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Some residents of Strafford, Vt., are trying to preserve their general store by buying it and hiring an operator with a promise to keep it local.

Crime has been dropping, nationally -- but car jackings remain higher than before the pandemic. A new study analyzes the data on this crime, which may have finally peaked in 2024.

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Film director Barry Jenkins draws a Wild Card question and talks about where he'd go to feel safe as a child.

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