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About 40% of caregivers are men. Of those men, 30% are black and face special challenges not addressed by existing supports for caregivers. A professor who studies this issue is a caregiver himself.
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With the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, many are looking to understand what's next for the country's government and citizens.
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In April the EPA established new, legally enforceable limits for PFAS contamination in drinking water. It also set aside another $1 billion to help local governments with cleanup.
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Singing lessons can be too expensive for some kids, but a nonprofit called Art Smart provides free lessons and mentoring to young singers in Philadelphia and other cities.
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The conservative Cicero Institute is working with states to ban street camps, and shift money away from housing to addiction treatment. Homelessness advocates says such moves are counterproductive.
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Several Southern legislatures seriously considered full Medicaid expansion this year to get health insurance for hundreds of thousands of low income residents, but in the end they all failed.
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Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, state laws on abortion have been changing constantly. Bans, lawsuits and ballot measures will all be part of the picture as voters go to the polls in November.
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McDonald says that earlier in his career, he tended to avoid writing about himself directly in songs. He opens up about his life and career in the memoir, What a Fool Believes.
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The seafood chain is in hot water after a series of bad choices by a parade of executives. Almost 580 restaurants will stay open, after dozens closed abruptly last week.
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The U.S. is hoping to extradite the WikiLeaks founder and try him for espionage. A court in London says Assange is free to appeal the extradition, the latest twist in years-long legal drama.
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One of the best albums of 2024, Diamond Jubilee, isn't on streaming services. The artist who released it, Cindy Lee, has rejected the streaming era's demands to create something entirely their own.
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The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants against the leaders of Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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London's High Court grants Julian Assange an appeal on his pending extradition to the US to face espionage charges.
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Mail in parts of the U.S. has been arriving late because the rollout of a consolidation plan by the U.S. Postal Service has run into problems
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In April, Iran and Israel traded attacks and came close to full-on war. Now Iran's government is in transition — while Israel's is in turmoil.
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President Ebrahim Raisi had been flying with Iran's foreign minister and other officials, who were also killed. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Robin Wright of the Wilson Center about Iranian leadership.
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Sixty-one years ago Dwight was an astronaut candidate. Sunday, along with five others, he made the trip on a rocket owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — making him the oldest person to go to space.
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The annual Sunday Times "Rich List" says the former Beatle is the first British musician to become a billionaire.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor about the impacts and strategies involving Russia's latest offensive on northeastern Ukraine.
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Faliks draws from her Ukrainian-Jewish heritage and Mikhail Bulgakov's anti-censorship novel The Master and Margarita for a new album.