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Andrew Goodman, one of the three civil rights activists slain in Mississippi, spent summers with his family in New York's Adirondack Mountains. People in the village of Tupper Lake, N.Y., say Goodman should be remembered as a hero.

The heart of Iraq's refugee crisis lies in the country's north, where the Yazidi people, a religious minority, are fleeing the approach of Islamic State militants.

Rescue crews pull four bodies out of the large mudslide in the coastal town of La Conchita, California. A Ventura County spokeswoman says crews have found nine people alive using specialized listening gear. From member station KCRW, Eric Roy reports.

Earlier this week, the people of Pakistan elected a new parliament, with the majority of the seats going to the party of the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Economist Zehra Aftab and Professor Ali Cheema discuss the significance of the power shift.

At the peak of San Diego's wildfires, Qualcomm Stadium served as a shelter for up to 10,000 evacuees. Now, the shelter is about to close, as people return to their homes — or what's left of them.

Newsweek columnist Daniel Gross says a lot of people use home equity to buy big-ticket items, such as boats and cars, and those industries are already blaming a downturn in business on the problems in the housing market.

The Senate's new plan to battle the housing crisis includes tax breaks for homebuilders and tax credits to those buying foreclosed homes. It includes little helping for people who are facing foreclosure, however.

A new comic book hero, named for Puerto Rico's national anthem, is rallying people for social justice causes on the island. We talk with La Borinqueña's creator, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez.

Supporters gathered today at ‘The Center’ in Orlando, a GLBT support organization.Gina Duncan, of Equality Florida, was there. She says the news came as a…

African-Americans weren't the only group of people segregated in U.S. history. We hear from a Mexican-American who was prohibited from attending white schools in the Southwest.