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Underground warfare may seem like an ancient tactic, but it's still very much in use

One reason Hamas has been a difficult foe for the Israeli military is an extensive network of underground tunnels. The U.S. military is placing even greater focus on training in underground combat.

A young man wearing a baseball cap and glasses smiles at the camera. A crowd of people stand in the background.

Cornell College instructor recounts surviving stabbing in China

China’s foreign ministry said police have arrested a 55-year-old man suspected of stabbing four instructors visiting from a small college in Iowa. IPR News spoke with one victim who’s recovering in a hospital in China.

Four children under the age of 3 were poisoned — one fatally — by opioids at a day care in the Bronx, N.Y. Here, a "trap," a hidden compartment holding drugs under the day care's floor, is seen in an image from a Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit. Official say a search turned up fentanyl and drug-processing equipment at the day care.

In deadly day care fentanyl case in NYC, 2 men plead guilty as trial was set to start

Before calling 911, officials said, day care operator Grei Mendez called her husband, Felix Herrera Garcia, who has now pleaded guilty to federal charges. A 1-year-old died from drugs at the facility.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says ‘dark money’ sways the Supreme Court

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says dark money surrounds the Supreme Court. She and other members of Congress will meet to discuss an 'ethics crisis' in the Supreme Court.

Blinken at Gaza aid conference in Jordan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pushing a U.S. truce "roadmap" at a regional aid conference in Jordan.

People wait in line to vote in the Georgia's primary election on May 24 in Atlanta. Political divides in the U.S. seem deeper than ever, but one of the few shared sentiments right now from voters of all stripes is the desire for something different.

1 in 10 eligible U.S. voters say they can’t easily show proof of their citizenship

An estimated 21.3 million adult U.S. citizens don't have or can't easily access documents proving their citizenship. The findings raise concerns about requiring proof when registering eligible voters.

Pima County Medical Examiner Greg Hess at his office in Tucson, Ariz. Hess and another Arizona-based medical examiner are re-thinking how to catalog and count heat-related deaths, a major step toward understanding the growing impacts of heat.

Here's why an Arizona medical examiner is working to track heat-related deaths

No one across the U.S. is consistently tracking climate-fueled deaths. One medical examiner has a new protocol on heat-deaths.

Apple debuts AI features; how plastics became ingrained in our lives

Apple announced several new AI features and a partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI at its Worldwide Developers Conference. How the plastic industry ingrained the material into our lives — and what activists are trying to do about it.

U.S. citizens detained abroad still face tax fines. Lawmakers want to change that

The number of Americans who are wrongfully detained abroad has increased in the last decade. If they're able to return to the U.S, they face bureaucratic hurdles to getting their lives back on track.

Once underdogs in the presidential race, Haley voters could now be kingmakers

Many of Nikki Haley's voters wanted an alternative to Biden and Trump. But now, these potential swing voters have to choose between the two men, again.

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