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Pennsylvania farmers and fruit growers rely heavily on immigrants to tend the fields and harvest the crops. Many of the workers, mostly Hispanic, entered the US illegally, settling in rural communities and raising their families while working the fields. But stepped-up immigration enforcement by the Trump administration threatens this way of life, according to farmers and food processors who worry they won’t have enough workers to stay in business.

Techie tune-up: The US military tends to be risk averse, often adopting technology only after it’s been perfected. But, by that time, the innovation could also be outdated. Now the Department of Defense is teaming of with some of the biggest techie risk takers out there — startups in Silicon Valley, where risk and speed drive innovation.

Free college tuition: Tennessee is about to become the first state in the nation to offer free community college. The push comes as more US cities explore the idea of free community college tuition for residents. Community colleges are an integral part of the US educational system, serving almost half of all undergraduate students in the United States.

New trend? More Africans have been ordered to leave the United States in the first three months of 2017 than in all of 2016. The US has ordered the deportation of more than 1,200 Africans so far in 2017, with citizens of Ghana, Nigeria, Somalia and Kenya receiving the most removal orders by far. After a decade of declining removal rates, more African immigrants are now living in fear of deportation.

VIDEO EXPLAINER: Extortionists are attacking computers worldwide, creating havoc in 150 countries. The cyberattackers use malicious software known as ‘ransomware,’ which stops you from using your computer and holds your PC or files for ransom. Here’s how it works.

India appears to be resisting China’s push to take a bigger role in global affairs — especially when it comes to Beijing’s presence in India’s neighborhood. New Delhi skipped China’s just ended Belt and Road summit, citing concerns that the project runs through disputed Kashmir, but analysts say India might also be deeply uneasy about the initiative’s strategic implications.

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: By now, we’ve all heard the horrible stories of Yazidi women being forced into sexual slavery by Islamic State. But the group’s brutality extended to others as well, including small children. In Mosul, VOA meets a three-year-old boy who was tortured by his IS captor and bears the physical and mental scars of his ordeal.