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It’s not always about US workers losing jobs to China. A small American town is about to get a boost from China’s largest textile company, which says it will create 800 jobs and pay wages of more than $15 an hour once it turns an abandoned TV manufacturing plant into a yarn spinning factory in an economically challenged part of Arkansas.

VIDEO EXPLAINER: The Trump administration says it will end DACA in six months. The Obama-era program shields nearly 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants from deportation. All eyes are now on Congress to see if legislators can reach an immigration deal that will keep so-called Dreamers from being deported. Here’s the deal on the DACA changes.

Taing Kim vividly remembers the evening in 1975, when the Khmer Rouge came to her village and bludgeoned her husband to death before gang-raping the then-23 year old. When her second husband found out about the rape years later, he left her. Taing Kim is among the thousands of women who were victims of sexual violence during the Khmer Rouge’s brutal 4-year reign. Most have suffered in silence and shame in a conservative society that offers little sympathy for rape victims.

Migrants in Italy are training to become beekeepers, eventually finding work with honey producers who need employees. Aid groups say new efforts by European leaders to stem the flow of migrants from Africa ignores the fact that Europe needs more workers. According to Oxfam, Italy alone will need 1.6 million migrants over the next 10 years.

Hurricane Harvey highlights the threat natural disasters can pose to telecommunication systems. When those networks go down, entire cities and communities are cut off from each other. But people can stay connected with do-it-yourself mesh networks, which were originally developed for military use.

VIDEO: The Grand Canyon is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Mikah Meyer, who’s been visiting national parks across the nation, spent eight days in the canyon in an adventure he says he’ll never forget.