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Southern California is waking up this morning from the first tropical storm to hit the region in nine decades, which brought heavy rainfall but not the fatalities officials had feared. Hilary, now a post-tropical cyclone, left some roads underwater and forced Los Angeles public schools — the nation’s second-largest district — to close on Monday.
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Anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo beat the odds to win Guatemala’s presidential election, a victory many hope will stop the country’s democratic backslide. Arévalo, a former academic, diplomat and the son of Guatemala’s first democratically elected president, leads with more than 20 percentage votes.
Tennessee lawmakers are holding a special session this week to talk about public safety, led in part by Rep. Justin Pearson — one of the three Democrats expelled (and reelected) earlier this year for leading a gun control protest on the House floor. Tennessee doesn’t have penalties for unsafe gun storage or require permits to carry ages 18 and up.
Picture show
Mainstream media representations of the Manenberg neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa tend to focus on the violence and bloodshed of its gang wars: Residents are three times as likely to be murdered than those anywhere else in the country. Photojournalist Sarah Stacke has spent over a decade visiting — and growing close — with families who live there. Her ongoing series “Love from Manenberg” documents the joys and challenges of their everyday lives, as well as what she calls the “texture, unity and comfort” of the place they call home.
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Living Better is a special series about what it takes to stay healthy in America.
When outdoor air quality is bad, experts say to stay inside. But the air inside could also be full of harmful things like mold from high humidity, gasses from stoves or space heaters and vapors from cleaning supplies. Poor indoor air quality can lead to things like irritation of the eyes and throat, headaches, dizziness, asthma attacks and even other respiratory and cognitive risks. Here’s how to improve it:
3 things to know before you go
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