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Why Texas judge lifted ban on state funds for Planned Parenthood

US District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled Monday that a law banning Planned Parenthood from getting state health funds may be unconstitutional. The judge's injunction is temporary.
Rising child poverty rates could be a 'taste' of what's ahead

A new Census report shows child poverty up since 2007. With many benefits for the poor – such as the Earned Income Tax Credit – expiring at the end of the year, things could get worse.
Tropical storm Hermine makes landfall in Mexico, bound for Texas

Tropical storm Hermine moved ashore in northern Mexico, just south of Brownsville, Texas on Monday night.
Along U.S.-Mexican border, an erratic patchwork fence

At the border near Naco, Arizona, there are as many kinds of fences as there are ways over them.

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.