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Pioneer Day is akin to the Fourth of July for Utah. Pioneers coming here kicked off the birth of the state and gave the persecuted Latter-day Saints a homeland. This year, one celebration acknowledged treatment of Native Americans.

Hundreds of applicants poured into the Dallas police following the fatal shooting of five officers. But comparatively low salaries continue to complicate efforts to recruit and retain good officers.

Tarkpor Mambia of Liberia is now a student in Massachusetts. When he learned of his sister's death, he was determined to go to the nation's capital to put a human face on global health issues.

Target department stores bought every advertisement in The New Yorker magazine this week. Target did this before, when it bought all the advertising space in an issue of People magazine. Alex Chadwick talks with Slate contributor Bryan Curtis, who examines what the buy-up says about Target's prime audience.

Dr. Adam McMahan comes to Klukwan, a tiny town in Southeast Alaska, just two days a week. But he's come to know his patients well, and attends to more than just their medical needs.

A review of research on childhood obesity during the pandemic indicates that what was a problem before COVID-19 is even more so after the last two years of altered behaviors.

The holiday season is filled with celebratory customs and cultural traditions. But why exactly are there so many holidays this time of year? And what impact has social media had on how we celebrate?

This weekend on Lake Effect:Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco discusses how the story of America includes the story of marginalized people who all have a…

Friday on Lake Effect:An opponent of mining up north takes on the conventional wisdom about jobs. But others say experienced miners have been forced out…

This weekend on Lake Effect:A new analysis takes a look at second-offense marijuana possession arrests in Milwaukee County - a felony, in Wisconsin. Then,…