A federal officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, shortly after the Trump administration deployed thousands of immigration agents to the city. Although the full circumstances of the killing remain unclear, video of the shooting shows an officer opening fire on the woman as she drove away. Realistically, there’s virtually no chance […] Read more ›
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John Boelts, a produce farmer in Yuma, Arizona, kneels in a field of melon plants. | Benji Jones/VoxA huge amount of US food is grown in the desert using water from a river that’s drying up. Part of the issue The 100-year-old-mistake that’s reshaping the American West from The Highlight, Vox’s home for ambitious stories that explain our world. An hour east of San Diego, there’s a lonely stretch of... Read more ›
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Elon Musk wants Twitter to have everything but the kitchen sink. | Twitter account of Elon Musk/AFP via Getty ImagesMusk wants Twitter to become a “super app.” Wait, what’s a super app? Elon Musk’s grand plan for Twitter — that is, what he hopes to create beyond a “town square” for posting and messaging — is starting to take shape. And that shape is a super app. In recent weeks,... Read more ›
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Blood units are kept in a cold storage room in Germany. | Sina Schuldt/picture alliance via Getty ImagesThe quixotic, centuries-long search for blood alternatives is finally succeeding. Certain parts of the human body, it turns out, are replaceable. We’ve engineered artificial hearts that beat, dialysis machines that filter blood, cochlear implants that bypass acoustic hearing, and collagen scaffolds that help generate skin. We’ve synthesized and administered hormones for gender-affirming therapy,... Read more ›
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Mourners attend a vigil at the First Baptist Church of Dadeville in Alabama on April 16 after this weekend’s mass shooting that left four dead and more than two dozen others injured. | Megan Varner/Getty ImagesThe Alabama mass shooting this week highlights how helpless we can feel in the face of gun violence. Here’s what experts and advocates say can make a difference. When most of us think of April,... Read more ›
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Sargam Gupta for VoxSemaglutide users, and even researchers, have to dig to learn about risks. Why is this information so hard to find? After neuroscientist Martha Bagnall read a recent New Yorker article about Ozempic — the “buzzy” “celebrity weight loss jab” that’s upending obesity medicine — she emailed a colleague to dish on what she felt were gaps in the discussion about the drug’s effects on the brain. His... Read more ›
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Rep. George Santos (R-NY), attending the State of the Union address in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2023. | Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe embattled New York Republican is running again, and proposing a Covid vaccine bill. Embattled incumbent Rep. George Santos (R-NY) announced on Monday that he would seek reelection to Congress. Santos’s announcement, posted on Twitter, came after the New York Republican has faced months of scandals... Read more ›
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference following the arraignment of former President Donald Trump in New York City on April 4, 2023. | Jeenah Moon/Washington Post via Getty ImagesHouse Republicans are going after the DA’s work on Trump’s indictment. Bragg is fighting back. On Monday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) once again attacked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, this time on his home turf in... Read more ›
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A person wears a campaign button while waiting for President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in November 2019 in Sunrise, Florida. | Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesFour Democratic lawmakers in West Virginia, Louisiana, and North Carolina switched parties recently. Should Democrats worry? Four state lawmakers have now switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in the last month. It’s part of a decades-long trend that’s helped the GOP consolidate... Read more ›
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas attends the swearing-in ceremony for Justice Amy Coney Barrett, at the White House in October 2020. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesBy quietly accepting luxuries from a GOP megadonor, Thomas likely ran afoul of federal ethics law. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted luxury trips from a major Republican donor — and failed to disclose them — for over two decades, according to a bombshell ProPublica... Read more ›
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Sixteen-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot multiple times after ringing a doorbell at the wrong house. | Faith Spoonmore/GoFundMeA Black teenager went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings. He was shot. Kansas City police are investigating the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot by a homeowner last week after going to the wrong house to pick up his two younger brothers. Police have... Read more ›
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Banners of Fox News stars line News Corp’s New York City headquarters in 2021. | Ted Shaffrey/APDominion and Smartmatic’s lawsuits might finally hold Fox accountable for promoting 2020 election lies. After Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, Fox News opinion show hosts subsequently elevated voices who falsely accused two voting software and hardware companies of rigging the vote against former President Donald Trump. Those companies,... Read more ›
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Wyatt Hersey for VoxInside this issue: For the April issue of The Highlight, learnings from the Colorado River drought crisis. For the April issue of The Highlight, Vox shares learnings from the Colorado River drought crisis. The Western United States is in its longest dry spell in 1,200 years, and the ongoing mega-drought has been worsening for over 20 years. That has begun to throttle one of the main arteries... Read more ›
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Mourners attend a vigil at the First Baptist Church of Dadeville following last night’s mass shooting at the Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio on April 16, 2023 in Dadeville, Alabama. | Megan Varner/Getty ImagesA mass shooting at a sweet sixteen party left four dead and dozens injured. Four people were killed and 28 others injured in a mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama on Saturday night. Authorities... Read more ›
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 Mourners attend a vigil at the First Baptist Church of Dadeville following last night’s mass shooting at the Mahogany Masterpiece dance studio on April 16, 2023 in Dadeville, Alabama. | Megan Varner/Getty ImagesThe factors that lead to tragedies like the Dadeville, Alabama, shooting are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law. At least four people were killed and 28 others injured in a mass shooting at a Sweet... Read more ›
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The Mandalorian’s third season has been rocky. | DisneyThe Mandalorian was the answer to all of Star Wars’ problems — until it embodied them. One could argue that season three of The Mandalorian went off the rails before it ever debuted. Prior to the season’s release, another Disney+ series, The Book of Boba Fett, featured an entire stealth plot arc of The Mandalorian that served to connect the timeline of... Read more ›
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Donald Trump gives a speech at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida after being arraigned in New York City. | Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesRepublicans are handing Democrats a strategy to deal with Trump. Will they accept it? Many Democrats were quick to condemn former President Donald Trump over news of his indictment and arraignment in New York. But in the week since, the party’s largely been quiet about Trump’s legal... Read more ›
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Wyatt Hersey for VoxWhat happens if the Colorado River keeps drying up? You may have heard this before: The Colorado River, which supplies drinking water to seven states in the US and two in Mexico, is the lifeblood of the American West and beyond. It’s drying up at an alarming rate, threatening cities, industries, agriculture, and energy sources. As it shrinks, rich ecosystems across its 1,450 miles are also disappearing.... Read more ›
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Wyatt Hersey for VoxOne in eight Americans depend on a river that’s disappearing. Part of the issue The 100-year-old-mistake that’s reshaping the American West from The Highlight, Vox’s home for ambitious stories that explain our world. The Colorado River provides water for irrigation, power generation, recreation, and habitats for endangered species. But the 40 million people who drink from this critical artery have watched it wither amid the region’s worst... Read more ›
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Beyond Meat burgers line a grocery store shelf in New York. | Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty ImagesAlternative meat products have gotten a lot better. They’re not nearly good enough. A few years ago, plant-based meat seemed poised to take over the center of the American plate. Sales growth for cow–free burger patties and meatless sausages soared 18 percent in 2019, and 45 percent in 2020. Investors poured billions of dollars... Read more ›
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A pre-school class gets excited about their reading. | Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesLeaders should say what they actually want to fix. Nearly every day a new story is published about “the child care crisis” in America. (I’ve written stories referencing it myself.) President Joe Biden referred to the “acute, immediate child care crisis” and recently prioritized more spending for child care programs in his new presidential... Read more ›
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