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National

Soldiers hold up candles during a 9/11 anniversary event
Community

9/11: As the decades pass, the act of remembering evolves

The 20th anniversary highlights a moment when the immediacy of recent memory starts to blend with the idea that a historic event is slowly becoming a historical one.

5 years ago

People wait to speak with representatives from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission about unemployment claims
Money

Jobless Americans have few options as benefits expire

It's estimated that roughly 8.9 million Americans will lose all or some of these benefits.

5 years ago

Flooding in Somerville
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Storm’s damage might boost support for more aggressive climate policy, experts hope

Policymakers urged to step up preparations for the next storm, and cut carbon emissions

5 years ago

Medical professionals pronate a 39 year old unvaccinated COVID-19 patient in the Medical Intensive care unit
NPR
Health

A COVID surge is overwhelming U.S. hospitals, raising fears of rationed care

The delta variant is pummeling America's hospitals, taxing an already-depleted health care workforce. Some states are facing the prospect of rationing medical care.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden returns a salute with a Marine Corp honor guard as he disembarks Marine One before boarding Air Force One
Politics & Policy

Biden to mark 20th anniversary of 9/11 at 3 memorial sites

The White House says Biden will visit ground zero in New York City, the Pentagon, and the memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Flight 93 was forced down.

5 years ago

A sign hangs outside the Whole Women's Health Clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.  (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Politics & Policy

Judge shields Texas clinics from anti-abortion group’s suits

State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble issued a temporary restraining order Friday in Austin that shields clinics from whistleblower lawsuits.

5 years ago

A container of veterinary ivermectin in Johannesburg, South Africa
NPR
Health

Poison control centers are fielding a surge of Ivermectin overdose calls

The nation's poison control centers saw a 245% jump in reported exposure cases from July to August as more people take the anti-parasite drug.

5 years ago

The Department of Labor’s headquarters in Washington
Money

Pandemic-enhanced unemployment benefits expire Saturday

Enhanced unemployment benefits will end this weekend. Here is the bottom line for those who benefited from them.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden talks as he tours a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Ida, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in LaPlace, La.
Weather

Biden walks storm-ravaged Louisiana: ‘I know you’re hurting’

Biden pledged robust federal assistance to get people back on their feet and said the government already had distributed $100 million directly to individuals in the state.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden is pictured
Politics & Policy

Biden moves to declassify documents about Sept. 11 attacks

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the FBI to declassify documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

5 years ago

NPR
Politics & Policy

TikTok activists are flooding a Texas abortion reporting site with spam

A new law in Texas makes it illegal to have an abortion after six weeks, as well as to help anyone have an abortion.

5 years ago

In this March 4, 2020, file photo, abortion rights demonstrators rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington. Among abortion-rights activists, (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Courts & Law

Delaware abortion rights advocates pledge to double down support after Texas passes restrictions

Delaware Democrats say they’ll fight harder to keep abortion legal in the First State after a new Texas law effectively bans the procedure after six weeks.

5 years ago

A firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service protects the Strawberry General Store on Highway 50 in El Dorado County after a backfire was set, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, against the advancing Caldor Fire
NPR
Weather

Our future on a hotter planet means more climate disasters happening simultaneously

Simultaneous disasters, like the wildfires in California and Hurricane Ida this week, are happening more often as the planet heats up.

5 years ago

A medic takes the temperature of a 2-year-old sitting in a car seat
NPR
Health

Children’s hospitals are pleading for federal help as they run out of beds

Pediatric hospitals are "at or near capacity" and expect to see more young COVID-19 patients as the school year resumes, according to the Children's Hospital Association.

5 years ago

The exterior of the State Capitol in Austin
NPR
Politics & Policy

Texas’ 6-week abortion ban takes effect overnight as the Supreme Court stays silent

Senate Bill 8 effectively ends Roe v Wade in Texas. It bans all abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy, well before many women even know they are pregnant.

5 years ago

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