Trump Claims a White ‘Genocide’ in South Africa. Here’s What’s Really Happening.

An audacious effort joined two disparate communities, who say they all suffer from the staggering violence and crime affecting the country.

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The Hunt Is On for Bears in Japan After Deadly Attacks

Residents in the northern region of Akita are living in fear after dozens of assaults on humans. Riot police and the army have been sent to help.

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Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries

Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.

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As UK Tries to Curb Immigration, Rural Scotland Looks to Attract Foreign Workers

Bucking the anti-immigration trend in British politics, remote areas of Scotland would like to attract foreign workers to offset declining local populations.

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Japan Plans to Send Troops to Help Stop Bear Attacks

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the military to one badly hit area to set traps.

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What’s Lost When Liberal Arts Schools Close

Small colleges secure the fraying social fabric that holds towns together.

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‘Medicaid Cut Me Off’: A Rural Health Center Faces New Pressures

As cuts to federal health care take hold, local clinics like Delta Health Center in Mississippi will be stretched more thinly than ever.

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After an ICE Raid in Rural Georgia, Hyundai Keeps Betting on America

The revival of America’s industrial base is happening amid pine forests and peanut farms. And it’s being led by a South Korean company.

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West Virginia’s School Vaccination Law Has Been Effective. That May Change.

The law allows only medical exemptions, and the state has one of the highest childhood vaccination rates. But hundreds of families are seeking religious exemptions.

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U.S. Air Travel May Soon Feel Shutdown’s Impact, Official Warns

The Essential Air Service, which subsidizes flights to small airports, will run out of money on Sunday, and air traffic controllers who have been working without pay have begun calling in sick.

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