For William Shatner, seeing Earth from space was moving and heartbreaking
25 Oct 2022
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A year ago, William Shatner, the actor who played Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek series, bo...
It's Not Just The U.S. There Are Signs Of A Global Economic Downturn.
24 Oct 2022
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The war in Ukraine is stressing global energy and food markets. China's COVID-19 lockdowns continue ...
Is Britain's Political Turmoil a Lesson in Democracy for the U.S?
22 Oct 2022
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This week, politics in the UK looked a little — crazy. Outraged members of Parliament yelled thei...
Former President Donald Trump Subpoenaed by House January 6 Committee
21 Oct 2022
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The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot has subpoenaed former President Donald ...
As Election Day Nears, Democrats Rest Hopes On Abortion Rights
20 Oct 2022
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Election day is less than three weeks away, and Democrats are trying desperately to hold on to their...
What A Third Term For Xi Jinping Could Mean For China And The World
19 Oct 2022
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This week, China's Communist Party Congress is expected to approve a historic third term in office f...
Ongoing Protests In Iran Echo A Century-Old Revolution
18 Oct 2022
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It's been more than a month since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after being detained by Iran's morali...
How PPP Loan Forgiveness Became a Messy Process with Limited Scrutiny
17 Oct 2022
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The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was designed to soften the financial impact of the pandemic fo...
What Does a Record Number of Black Candidates Really Mean for Republicans?
15 Oct 2022
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In a party not known for ethnic diversity, 22 Black candidates are running for Republican House seat...
Are We Ready for Another COVID Surge?
14 Oct 2022
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Public health officials are warning of a possible surge in COVID cases this winter. How bad it could...
Does The U.S.-Saudi Alliance Have A Future?
13 Oct 2022
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President Biden met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this summer — a man he ha...
#Dementia TikTok Is A Vibrant, Supportive Community
12 Oct 2022
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There are more than 16 million people in the U.S. that are caring for someone with Alzheimer's and r...
A Russian Missile, A Little Pink Coffin And Unimaginable Grief
11 Oct 2022
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In the span of one morning this week, Russian airstrikes hit cities across Ukraine—some hundreds o...
The Supreme Court Case That Will Decide if Voting Rights Should Be Race-Blind
10 Oct 2022
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Last week, the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in Merrill v. Mulligan, a case that could gut t...
Report on Pervasive Culture of Abuse in Women's Pro Soccer Incudes Youth Sports
08 Oct 2022
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Over the past few years, we've heard shocking allegations from women athletes about experiencing sex...
Chess, Fishing, Irish Dancing: Cheating Scandals Reveal Why We Care About Cheating
07 Oct 2022
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Cheating allegations have rocked many worlds over the last few weeks.Chess, fishing, poker, and even...
Is Independence The Answer For Puerto Rico?
06 Oct 2022
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As a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico is perpetually stuck in limbo.The people there are subject to feder...
Prescribed Burns Started a Wildfire, But Experts Say They're A Crucial Tool
05 Oct 2022
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After a prescribed burn became the largest wildfire in New Mexico history earlier this year, the U.S...
Migration Is Shifting. Who Is Crossing Where?
04 Oct 2022
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The past twelve months have been the deadliest on record for the migrants crossing the Southern U.S....
As Mortgage Rates Climb, A Hot Housing Market Cools
03 Oct 2022
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Higher mortgage rates are putting a damper on the U.S. housing market. Home prices are down and sale...
Is the Electoral College Anti-Democratic?
01 Oct 2022
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The Electoral Count Reform Act is a bipartisan response to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capito...
Russia's Illegal Annexation Ushers In A Dangerous New Phase Of The War
30 Sep 2022
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the formal annexation of four territories in Ukraine on F...
Hurricane Ian Tears Across Florida
29 Sep 2022
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Hurricane Ian carved a path of destruction through central Florida, with extreme winds, heavy rains ...
In Iran Protests, Anger At Hijab Rules Is "The Tip Of The Iceberg"
28 Sep 2022
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The widespread protests in Iran were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She died after...
The Heartbreak And Cost Of Losing A Baby In America
27 Sep 2022
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Every year, more than 300,000 U.S. families have infants who require advanced medical care in neonat...
The Civil Rights Activist Sharing Her Story With A New Generation
26 Sep 2022
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Ruby Bridges was just six years old in 1960 when she became the first Black child to desegregate the...
What's Really Causing America's Mental Health Crisis?
24 Sep 2022
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This week the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced recommendations that doctors screen all ...
Scandals? What Scandals? The NFL Keeps Surging.
23 Sep 2022
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The NFL has dealt with plenty of scandal this century, but this offseason was pretty rough. Accusati...
The Stories Of People Serving Life Sentences, In Their Own Words
22 Sep 2022
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More than 55,000 people in the U.S. are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole, ac...
An Unfinished Recovery From Hurricane Maria Left Puerto Rico Vulnerable to Fiona
21 Sep 2022
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has allocated billions of dollars to Puerto Rico to help it ...
The Experiment Aiming To Keep Drug Users Alive By Helping Them Get High More Safely
20 Sep 2022
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As record numbers of people in the U.S. die from drug overdoses, communities are searching for tools...
Britain And Its Former Colonies Debate The Monarchy's Future After Elizabeth
19 Sep 2022
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For many in the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth was synonymous with the monarchy. As she's laid to r...
College Athletes Cash in on Endorsements, but Playing Field is Uneven
17 Sep 2022
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Since a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for college athletes to profit from the use of their name...
Strippers In The U.S. Want Better Work Conditions. Some Are Trying to Unionize
16 Sep 2022
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For the past six months, dancers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in Los Angeles have been striki...
COVID Risk May Be Falling, But It's Still Claiming Hundreds Of Lives A Day
15 Sep 2022
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It's a strange moment in the pandemic. Mask mandates and other restrictions have all but disappeared...
With New Counteroffensive, Ukraine Punches Back
14 Sep 2022
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Over the past week, the Ukrainian military has retaken thousands of square miles of territory from R...
Does Social Media Leave You Feeling Angry? That Might Be Intentional
13 Sep 2022
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Social media platforms have helped fuel political polarization and incitements to violence across th...
How Owning A Mobile Home Can Leave You On Shaky Ground
12 Sep 2022
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A lot of mobile homes aren't actually that mobile. They're brought in trucks in big pieces, then scr...
When Fashion Is About More Than Trendy Clothes
10 Sep 2022
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Even if you have never walked the red carpet at the Met Gala, or sat in the front row of a Fashion W...
Quiet Quitting: A Loud Trend Overtaking Social Media
09 Sep 2022
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Quiet quitting. It's a buzzy topic in the workplace and on social media, sparked by a viral TikTok v...
The Life And Reign Of Queen Elizabeth II
08 Sep 2022
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Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch of Britain since 1952, died on Thursday at the age of 96. She reigne...
In Jackson, Mississippi, A Water Crisis Decades In The Making
07 Sep 2022
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For more than a month, residents of Jackson, Mississippi, have not had access to safe drinking water...
Traffic Deaths Are At A 20-Year High. What Makes Roads Safe (Or Not)?
06 Sep 2022
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Traffic fatalities have surged since the early days of the pandemic, reversing a persistent decline ...
Tracking Down A Journalist's Killers
05 Sep 2022
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When Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in 2017, she was in the midst of reporting...
The Quiet Trend of Reimagining and Reusing Prisons and Jails
04 Sep 2022
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After decades of scandals over horrible conditions, many states are reimagining prisons and jails an...
This Tool Was Supposed To Detect Election Hacking. Now It's A Misinformation Target
02 Sep 2022
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After the 2016 election – and Russian hacking attempts targeted at local election offices – hund...
Still Reeling, Uvalde Goes Back To School
01 Sep 2022
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Students in Uvalde, Texas are going back to school for the first time since a gunman killed 19 stude...
As Climate Change Drives More Disasters, What Can We Learn From 'Katrina Babies'?
31 Aug 2022
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It's been 17 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, permanently changing life for man...
In Serena Williams, A Generation Of Black Players Saw A Legend "Who Looked Like Me"
30 Aug 2022
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Serena Williams dominated tennis for the better part of two decades. Her athleticism and aggressive ...
Abortion Bans Bring Back Painful Memories For One Rape Survivor
29 Aug 2022
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This summer, just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the story of a 10-year-old g...
To attract and retain teachers, some schools are getting creative
27 Aug 2022
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Across the country, some teachers are deciding not to return to the classroom this September. The pa...
What You Need To Know About Biden's Plan to Forgive Student Loan Debt
26 Aug 2022
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President Biden's plan to forgive federal student loan debt – up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipie...
Dr. Anthony Fauci Steps Away
25 Aug 2022
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For nearly four decades, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been leading the fight against infectious diseases in...
For Families Of Ukrainian Prisoners Of War, An Agonizing Search For Answers
24 Aug 2022
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The soldiers known as the Azovstal defenders are heroes in Ukraine. They held out for months against...
As Inflation Eases, Food Prices Soar
23 Aug 2022
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Gas prices are down. Inflation is dropping ever so slightly. But the cost of food is going up. The p...
Life For Afghan Women And Girls Under Taliban Rule
22 Aug 2022
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One year after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, the lives of women and girls have changed dram...
Close to a decade after a catfishing incident, former NFL player Manti Te'o opens up
20 Aug 2022
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It's the kind of captivating, complex story that's hard to forget once you hear it. In 2012, star No...
$4 Trillion: How The Biden Administration's Legislative Successes Became Reality
19 Aug 2022
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President Biden had the narrowest possible Democratic Majority in the Senate when he took office. Ye...
Trying To Heal The Wounds Of Partition, 75 Years Later
18 Aug 2022
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75 years ago this week, British colonial rule ended in India. Two new nations emerged - Muslim-major...
Where Does Liz Cheney Go From Here?
17 Aug 2022
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A key primary this week in Wyoming re-affirmed Donald Trump's hold on the Republican party.As expect...
How The Family Separation Policy Came To Be
16 Aug 2022
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In 2018, more than 5,500 children of immigrants were separated from their parents at the border.The ...
A U.S. Marine's View From Kabul's Airport As the City Fell to the Taliban
15 Aug 2022
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One year ago, on August 15, 2021, the Taliban swept into power in Kabul. It's a day that many rememb...
High profile grads and a yearning for respite have helped boost HBCU applications
13 Aug 2022
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At one point, over 90% of African Americans with a college degree obtained it from an HBCU. But in t...
What Is The Status Of All Of Trump's Legal Woes?
12 Aug 2022
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Former President Donald Trump is dominating headlines yet again. Earlier this week, the FBI took sev...
What The Climate Package Means For A Warming Planet
11 Aug 2022
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Up until a few weeks ago, meaningful climate legislation was sidelined in the U.S. Senate. But after...
From The Grassroots To The Top Of The Ticket, Election Denial Looms Large in GOP
10 Aug 2022
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In Republican politics, one of the biggest issues in the 2022 election is the 2020 election. In at l...
How The U.S. Gave Away Cutting-Edge Technology To China
09 Aug 2022
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Researchers at an American national laboratory spent years developing cutting-edge vanadium redox fl...
The Course Of The War In Ukraine Hinges On The Fight For Kherson
08 Aug 2022
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All eyes are on Kherson. In Ukraine's first major offensive of the war, soldiers are pushing towards...
Palestinian pop singer Bashar Murad struggles for freedom and equality on two fronts
06 Aug 2022
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Bashar Murad's danceable riffs and live concerts and videos - filled with bubbles, enormous hats, an...
As U.S. Declares Monkeypox A Public Health Emergency, What To Know About The Risks
05 Aug 2022
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This week the Biden administration declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. And as...
The National Security Advisor's Very Busy Week
04 Aug 2022
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With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, the U.S. airstrike that killed al-Qaida leader Ay...
Abortion Bans Have Consequences For Wanted Pregnancies, Too
03 Aug 2022
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Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, a dozen states have implemented laws banning or severely restricting ...
Al Qaeda Leader Killed In U.S. Drone Strike In Afghanistan
02 Aug 2022
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al Qaeda, was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan o...
Why We Will See More Devastating Floods Like The Ones In Kentucky
01 Aug 2022
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Dee Davis remembers watching his grandmother float by in a canoe during the 1957 flood that hit Whit...
Being An Abortion Doula In A Post-Roe World
30 Jul 2022
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You may have never heard the phrase abortion doula, but for years they have been working to support ...
In Canada, The Pope Delivers An Apology To Indigenous Peoples
29 Jul 2022
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This week, Pope Francis has been in Canada, on what he calls a "Pilgrimage of Penance". He's been go...
How To Protect Yourself From The BA.5 Omicron Subvariant
28 Jul 2022
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The BA.5 variant is the most dominant strain of COVID-19 in the country, according to the Centers fo...
What We Lost When Hotels Stopped Being Housing
27 Jul 2022
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Residential hotels used to play a huge role in the American housing landscape, providing flexible ac...
The Long And Winding Journey Of The James Webb Space Telescope
26 Jul 2022
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The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of the universe that have stunned both scientists...
With Inflation Soaring, The Fed Weighs Another Interest Rate Hike
25 Jul 2022
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Food, gas, rent — prices are climbing across the board. As inflation hit a 40-year high last month...
Do Police Officers View Themselves Differently As Public Perception of Them Changes?
23 Jul 2022
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This week dozens of family members of victims of the Uvalde Texas school shooting showed up at the t...
The January 6th Committee Rests Its Case For Now, And Eyes Turn to Merrick Garland
22 Jul 2022
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This week the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol wrapp...
Climate Change And Record Breaking Heat Around The World
21 Jul 2022
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Record high temperatures have wreaked havoc around the world this week. In Southern England, railway...
How To Talk To Kids About Abortion
20 Jul 2022
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Talking about abortion can be difficult even among adults. So how do you talk to kids about it? We a...
He Tracked Down Nazi War Criminals. Now He's Investigating Atrocities In Ukraine
19 Jul 2022
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How serious is the U.S. about investigating Russian war crimes in Ukraine? They put Eli Rosenbaum on...
As States Ban Abortion, Demand For Contraceptives Is Rising
18 Jul 2022
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Interest in birth control and emergency contraception has surged since the U.S. Supreme Court overtu...
In A Divided America, Can The January 6 Hearing Change Hearts And Minds?
16 Jul 2022
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The televised probe into the mob attack on the Capitol has dropped plenty of bombshells as insider t...
As Monkeypox Cases Climb, U.S. Officials Increase Testing and Order More Vaccine Doses
15 Jul 2022
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Public health experts know what it takes to get a disease outbreak under control - widespread testin...
They Don't Trust Election Officials, So They're Doing Their Own Door-To-Door Audit
14 Jul 2022
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Your vote is secret. But the fact that you voted in an election is typically public record.So some p...
What We Learned From This Week's Jan. 6 Hearing — And What Questions Still Remain
13 Jul 2022
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In a tweet sent on December 19, 2021, former President Trump issued what Democrats now say was a "cl...
As New Variant Surges, Officials Warn More Will Follow Without Global Vax Effort
12 Jul 2022
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A new omicron subvariant is now the most dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. It's called BA.5 —...
The Other Gun Deaths
11 Jul 2022
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Mass shooting deaths represent just a fraction of people killed by gun violence in America, and more...
What Will It Take To Get Brittney Griner Out Of Detention In Russia?
09 Jul 2022
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When the Women's NBA All-Star Game gets underway this weekend, the league will be missing one of its...
The Supreme Court just had its most conservative term in nine decades
08 Jul 2022
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A wave of decisions by the Supreme Court's conservative majority has lead to criticism that the cour...
The Stolen Election Lie Keeps Spreading, Here Are Some Of The People Responsible
07 Jul 2022
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Donald Trump's lie that the election was stolen from him continues to spread. That's, in large part,...
Your Vaccine Questions Answered
06 Jul 2022
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COVID vaccines are available to children as young as six months old. Still, plenty of parents and ca...
Post-Roe America: A Chaotic Patchwork Of Litigation
05 Jul 2022
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Trigger bans. Restraining orders. State and local disputes. New fights about old laws. After Roe, st...
Songs Of The Summer In A Time Of Protest
04 Jul 2022
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It may be too soon to crown the "song of the summer". NPR Music's Stephen Thompson says there's no o...
Criminal Prosecution Of Pregnancy Loss Expected To Increase Post-Roe
02 Jul 2022
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In states across the country, long before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, pregnant people ...
Summer Travel Is Chaos Right Now. Here's Some Reasons Why
01 Jul 2022
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As many countries have loosened their COVID-19 restrictions and reopened their borders, the demand f...