In 2025, Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the Rockies − and it’s been a violent year

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Violent tornado outbreaks, like the storms that tore through parts of St. Louis and London, Kentucky, on May 16, have made 2025 seem like an especially active, deadly and destructive year for tornadoes. The U.S. has had...

Split Supreme Court blocks Oklahoma’s Catholic charter school − but future cases could hinge on whether charters are, at their core, public or private

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In April 2025, the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the nations first religious charter school could open in Oklahoma. The St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School would have been funded by taxpayer money...

US gun trafficking to Mexico: Independent gun shops supply the most dangerous weapons

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A gunsmith from a rural town, a former Marine, and half a dozen others were under investigation in San Antonio, Texas, starting in the summer of 2018 for trafficking more than half a million dollars worth of guns and...

Gun trafficking from the US to Mexico: The drug connection

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Illegal firearm trafficking is inseparable from the illegal drug trade: Weapons are often bought with drug money, can strengthen cartels and can be traded for drugs. In the spring of 2021, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...

Here’s how we figured the number of guns illegally trafficked from the US across the border to Mexico

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Since 2008, the U.S. has spent over US$3 billion to help stabilize Mexico and stem its surge in extreme violence. The U.S. gun industry and interest group lobbyists have undercut these efforts by advocating for lax...

Can you upload a human mind into a computer? A neuroscientist ponders what’s possible

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The concept, cool yet maybe a little creepy, is known as mind uploading. Think of it as a way to create a copy of your brain, a transmission of your mind and consciousness into a computer. There you would live digitally,...

What action can Israel’s allies take over its expansion of military operations in Gaza?

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The British, French and Canadian leaders issued a joint statement on May 19 in which they condemned Israels egregious actions in Gaza, warning that concrete action could follow if it does not stop its military offensive....