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A group of asylum-seekers from Ecuador wait in a makeshift camp after crossing the nearby border with Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Migrants continue to arrive to desert campsites along California’s border with Mexico, as they await processing in tents made from tree branches. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) CAGB102 CAGB102

After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents

After a dip in illegal crossings that followed policy changes, the administration is again on its heels as more asylum-seekers cross the border from Mexico. WATCH

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FILE — Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, at home in Plains, Ga. on June 25, 2021. Carter was not suffering any particular ailment that prompted him to enter hospice care in February, but was tired of being in and out of the hospital. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT0295
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Jimmy Carter’s final chapter continues with peanut butter ice cream and an upcoming 99th birthday

A man poses for a picture with a sea lion Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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San Diego closes off sea lion hot spot where selfie-taking humans are just too much

La Esperanza prison in San Salvador. The Salvadoran government says it has arrested at least 72,000 people since declaring a state of emergency in March 2022. Photo for The Washington Post by Fred Ramos
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How to match El Salvador's success against gangs? First, dismantle democracy VIEW

The sun rises over one of the Twin Mounds at Fort Ancient Earthworks, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in Oregonia Ohio. Fort Ancient is part of a network of ancient American Indian ceremonial and burial mounds around Ohio that were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) OHJB101 OHJB101
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Network of ancient American Indian earthworks in Ohio named as UNESCO World Heritage sites VIEW

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Yolanda Fraser, Kaysera Stops Pretty Places’ grandmother, gets a hug before a dedication ceremony for a billboard in support of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People movement on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, along I-90 in Hardin, Mont. (AP Photo/Mike Clark) MTMC105 MTMC105

A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths, disappearances WATCH

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., stops for reporters’ questions about passing a funding bill and avoiding a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. McCarthy is trying to win support from right-wing Republicans by including spending cuts and conservative proposals for border security and immigration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA106 DCSA106

Government shutdown risk spikes as House Republicans leave town in disarray amid hard-right revolt VIEW

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In this image taken from a video released by the 3rd Assault Brigade, a Ukrainian servicemen fires machine gun towards Russian positions near Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Aug. 27, 2023. Ukrainian brigade’s two-month battle to fight its way through a charred forest shows the challenges of the country’s counteroffensive in the east and south. (AP Photo) XFD203 XFD203

Fighting ‘through hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade must first survive the forest VIEW

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The Kraft logo appears outside of the headquarters on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Northfield, Ill. Some of the most familiar names in ketchup, pickles, cheese and hot dogs are set to come under the same roof after H.J. Heinz Co. announced plans to buy Kraft and create one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Kraft Heinz recalls 83,000 cases of cheese slices

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Bottles of Diet Coke sit on a shelf in a market in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) PAGP

Smuggling 20 Diet Cokes? The foods Americans can’t travel without.