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The FBI says James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., opened fire on a group of Republican members of Congress and was shot by police. Hodgkinson was an outspoken opponent of President Trump.

Claire Fuller is back with a new novel. This time, in Unsettled Ground, she brings us a darkly poignant tale about 51-year-old twins who still live at home with their mother and whose lives are devastated by her untimely death — and the secrets she left behind.

In Sandra Cisneros’ latest book, Corina is living her life in Chicago when she finds a letter she’d long forgotten. This and other ephemera of bygone days when she was young, single and following her dreams to become a writer in Paris lead Corina to respond to her friend Martita through this epistolary work.

In the last two weeks, some Texas counties implemented new face mask orders and Gov. Greg Abbott ordered all bars to shut down — before eventually issuing…

Tesla is recalling over 300,000 US cars with its so-called “Full Self Driving” driver assist software due to risks of traffic accidents. “Full self-driving,” promises to one day drive better than a human but that’s not how it works today. How far away is this technology from working? Are you ready for a world of robo-taxis and driverless traffic? Or do you think it’s a dream?

Journalists working throughout the United States face innumerable risks to their well-being while performing their essential work, and the disturbing trend is only getting worse. Journalists are being intimidated, spied on, arrested or mistreated for simply doing the job of keeping the nation informed. Is there a threat to the free press?

With the Venezuelan news outlet Armando.info, FRONTLINE investigates the shadowy figure at the heart of a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela to the U.S. This 90-minute documentary tells the inside story of Alex Saab, his capture and then release by the U.S. in a controversial prisoner swap, and what has happened to the journalists who helped uncover the corruption scandal.

The nature of war has changed. Ukraine has developed new technologies and strategies in fighting off the invasion of Russia using low cost drones. They are making tanks and heavy artillery almost obsolete, while being able to launch pin-point attacks deep inside of Russia. How capable are drones? Is the United States learning how to use and defend against these new tech weapons?

Poverty is big business in America. The federal government spends about $900 billion a year on programs that impact poor Americans, including antipoverty programs like Medicaid, affordable housing and subsidies. There is a vast web of entrenched companies that profit from regulating the lives of the poor with business models that depend on exploiting low-income Americans. The new book Poverty for Profit explains.

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