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Latest Episodes
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The Biden administration moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less-dangerous drug. The president pledged in 2019 that he would decriminalize marijuana and expunge prior convictions for pot use.
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The student-led occupation of a Columbia University building ends. Secretary of State Blinken is in Israel with a focus on humanitarian aid to Gaza. Florida's new abortion law takes effect Wednesday.
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Brown University leaders have agreed to hold a vote on divesting from companies that support Israel, and pro-Palestinian student demonstrators agreed to clear their encampment.
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Former President Donald Trump has been fined for violating a gag order and warned of jail time in a New York City courtroom. The decision came as week three of Trump's criminal trial got underway.
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Florida has been a major access point for abortion in the South. Now its residents, along with thousands more in the region, will have to seek abortion care elsewhere after six weeks of pregnancy.
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After former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP senate candidate Kari Lake distanced themselves from the law, some abortion rights opponents are left wondering who they can count on.
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A leading figure in his generation of postmodern American writers, Auster wrote more than 20 novels, including City of Glass, Sunset Park, 4 3 2 1 and The Brooklyn Follies.
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A rise in breast cancer among younger women prompted the U.S. Preventive Task Force to issue new screening guidelines. They recommend mammograms every other year, starting at age 40.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Brian Katulis of the Middle East Institute about the latest round of Gaza ceasefire and hostage release negotiations.
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For the first time in decades, the U.S. will resume processing uranium ore. The Navajo Nation and others along uranium ore transport routes worry about the health risks.