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“When you have more people that are forced to be pregnant, you have more people in the risk pool for adverse outcomes.”
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Have you ever wondered what happens at the zoo when an ostrich escapes? Well, now you’re wondering! Listen to our new episode of Everyone & Their Mom featuring , and :
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Election workers in many parts of the U.S. are facing an unprecedented level of scrutiny and harassment driven by election deniers.
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I wrote about recruiting poll workers for the midterms:
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Steve Bannon is expected to surrender to fraud charges in New York on Thursday after being accused of skimming money for personal use from the We Build the Wall charity.
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The reported behind-the-scenes drama from "Don't Worry Darling" has stolen the spotlight at the Venice Film Festival. Here's a rundown of all the controversies.
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The Milpitas Unified School District in Nothern California is asking families to rent out rooms in their homes to teachers facing sky-high housing costs. The median home price in the city is $1.3 million.
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Julie Chin was covering NASA's delayed Artemis launch when her words began to slur durning a Saturday morning broadcast.
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Ethan Chorin, who served in Libya, presents details that most Americans don't know about the embassy attack — and explores the role domestic politics played in the aftermath.
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European sanctions on Russia have caused major traffic backups along the Latvian border.
Truckers can feel the mounting tension between Russia and NATO members.
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Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson and others are being grilled under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for spreading lies about a voting tech company's role in the 2020 elections.
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Photographer Adeolu Osibodu takes you on a journey through space and time as he navigates reality — traversing sky, land and sea.
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A Fox News producer’s unheeded warning against letting Jeanine Pirro back on the air after the 2020 elections is part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network.
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The FTC orders Credit Karma to pay its users $3 million after pushing false preapproved credit cards on consumers and hurting their credit scores.
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The shortlist of novels for this year's Booker Prize has been announced.
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John McEnroe is remembered as one of the most talented — and hotheaded — tennis players of all time.
He reflects on his career in a new Showtime documentary, "McENROE."
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As a racist review-bombing campaign targets The Rings of Power, star Ismael Cruz Córdova reflects on the impact the series has for Black and Latino fans.
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🎂 The Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. roleplayed as lesbians to sell their smash single “All The Things She Said.” But was it all bad?
On the song’s 20th anniversary, writer explains why the song is still a queer staple.
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The 2022 hurricane season has gotten a slow start. Here's why — and what that could mean for storms later this year.
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In early August, the White House invited a group of historians to talk about threats to American democracy.
But all of those experts were white — and it shows, critics say.
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Ethan Chorin, who served in Libya, presents details that most Americans don't know about the embassy attack — and explores the role domestic politics played in the aftermath.
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For one NPR employee, whitewater kayaking is a sanctuary in a busy world.
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The FTC orders Credit Karma to pay its users $3 million after pushing false preapproved credit cards on consumers and hurting their credit scores.
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Pain medication, physical therapy and even acupuncture all failed to help Lucas the penguin.
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When Amina was only 45 minutes old, before she even had a name, gunmen stormed the maternity ward in a Kabul hospital — killing 24 people, including her mother. Amina, shot 3 times, became a symbol of this tragedy.
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Trump has remained a constant presence in this year's statewide primaries, endorsing more than 200 Republican candidates.
Here's his win-loss record so far.
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Australian artist Guido Van Helten is known for his large-scale murals, often painted on abandoned industrial sites.
Now he's telling the stories of McKinney, Texas, on the sides of its grain silos.
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The U.S. has reached an important milestone in the pandemic, according to federal health officials.
Going forward COVID-19 could be treated more like the flu, with one annual shot offering year-long protection against severe illness for most people.
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The most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in years dumped almost 3 feet of rain, destroying roads and power lines, leaving 20,000 homes without electricity as more than 3,400 people fled to safer ground. Officials were advising or ordering 14,000 more people to evacuate.
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Voting has concluded in Massachusetts' primary elections, including for governor, attorney general and secretary of state.
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More than half of minor league baseball players have voted to unionize, the Major League Baseball Players Association says — the most important step yet in the effort to organize the minor leagues.
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A Yale professor of finance read through 50 popular finance books to see how they square with traditional economic theory.
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Hollywood's blockbusters are finally busting blocks again.
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Peter Straub, author of horror, mystery and supernatural novels and short stories has died at age 79.
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She claimed her company worked miracles for small businesses. Federal prosecutors say it was a $196 million Ponzi scheme.
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A new report estimates nearly 8 million children lost a parent or caregiver to the pandemic. Some nations are beginning to address these catastrophic losses -- although the U.S. lags in this effort.
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