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The giant, wind-whipped blaze burning in New Mexico has displaced tens of thousands and is on track to become the largest wildfire in the state's history

The results of a new large-scale study of the federal Head Start program suggest that in some areas, the childhood development program produces only minimal, short-term benefits. The findings are from the study's first phase. Program supporters say it's too early to draw conclusions.

When it comes to North American cuisine, Indigenous foods don't typically come to mind. Chef Sean Sherman is changing that by serving food that celebrates and preserves his ancestors' Lakota cooking.

A large share of the nearly 1 million people who died of COVID in the U.S. may have lived if they'd gotten vaccinated. A new analysis shows how many lives could have been saved across the country.

A messy divorce threatens to overshadow Terry McMillan's latest book tour. The best-selling author discusses The Interruption of Everything and revelations about her personal life which emerged during its writing.

Scientists say they've developed a SARS vaccine that can be ingested. The new plan involves modifying tomatoes (and tobacco) so that an inactive form of the SARS virus grows in the plant. When mice ate the tomatoes, they were protected against SARS.

Roughly 8 percent of the 741,000 Mexicans caught entering the United States each year give up trying to enter, according to a new study. Wayne Cornelius, the director of the UC San Diego Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, discusses the study by the Pew Hispanic Center on unauthorized migrants in the United States.

After decades of urban decay, Baltimore is experiencing a real-estate boom, with investors pouring money into abandoned properties. But some worry the speculation may lead to a financial meltdown. Others note it has already displaced some poor residents.

What are the legal ramifications of racial and religious profiling to combat terrorism? Scott Simon asks two experts. Richard Jerome oversaw the civil rights division -- and police accountability -- while at the Justice Dept. Paul Rosenzweig, a former federal prosecutor, is a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

The Fire Department of New York releases oral histories and audio from Sept. 11, 2001. Crowded radio frequencies may explain in part why firefighters stayed in the north tower of the World Trade Center 29 minutes after the south tower fell.