In picturesque Bonner County, Idaho, Leandra Wright, 40, is pregnant with her seventh child. Wright is due in August, but three weeks ago, the hospital where she had planned to deliver, Bonner General Health, announced that it would be suspending its labor and delivery services in May. Now, she’s facing a potentially precarious drive to …
Firefighters work after building collapsed early Sunday in Marseille, southern France. AP hide caption Firefighters work after building collapsed early Sunday in Marseille, southern France. MARSEILLE, France — Eight people remained missing after the building they lived in exploded and collapsed early Sunday near the port of Marseille, leaving mounds of burning debris hampering rescue …
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AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: It’s been a big week for abortion news in the U.S. First, a candidate who favors abortion rights won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Janet Protasiewicz. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) JANET PROTASIEWICZ: Our state is taking a step forward to a better and brighter future where our rights and freedoms …
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A view of the stands before a preseason friendly match between FC Barcelona and the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena on July 30, 2022 in Harrison, New Jersey. Ira L. Black/Getty Images hide caption A view of the stands before a preseason friendly match between FC Barcelona and the New York Red …
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Raphael Saadiq is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was a founding member of the groups Tony! Toni! Tone! and Lucy Pearl. This content was originally published here.
David Hajdu is an award-winning cultural historian. His book The Ten Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America, about the censorship of comics in the mid-1950s. This content was originally published here.
Israeli police escort Jewish visitors marking the holiday of Passover to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Sunday, April 9, 2023. Mahmoud Illean/AP hide caption Israeli police escort Jewish …
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To avoid some of the worst impacts of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be eliminated or offset by midcentury, according to the United Nations. To get there, activist investors say banks and insurance companies need to account for the emissions they contribute to by underwriting and investing in fossil fuel infrastructure like this …
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Chelsea Manning Matt Barnes/Farrar, Straus and Giroux publishing company hide caption This story is part of a series looking at transgender inmates in the U.S. and the challenges they face in confinement and upon release. The series focuses on topics such as being incarcerated in prisons that do not reflect the inmate’s gender identity, the …
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SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Bobby McIlvaine was just 26 years old when he died on September 11, 2001. He was at the World Trade Center by chance, helping a colleague at Merrill Lynch set up for a banking presentation. The Atlantic writer Jennifer Senior knew Bobby well. His parents let her read his journals, and then …
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