16
Puppies rescued by a St. Louis couple after being abandoned on a roadside during a 100-degree Fahrenheit heatwave. The couple, hailed online as heroes, handed the puppies over to the Stray Rescue of St. Louis, a local animal shelter, and all 16 puppies have since found foster homes.
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430,000
Migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela could lose legal humanitarian parole protections after a federal appeals court ruled on Sept. 5 that the Trump administration can end the program. Created under the Biden administration, allowed migrants to live and work in the United States temporarily while fleeing crises in their home countries.
$350 million
The amount of federal grants withheld from minority-serving colleges by the Trump administration. The Education Department said it cut the funds because awarding them based on racial or ethnic enrollment quotas is unconstitutional.
1700 square kilometers
The remaining size of the world’s largest iceberg, A23a. Once as large as Hawaii’s Oahu, now rapidly breaking apart after nearly 40 years drifting from Antarctica into warmer waters.
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Missouri Republicans advanced a proposed congressional map to shift the state’s delegation from six Republicans and two Democrats to seven Republicans and one Democrat. The plan breaks up the 5th District, currently held by Democrat Emmanuel Cleaver, aiming to make it more conservative.
