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We're not built for this heat
Tens of millions of people across the US are currently under a heat advisory. And the extreme heat isn't just affecting people.
You may have seen vid…
1 year, 1 month ago
Medical views on self-managed abortion shifting since overturn of Roe
Three years ago, the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States.
As the legal landscape shifted, the medical lan…
1 year, 1 month ago
Iran launches missiles at U.S. base in Qatar
On Monday, Iran struck back against the United States, firing missiles at a U.S. base in Qatar. The retaliatory strikes come two days after the U.S. …
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What are the wider repercussions of the U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear sites?
The U.S. joined Israel's war on Iran and over the weekend bombed three of the country's nuclear sites, including Fordo, located deep inside a mountai…
1 year, 1 month ago
Covering the military parade and a No Kings rally on the same day
Frank Langfitt has covered the world. Now he reports for NPR as a roving correspondent, focusing on stories that help us understand a changing Americ…
1 year, 1 month ago
How Gabby Giffords is grappling with the rise in political violence
Last weekend, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed at their home by a man impersonating a po…
1 year, 1 month ago
Afghans in the US have lost protected status. What happens now?
Many Afghans who helped the US military or who were persecuted by the Taliban for other reasons found refuge in the United States. They were granted …
1 year, 1 month ago
Lessons from Iraq, as Trump teases attacks on Iran
In 2003, the U.S. launched a war in Iraq based on what turned out to be bad intelligence about weapons programs, then spent years mired in a conflict…
1 year, 1 month ago
What's at stake in the conflict between Israel and Iran?
The United States has worked for decades to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon. Now Israel says it is attacking Iran to remove that threat. …
1 year, 1 month ago
The big SCOTUS decisions looming
Around this time every year, the U.S. Supreme Court ends its term with a bang. The Justices typically save their biggest rulings for June.
Outstanding…
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