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An advertisement featuring actress Sydney Sweeney outside an American Eagle store in New York. The tagline was controversial — "Sydney Sweeney has great jeans." But there's another issue: Who are the garment workers who make the jeans and what are their working conditions like?
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Sydney Sweeney has great jeans. Who made them? (Psst: Workers) 
Diaa Hadid
Sydney Sweeney has great jeans, American Eagle Outfitters tells us. But who made them? And what are working conditions like in the garment factories of Pakistan and Bangladesh?
The American Heritage river cruise paddleboat is seen on its side after being struck by the Atlantic Asphalt tanker ship in the Mississippi River, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, in New Orleans.
Gerald Herbert
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AP
New Orleans port sues owners of tanker involved in Mississippi crash
Ava Pukatch
Georgia state Rep. Carolyn Hugley, the party's nominee for speaker of the state House, speaks in front of members of the Democratic caucus Thursday in the capitol.
Sarah Kallis
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GPB News
Midterm voters ended the long-running GOP dominance in state legislatures
Saige Miller
Children wearing Halloween costumes play on the playground of Kids Campus in Santa Fe, N.M.
Nina Alexandria Riggio for NPR
New Mexico wanted free childcare for all. This is what's worked — and what hasn't
Julie Depenbrock
Texas Standard
FAA lifts nationwide ground stop after telecommunications outage disrupts Texas flights
Nearly 1,000 flights were delayed or canceled at major Texas airports Friday after a communications failure prompted the FAA to temporarily halt departures nationwide.
Collection up for auction gives collectors rare opportunity for a piece of Texas history
‘We’re just trying to make good stuff’: Tim Heidecker talks Texas tour, InfoWars takeover
It’s not us, it’s you: Why Collin County voters broke up with Ken Paxton
How you can go beachcombing in the West Texas desert
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