I calculated that the crossing should take me about four hours. The bay is just shy of 11 miles wide where I wanted to cross.

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Migrant detainees staged a protest at an ICE-run facility in Miami on Thursday. NPR reports on the deteriorating conditions at this immigration facility and others throughout Florida.

Regina Collins and her then-partner decided to try to have a baby 20 years ago. But there were limited options for same-sex couples. In this StoryCorps, she tells her son how they became a family.

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Veteran advocates fought for decades to close a loophole with the GI Bill that made veterans a target of for-profit universities. Trump's budget bill has language to bring that loophole back.

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