mangrove trees of Freedom Island, a protected area in the bay.

An Island Crusader Takes On The Big Brands Behind Plastic Waste

Every year, 8 million tons of plastic wash into the oceans. The biggest sources are in Asia. In the Philippines, one man is going head-to-head with multinational corporations to stop the plastic tide.

Donald Trump waits to step onto the portico for his presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.

Some Of 2017's Biggest National Stories, In Pictures

As the year draws to a close and the news cycle continues to reset every day, let's pause and revisit some of the most important news events from 2017.

Demonstrators protest outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday as the court hears arguments about partisan gerrymandering.

Partisan Gerrymandering: How Much Is Too Much?

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a gerrymandering case that could have sweeping political consequences.

Jet-Setting Vacationers Find Trouble In Paradise In 'Beautiful Animals'

Two entitled young women vacationing on a chic Greek island get involved with a mysterious stranger in Lawrence Osborne's new novel. Critic John Powers calls it a "seductively menacing new thriller."

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