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Graduating international students seeking work in the US face complicated job search
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In 2010, Noreen Dertinger finally spotted her first loon chick on Lake Kennebec. Unfortunately, it did not survive the year.
Environment
Mysterious drop in loon population prompts cross-border collaborations in North America
Residents Ken Fishman, 81, left, and Esther Wallach, 82, right, hold hands as they wait in line for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the The Palace assisted living facility in Coral Gables, Florida
Lifestyle
Aging expert on living better: ‘Focus on adding life to years rather than years to life’
A woman speaks at a podium representing Black Immigrant Collective.
Conflict & Justice
‘It’s hard to have hope when you haven’t had time to breathe,’ says Liberian American activist on Chauvin verdict
African American Mayor Mike Elliott poses in a dark gray suit
Justice
Brooklyn Center mayor on Chauvin trial: Black people can no longer tolerate ‘a state of terror’
Derek Chauvin in gray suit hold microphone as he speaks, while sitting next to his lawyer
Justice
Prosecutor: Chauvin ‘had to know’ George Floyd’s life was in danger
Enbridge Energy Line 3 protest
Environment
Native tribes in Minnesota pledge to continue fighting new Line 3 pipeline
White-tailed buck
Health & Medicine
Lead in hunted meat poses health risk to families and food banks
Men in police uniform kneel on an urban street.
Conflict & Justice
No. 1 rule for police: Defend human rights, says Ukraine’s former police chief
A close of a woman with a face mask reading "I can't breathe Black Lives Matter"
Health
Systems of oppression in health care long made ‘invisible,’ Harvard prof says
Terrence Floyd visits the site near where his brother George was taken in Minneapolis police custody and later died, in Minneapolis, June 1, 2020.
Violence
Somali Americans share in the grief and pain over George Floyd’s killing 
Women hold up a poster of US President Donald Trump reading "End white supremacy" and George Floyd reading "Rest in power. Say his name"
Protest
‘No one is above the law,’ St. Paul BLM organizer says
Plumes of smoke rise into the sky over buildings.
Top of The World
As protests against police brutality continue, Twitter sanctions Trump tweet ‘glorifying violence’
Rusty patched bumblebee
Environment
Here’s how to convert your lawn into a bee pollinator habitat
authorities
The US movement against female genital mutilation is at a crossroads
Women in blue and white shirts dance and sing.
Immigration
Almost undocumented, Liberians in US get 11th hour reprieve
Nairobi youth climate strike
Climate Change
This high school sophomore from Minnesota ‘jumped on the bandwagon’ to save the planet
Kenyan musician J.S. Ondara backstage before a recent show in Boston
Global Hit
This Kenyan musician followed his love for Dylan to a new life and career
day care
What we can learn from Canada’s universal child care model
Four black and white photos of a Korean baby in a row, with a file folder above.
Global Nation First Person
30 years later, this Korean adoptee finds ‘home’ again
Ilhan Omar clasps her husband’s mother's face in her hands as she smiles
Women & Gender
These are the women who made history in this year’s midterm elections
Ilhan Omar
Democrats look set for a big win in the House, but losses in the Senate
A woman in a hijab speaks into a microphone as dawn breaks in the clouds. An American flag waves in the distance.
Politics
Immigrants have a long history of taking their issues to the people — as political candidates
Woman sits on sofa, smiles for camera
Politics
‘In love with democracy,’ Ilhan Omar draws diverse supporters in bid for Congress
Leensa Ahmed, CEO of Green Garden Bakery
Food
Teen-run bakery brings healthy food and job training to Minneapolis
Farmers
Environment
The 2018 farm bill stirs conflict and controversy
Pajau Vangay
Health & Medicine
Scientist Pajau Vangay used to make ‘pretty code.’ Now, she studies guts.
Woman in crowd looking at camera
Global Politics
Liberia was founded by people enslaved in the US. Advocates say the US should not end an immigration program that helps them.
Two male and one female internationally trained doctors are listening to a presentation.
Education
Highly trained and educated, some foreign-born doctors still can’t practice medicine in the US
1918 flu Camp Funston
Health
The world remains unprepared to handle a major epidemic, a new book warns
Harley-Davidson motorcycles on display at the company’s headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. An EPA penalty of $15 million for selling emissions defeat devices was decreased by $3 million under the Trump administration in December 2017.
Global Politics
Environmental prosecutions under Trump projected to be the lowest in two decades
BWCA
Environment
Mining threatens Minnesota’s pristine Boundary Waters
"Saint Catherine in Prayer," by the 16th century painter Plautilla Nelli, was restored in 2008. Nelli was featured in 2017 as part of the Uffizi's new focus on women artists of the past.
Arts
In Florence, they’re bringing the works of women artists out of the basement
American and Nigerian flags fly next to each other in the center of Abuja August 24, 2000.
Culture
Don’t take being American for granted
Chef Yia Vang
Culture
How Chef Yia Vang is putting his own twist on Hmong cuisine
A woman holds her hand over her face and clutches the arm of a man next to her as they walk through the destroyed shopping district in Mogadishu.
Conflict
Minnesota’s Somali immigrants feel ‘holes’ left after deadly Mogadishu attack
Don Damond speaks to the media about his fiancée Justine Damond
Conflict
Foreign coverage of the shooting of Justine Damond is giving Americans new perspective
Marissa and Hannah Brandt.
Culture
How two sisters will make it to South Korea’s Olympics — but for opposing teams