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Twenty-five years of experimentation under race-neutral admissions policies — and a half-billion dollars later — the University of California system says they still can't meet their diversity goals.

AAA is forecasting record-high travel this weekend, when more than 50 million Americans are expected to get out of town. That could mean clogged roads and snarls at airports.

In Atlanta, dozens of activists who oppose a new police and fire training facility are being accused of domestic terrorism. That has alarmed civil liberties and human rights groups.

Western tribes are making a last ditch effort to thwart a large lithium mine in a federal appeals court.

Nassim Haddad has seen his share of woe. At 79, he says of his philosophy: "I start again from the beginning. I [am not] afraid from anything." It also helps that he believes he was "born laughing."

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is smothering U.S. cities like Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh. Air quality warnings are in effect across the Midwest as officials warn of hazardous conditions.

"It's nearly impossible to escape this world untouched by pop culture: moviegoing, TV watching, music listening," writes pop culture critic Aisha Harris in the introduction to her book, "Wannabe." "It doesn't all just happen to us — it helps shape us and informs how we move about the world, whether…

Many pregnant people struggling with substance abuse don't want to get help for fear of losing their children to the state. Casa Mía offers safe harbor.

The ruling, in a case brought by a Hamburger Mary's restaurant, pauses enforcement of the state's new "Protection of Children" law, which prohibits admitting children to an "adult live performance."