When a woman reports a rape, she is given a forensic evidence exam–known informally, as a rape kit. But the rape kits used by hospitals all over the country are using a technique that puts women with dark skin at a disadvantage. Allison Quantz reports.
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Winters are warming faster than summers in many places, and colder parts of the U.S. are warming faster than hotter ones. The warming winter climate has year-round consequences across the country.
President Trump's relationship with Deutsche Bank is still under investigation, so David Enrich's story is necessarily incomplete. But he shows the bank's tale is complex — more than one gone rogue.
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's acting chief says the decision to relocate the agency's headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Grand Junction, Colo., means "locals can come and see us."
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