Should DNA technology be used to reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border? Genetic tests have helped an organization called DNA-Prokids reconnect more than 1,000 missing children with their families in Mexico, Nepal, Thailand and many other countries. Several companies have offered to donate DNA kits, but here’s why leading migrant rights groups have rejected the idea.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On June 28, 1953, the first Corvette, which goes on to become an iconic American sports car, is assembled at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan. Just 300 of the two-seater vehicles are produced that year and they sell for $3,498.00. (Photo: The Corvette as it looked when introduced in 1953.)

A clearer picture is emerging about what’s happening at the US-Mexico border.Syracuse University released information it obtained from a Freedom of Information Act campaign. The data covers the period from October 2014 through April 2018 and gives a good idea of what has been happening relatively recently. The bottom line? Arrests are down, deportations are quick.

As President Trump campaigns for fellow Republicans ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, he’s left little doubt that he intends to make immigration a central issue in congressional elections this November. That strategy, however, involves a measure of political risk.

Conservatives are likely to have control over the nation’s highest court for years to come. The impending retirement of US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, the key swing vote on the high court, gives President Trump the chance to make the second high court appointment of his term, setting the stage for one of the most consequential confirmation battles in decades.

VIDEO: Fifth graders are creating a ‘Butterfly Effect’ at their Virginia school. Putting what they learn in class into practice, they’re tending to a butterfly garden at school. Their hard work was rewarded when a group of the rapidly declining Monarch butterflies landed in their garden.

StoryCorps: A New York man who lost his fiancee on Sept. 11, 2001 — after terrorists flew airliners into the World Trade Center buildings — recalls what he’s lost. Richie Pecorella describes that horrible day and says that all these years later Karen Juday continues to be his love and inspiration.