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In every state, governments charge parents for the cost of foster care when children are taken away. When that happens, NPR found, poor parents can’t make ends meet, so families are kept apart longer. (Image credit: Joseph Shapiro/NPR)

In every state, governments charge parents for the cost of foster care when children are taken away. When that happens, NPR found, poor parents can’t make ends meet, so families are kept apart longer. (Image credit: Joseph Shapiro/NPR)

Iran’s new president will be looking to show he can improve the country’s economy and to tamp down public dissent among Iranians. that might hinge on its nuclear program and relations with the West.

Iran’s new president will be looking to show he can improve the country’s economy and to tamp down public dissent among Iranians. that might hinge on its nuclear program and relations with the West.

British Columbia was devastated by natural disasters this year attributed to climate change. The Canadian province is evaluating how to prepare for the next disasters.

CDC cuts isolation time for Americans who test positive for COVID-19 from 10 days to 5: Updates  USA TODAY CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation, quarantine for all  Associated Press Fauci says New York was right to ease quarantine rules for health care

CDC cuts isolation time for Americans who test positive for COVID-19 from 10 days to 5: Updates  USA TODAY CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation, quarantine for all  Associated Press Fauci says New York was right to ease quarantine rules for health care

A judge on Monday was scheduled to consider a request from prosecutors to reduce the 110-year prison sentence of a trucker for an explosive crash that killed four people in suburban Denver.

Chinese lending transformed economies across the developing world. Now, as bills are coming due, attention is turning to how aggressively Beijing is enforcing contractual obligations.

The case is among many brought against the 76-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate since the army seized power on Feb. 1. (Image credit: Peter Dejong/AP file photo)