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A Surprisingly Uncontroversial Program That Gives Money To Poor People

The Earned Income Tax Credit has been embraced by every president from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama.

The Mississquoi often looks more like a Louisiana bayou than a New England river. Spring snowmelt floods the forest.

Come along on a canoe trip through a flooded forest in a Vermont bird sanctuary

In springtime, Vermont's Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge is a paradise of migratory birds where you can paddle through flooded maple forests.

Theodore Taylor III was given an award by the American Library Association for his artwork in <em>When The Beat Was Born</em>, a children's book about hip-hop's origins.

When The Beat Was Born: Hip-Hop's Big Bang Becomes A Kid's Book

There was a time when adults found this music exasperating and outright dangerous. Now it's getting the first-Thanksgiving treatment.

View of central crossing of the central hub island, one of dozens of man-made islands envisioned by Rice University architecture students. The islands would serve as a floating city for oil workers off the coast of Brazil.

A College Project That Imagines A Floating City For Oil Workers

Plans for man-made islands — designed by Rice University architecture students — have attracted the attention of one of the world's largest oil companies as a way to house way-offshore oil workers.

This paprikash recipe may be well-traveled — from Hungary to Australia — but its belly-warming comforts haven't changed a bit.

From Down Under, A Paprikash To Warm You All Over

Cold weather means "Mum's Rice Paprikash" for Merelyn Chalmers, a member of The Monday Morning Cooking Club. The club is dedicated to preserving recipes from Sydney's Jewish community. For our Found Recipes series, Chalmers shares the dish that she considers the ultimate comfort food.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, pictured here at the U.S. Capitol in January, was escorted from a Denver theater on Sunday night after multiple complaints of disruptive behavior.

Rep. Lauren Boebert was escorted out of 'Beetlejuice' over reports of rude behavior

The Colorado Republican said she was guilty of laughing and singing too loud. A report from the theater, citing four complaints from the audience, said she was also vaping and recording video.

Larry Pascua hugs a friend Monday in San Francisco amid flowers and other items left as a memorial to those killed in the attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

Orlando Shootings Prompt Cities To Consider More Security For Pride Events

June is Pride month for the LGBT community, and several larger cities will hold events over the next two weekends. Some would-be participants are debating whether they'll stay home this year.

Keith Miller and Ellen Hughes both have sons with autism. At StoryCorps in February, Ellen tells Keith how grateful she is that he unexpectedly comforted her son during an emergency room visit last year.

A Mother Of A Son With Autism Thanks A Stranger Who Helped: 'Nobody Does What You Do'

At StoryCorps, Ellen Hughes tells Keith Miller, who also has a son with autism, how much it meant to her when he comforted her son Walker on a difficult visit to the ER last year.

Actor Jonathan Majors arrives at court for jury selection in a domestic violence case.

Actor Jonathan Majors' trial begins in New York City, after numerous delays

With a plum role as Marvel villain, Jonathan Majors' stardom seemed certain, until an alleged altercation with a girlfriend derailed his Hollywood career. The actor's trial has started in New York.

Israel's lack of a strategy is the strategy

Netanyahu offers no long-term answer in Gaza — which fits the way some Israelis view the conflict with Palestinians.

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