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A man is facing charges after a drug bust on Interstate 10 led to the seizure of a large amount of fentanyl. On March 10, troopers with the Arizona Department of Transportation and a U.S. Border Patrol agent conducted a traffic stop on a driver of a Volkswagen Jetta.

Sometimes the only legitimate approach to heavy metal is to get to the fucking point, and quick. EXTINCTION A.D. have already established themselve...

Was April worth it? Five Nicaraguans explain how April’s Rebellion changed their lives An image of the Jean Paul Genie roundabout, taken in August 2018, when Nicaraguans were reinstalling crosses in memory of those killed that had been destroyed by FSLN sympathizers // Photo: Archivo | Carlos Herrera | Confidencial An image of the Jean Paul Genie roundabout, taken in August 2018, when Nicaraguans were reinstalling crosses in memory of those killed that had been destroyed by FSLN sympathizer...

The Return of Rouge Linda Wells © Elliot+Erick Jimenez Flushed cheeks convey joy, passion, and excitement. Why blush suddenly feels so right for 2021. The heat starts in my cheeks like a very focused fever. It travels down, blotching my neck and chest, scorching my ears, and shooting up to my scalp, where it pricks the root of every hair. I could, at any moment, spontaneously combust. My skin has betrayed me, in fourth grade history and sophomore physics, in class plays and d...

Graphic: Natalie Peeples In the compulsively readable Infinite Country, author Patricia Engel travels between all manner of borders, figurative and otherwise. The 2011 PEN/Hemingway finalist moves from the intimate—taking inspiration from the lives of family members—to the universal, in the shared history of migration. Many storytellers get tripped up on such a journey, as they end up crafting either what’s deemed too specific a story (and “not relatable enough”) or, in an attempt to...