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Travelers await rides at Los Angeles International Airport ahead of the Labor Day holiday on Friday. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images This summer’s record-breaking travel …

One of America’s oldest drive-in movie theaters is still treasured in a small Colorado town. But the woman who has worked there since childhood is getting worn out.

On Sunday, possessing drugs will again be a crime in Oregon, after lawmakers rolled back the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization bill. But enforcement may look different across counties. AILSA CHANG, …

Adnan Syed, standing with his mother Shamim Rahman, talks with reporters outside Maryland’s Supreme Court in Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 5, 2023. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP …

This photo released by the Norwegian Police shows the Viking ship replica, called Naddodd, moored at the quay in Måløy, Norway, on Wednesday, after it capsized earlier this week off …

What do the Montauk lighthouse, a school mural, a trampoline accident, a forced migration, and the Quartering Act of 1765 have in common? These are the subjects of winning podcasts …

The Washington State Fair, which starts Friday, takes place on a fairground where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII. Now, there’s a memorial to remember that history. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: …

In 1988, Benjamin Spencer — a Black man from a poor part of West Dallas — was sentenced to life in prison for the murder and robbery of a white …

Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as the “Old Guard,” place flags at the headstones of U.S. military personnel buried at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of Memorial …

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