NPR Investigates: How States Charge Poor Parents For Their Own Kids' Foster Care
27 Dec 2021
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An NPR investigation digs into the practice of billing parents for their children's foster care — ...
The Holiday Dishes That Are Never Missing From Your Table
24 Dec 2021
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After everything that has happened this year, it can feel difficult to find things to celebrate. So...
Manchin's Holiday Gift To Fellow Dems: A Lump Of Coal On Climate Change
23 Dec 2021
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This week, Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said he cannot support the Build Back Better...
The Women Of 'Succession' And Reflections On Navigating Corporate Sexism
22 Dec 2021
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The HBO show Succession is compelling in part because it portrays a world most of us will never see:...
How To Get Through The Holidays As Omicron Looms
21 Dec 2021
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This holiday season we all deserve a little peace and quiet with the people we love, but the rapid s...
School's In, But The Kids Are Out: Why Enrollment Continues To Drop
20 Dec 2021
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Public school enrollment dropped three percent nationwide during the 2020-2021 school year.NPR's edu...
BONUS: 12 Favorite Moments Of 2021
19 Dec 2021
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NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast has a tradition to look back on some of their favorite things f...
Fox Hosts' Texts To White House Official Contradict Coverage Of Jan. 6 Capitol Siege
17 Dec 2021
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On Jan. 6, three Fox News hosts desperately urged former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meado...
The Story Behind the Summit: Leading A Global Climate Change Fight Into 2022
16 Dec 2021
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The COP26 Summit, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow last month brought to...
Deadly Tornadoes Bring Heartbreak And Questions on Resiliency and Climate Change
15 Dec 2021
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Five days after tornadoes first touched down in the Midwest and South of the U.S., survivors are com...
How A Pact Made In Prison May Have Saved An American's Life
14 Dec 2021
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Kevin Dawes, an American from California, traveled to Syria in 2012 with hopes of a launching a care...
Hunting A Rapid COVID Test For The Holidays? Good Luck With That
13 Dec 2021
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Almost two years into the pandemic, at-home rapid tests can still be difficult to find in the U.S. I...
What We Learned When Elizabeth Holmes Took The Stand In Her Fraud Trial
10 Dec 2021
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After seven days of testimony directly from Elizabeth Holmes, her defense announced it had rested it...
Why 'Abortion Or Adoption' Is Not An Equal Choice
09 Dec 2021
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During oral arguments last week in a major Supreme Court case, Justice Amy Coney Barrett brought up ...
US Political Divide Reflected in Attitudes And Deaths Related to COVID
08 Dec 2021
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At least six conservative broadcasters who spread misinformation about COVID-19 and questioned coron...
A Real-Life Pearl Harbor Love Story
07 Dec 2021
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In October of 1941, a young soldier was on leave in southern California when he met the woman he was...
Women's Tennis Stands Up To China
06 Dec 2021
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Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai made an assault allegation in November, then disappeared from the pub...
Bonus: Banned Books
05 Dec 2021
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Banning books from classrooms and school libraries is nothing new, but it's recently become a topic ...
Omicron Is Here. What That Means For The Winter
03 Dec 2021
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It was only a matter of time before cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant started popping up in the ...
Why Americans Love To Shop And What It's Doing To The Planet
02 Dec 2021
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Buying stuff is a part of this country's DNA. It's a tradition that really took off near the end of ...
A Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Roe v. Wade
01 Dec 2021
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Getting an abortion in Mississippi has never been easy, but it hasn't been impossible. Now, a case b...
The Infrastructure Package Was Signed By The President. Now What?
30 Nov 2021
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After years of jokes about unsuccessful Infrastructure Weeks, months of deliberation, and bouts of g...
What We Know (And Don't Know) About The Omicron Variant
29 Nov 2021
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The World Health Organization is warning that the omicron variant of the coronavirus, which was firs...
Constance Hauman 'Plays It Forward': A Musical Gratitude Project
26 Nov 2021
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This Thanksgiving week, we're sharing a segment from our special series Play It Forward, in which ar...
George Clinton 'Plays It Forward': A Musical Gratitude Project
25 Nov 2021
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For Thanksgiving Day, we're sharing a segment from our special series Play It Forward, in which arti...
The Indigenous Stories Glossed Over In The Typical 'First Thanksgiving' Story
24 Nov 2021
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The commonly-told version of the first Thanksgiving story leaves out a lot: The indigenous Wampanoag...
NPR Investigates: CTE, Desperate Patients, And The Hope For A Cure (Pt 2)
23 Nov 2021
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CTE — chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a degenerative brain disease found in many former p...
NPR Investigates: CTE, Desperate Patients, And The Hope For A Cure (Pt 1)
22 Nov 2021
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CTE — chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a degenerative brain disease found in many former p...
Living with Long COVID
19 Nov 2021
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For those living with long COVID, daily activities like going for a walk, washing the dishes, or bei...
How A Dictator Engineered A Migration Crisis At The Belarus-Poland Border
18 Nov 2021
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Migrants from faraway countries are stuck in Belarus, just across its border with Poland. They've tr...
Half Of Afghanistan's Population Faces Acute Food Insecurity. Here's Why.
17 Nov 2021
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Afghanistan is facing its worst drought in decades, but that's not the only reason it is on the verg...
China Poses A National Security Threat Unlike Any The U.S. Has Seen Before
16 Nov 2021
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This week's virtual summit between President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping may have res...
Yeah, The Supply Chain Situation Isn't Looking Great For The Holidays
15 Nov 2021
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The holiday shopping season is basically here. But a lot of things that Americans want to buy are no...
Young Activists At U.N. Climate Summit: 'We Are Not Drowning. We Are Fighting'
12 Nov 2021
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Thousands of youth activists from all over the world gathered in Scotland this week for the COP26 UN...
What Went Wrong At Astroworld? The Deadly Dynamics Of Crowd Surge
11 Nov 2021
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Who is to blame for the deaths of nine people at the Astroworld Festival last Friday? Houston police...
Secret Tapes Of NRA Leadership Reveal Debate Of Post-Columbine Strategy
10 Nov 2021
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Following the Columbine shooting in April of 1999, top leaders of the National Rifle Association hud...
Is The Future Of The Internet In The Metaverse?
09 Nov 2021
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Mark Zuckerberg says the metaverse is not just the next chapter of his company: it's the next chapte...
Education In Virginia's Election: It Wasn't Just About Critical Race Theory
08 Nov 2021
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Now that the hot takes have cooled after Virginia's gubernatorial election, NPR correspondents Anya ...
BONUS: How To Wake Up Early
07 Nov 2021
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Waking up at dawn with the bakers and the baristas may not be for everyone — especially night owls...
How Sudan's Military Coup Is Threatening Its Long March Toward Democracy
05 Nov 2021
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In recent years, Sudan has been home to one of the most successful pro-democracy movements on the Af...
Young Kids Are Now Vaccine-Eligible. Why Doctors Say Parents Shouldn't Wait
04 Nov 2021
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The CDC made it official on Tuesday: kids 5 - 11 are now eligible to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 pedia...
Will The Supreme Court Rule Against The Texas Abortion Law?
03 Nov 2021
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Any ruling is months away, but this week's oral arguments provided some clues. NPR's Nina Totenberg ...
'Striketober' And The Power Of Workers
02 Nov 2021
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In what some have called "Striketober," workers in factories as well as the health care and food ind...
As Climate Summit Moves Ahead, The World's Biggest Polluters Are Behind
01 Nov 2021
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A U.N. climate summit is underway this week in Glasgow, Scotland. Many of the world's top carbon emi...
BONUS: Embedded — 'The Capitol Gazette'
31 Oct 2021
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In this episode of NPR's investigative podcast Embedded, Chris Benderev reports on the trial of a ma...
Author Grady Hendrix Explores What Happens To 'Final Girls' After The Credits Roll
29 Oct 2021
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A final girl in the horror genre is the woman who is left to deal with the aftermath of surviving a ...
Why Iraq's Protest Movement Led To An Election That Millions Sat Out
28 Oct 2021
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Two years ago, a massive protest movement swept through Iraq. People were angry about corruption and...
Barack Obama And Bruce Springsteen On Their Belief In A Unifying Story For America
27 Oct 2021
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Last summer, when former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen sat down to tape their podcast...
Booster Guidance For All 3 Vaccines; Shots For Kids Weeks Away
26 Oct 2021
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The CDC has now released booster guidance for all three vaccines available in the U.S. — making te...
School Boards: A New Front Line In The Culture Wars
25 Oct 2021
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School board members across the country are being intimidated and threatened. Now the National Schoo...
BONUS: Wisdom From The Top
24 Oct 2021
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This episode is from our friends at Wisdom From The Top. From the creator of How I Built This, host ...
The Great Resignation: Why People Are Leaving Their Jobs In Growing Numbers
22 Oct 2021
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A record 4.3 million workers in America quit their jobs in August.Anthony Klotz coined this ongoing ...
Why The Global Supply Chain Is Still Clogged — And How To Fix It
21 Oct 2021
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Last week the White House announced a plan to help move the port of Los Angeles into 24/7 operating ...
Havana Syndrome: Over 200 Cases Documented Yet Cause Remains A Mystery
20 Oct 2021
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Since 2016, a number of U.S. diplomats and federal employees have reported symptoms of a mysterious ...
Colin Powell's Complicated Legacy
19 Oct 2021
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Colin Powell's life was marked by public service, first as a soldier in Vietnam and then eventually ...
The Trial For The Killing Of Ahmaud Arbery
18 Oct 2021
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One of the killings that sparked racial justice protests last year is again in the national spotligh...
BONUS: 'Nina' And 'Just Us' Offer Ways To Start A Conversation On Race
17 Oct 2021
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After the protests last year, we heard the phrase "racial reckoning" a lot, as some groups of people...
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures As Water Runs Short In The West
15 Oct 2021
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Large parts of the West have been hot and dry for so long that reservoirs are running low and some c...
Remembering an Abortion Rights Activist Who Spurned the Spotlight
14 Oct 2021
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Patricia Maginnis, who was 93 when she died on August 30, may have been the first person to publicly...
Social Media Misinformation Stokes A Worsening Civil War In Ethiopia
13 Oct 2021
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Hate and division on Facebook are not just a problem in the U.S. That's one of the messages whistleb...
Is China A Threat Or An Opportunity?
12 Oct 2021
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In many parts of the U.S., China remains a huge business opportunity despite recent friction. That's...
Native Americans Take Over The Writers' Room and Tell Their Own Stories
11 Oct 2021
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After decades of Indigenous stories told by non-Natives, two shows from this past year signal a chan...
BONUS: Janet Jackson Once Had 'Control' of the Charts
10 Oct 2021
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Thirty-five years ago, Janet Jackson released an album that changed the course of her career, and of...
R. Kelly, Britney Spears, And The Rise Of 'Consequence Culture'
08 Oct 2021
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Last month, R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking. Days later, a ...
For Facebook, A Week Of Upheaval Unlike Any Other
07 Oct 2021
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One day after a worldwide outage on multiple of its platforms, Facebook was accused by a whistleblow...
America's Other Drug Crisis: New Efforts To Fight A Surge In Meth
06 Oct 2021
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Meth-related overdoses have tripled in recent years. In the west, 70 percent of police departments i...
Kids Born Today Could Face Up To 7 Times More Climate Disasters
05 Oct 2021
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Children being born now will experience extreme climate events at a rate that is two to seven times ...
The U.S. Has Passed Its Delta Peak — With More Vaccine Rules Coming
04 Oct 2021
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Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are all on the decline in the U.S. — with September marking a ...
BONUS: Goodbye, Climate Jargon. Hello, Simplicity!
03 Oct 2021
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People are likely to be confused by climate change terms like "mitigation" and "carbon neutral," acc...
The Best Song Japanese Breakfast Says She's Written Is For A Video Game
01 Oct 2021
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Michelle Zauner is best known as the frontwoman of indie rock band Japanese Breakfast and like most ...
Redistricting: What Happens When The Party With Power Gives Themselves More
30 Sep 2021
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Like lawmakers across the country, the Republican majority in Texas is getting ready to redraw the l...
Why A Growing Number Of Haitian Migrants Are Headed To The U.S.
29 Sep 2021
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Thousands of Haitian migrants who had gathered on the southern border were deported back to their ho...
The Global Supply Chain Is Still A Mess. When Will It Get Better?
28 Sep 2021
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Retail experts are already warning of delays, shortages, and price hikes this holiday shopping seaso...
Religious Exemptions To Vaccines: Who Wants Them And What's Legal
27 Sep 2021
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Some city and state workers around the country have already begun to resist workplace vaccination ru...
BONUS: A Friendly Ghost Story
26 Sep 2021
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It's one of the most common and perplexing friend mysteries out there - when friends ghost friends. ...
Lil Nas X Is Not Trying To Comfort Anyone
24 Sep 2021
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Every generation has its musical "boogeyman." The Rolling Stones, N.W.A., Madonna. And the latest mu...
Border Crisis: Thousands Of Haitians Flown to Haiti Against Their Will
23 Sep 2021
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Thousands of Haitan migrants who were camping out under a bridge in a Texas border town seeking to c...
Lessons Learned From Flint
22 Sep 2021
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The infrastructure bill moving through Congress includes billions to replace lead pipes. In Flint, M...
Boosters Won't Make It To Everyone For Now, But Vaccines For Young Children Are Coming
21 Sep 2021
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The FDA Advisory Committee decided not to approve boosters for people sixteen and up. Instead, they ...
Germany Is Holding Syrian Officials Accountable For Alleged War Crimes
20 Sep 2021
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10 years ago, when the Syrian regime sent tanks and warplanes to stop a an uprising, it sparked a bl...
BONUS: The Lost Summer
19 Sep 2021
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Twenty years ago, during the dog days of summer, a fledgling journalist named Shereen Marisol Meraji...
To The Stage: After A Year Away, Broadway Is Back
17 Sep 2021
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After a year away, Broadway's lights are back on. Some of the biggest productions have returned for ...
Heatwaves Are The Deadliest Weather Events, But They're Rarely Treated That Way
16 Sep 2021
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Heatwaves don't have names or categories like hurricanes and wildfires, but they kill more people ea...
One Month After The Fall Of Kabul Thousands Still Wait For Escape
15 Sep 2021
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It has been exactly one month since Kabul fell and the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. With U.S...
India's 'Love Jihad' Laws Make Marriage Difficult For Interfaith Couples
14 Sep 2021
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In India, where arranged marriages are the norm, people typically marry within their religion or cas...
Will A Federal Mandate Make The Difference For Unvaccinated Americans?
13 Sep 2021
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Last week President Biden announced a six-pronged strategy to combat the newly surging pandemic — ...
StoryCorps Presents: The Lasting Toll Of 9/11
10 Sep 2021
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This weekend the nation marks 20 years since 9/11 — a day we are reminded to never forget. But for...
In A New Afghanistan, Some Women Fear For Their Rights — But Others Are Hopeful
09 Sep 2021
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This week, women protested in Kabul after the Taliban announced an all-male interim government. One ...
Delta Surge Slows Recovery As Parts Of Pandemic Safety Net Disappear
08 Sep 2021
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Last week's jobs report for the month of August show signs the delta surge is slowing the economic r...
As A Destructive Fire Season Rages On, What Might Prevent The Next One?
07 Sep 2021
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The good news is that firefighters in California have regained control of the Caldor Fire near Lake ...
What Kids Feel Entering A Third COVID School Year (And How To Help Them Through It)
06 Sep 2021
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Most kids are now in their third year of school during the pandemic. It's been a time of ups and dow...
Did The Supreme Court Just Overturn Roe v. Wade?
03 Sep 2021
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The Supreme Court's conservative majority allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to go into effe...
The Delta Surge Keeps Getting Worse. What Happens When Hospitals Fill Up
02 Sep 2021
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Some states in the south are have more people in the hospital than at any point during the pandemic ...
Scenes From The Aftermath Of The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
01 Sep 2021
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The U.S. military's mission in Afghanistan is over. For many still living in the country, a new stru...
How Climate Change Is Making Storms Like Ida Even Worse
31 Aug 2021
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Hurricane Ida's winds intensified rapidly as the storm approached coastal Louisiana over the weekend...
How A Bankruptcy Deal Could Offer Clean Slate For Opioid Billionaires
30 Aug 2021
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A federal bankruptcy judge says he'll rule Wednesday in the case of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyCont...
BONUS: Venezuela's Rise and Fall
29 Aug 2021
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Venezuela is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis as extreme poverty and violence have forced ...
Taliban Vs ISIS-K: An Emerging And Deadly Conflict In Afghanistan
27 Aug 2021
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For Afghans like Fawad Nazami, life under the Taliban would be a fate 'worse than death.' Nazami is ...
12 U.S. Service Members Killed In Kabul: What We Know About The Attack
26 Aug 2021
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12 U.S. service members were killed in an attack at the Kabul airport on Thursday. They were among s...
Pfizer's Fully-Approved Shot Opens The Door To More Mandates
25 Aug 2021
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New York City, New Jersey, Goldman Sachs, and the Pentagon all imposed new vaccine requirements in t...