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MASS SURVEILLANCE ON THE PRAIRIE IN THE SHOW ME STATE

The beer tent ID scanner was supposed to check if Ricardo Montes was 21. Instead, it fed his name into a federal immigration database — and ICE was already waiting.

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CRIME & JUSTICE

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House of Horrors: 56 Decomposing Bodies and Unreturned Ashes Found at Chicago Funeral Home

In a gruesome discovery that has left a community traumatized and grieving families desperate for answers, authorities have uncovered 56 decomposing bodies and more than 50 boxes of cremated remains at a Far South Side funeral home.

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PUBLIC HEALTH

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THE LETTUCE THAT'S EATING ARKANSAS

Last year, the entire state recorded seven cases of cyclosporiasis. This year: 237 and climbing. The parasite rode into the Natural State on shredded iceberg lettuce from central Mexico — and nobody saw it coming.

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