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State lawmakers from both parties are expanding protections for patients burdened by medical debt.

A woman survives a year of Israeli bombardment on Gaza after an airstrike destroys her life.

A program in the state teaches incarcerated youth to train dogs, manage a kennel and help pups find forever homes out in the community.

It's been a year since Hamas attacked Israel and the war in Gaza followed. In the swing state of Michigan, the GOP and Democrats focus on the significant Arab and Muslim-American voting bloc.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Alex Niemczewski from the non-partisan organization BallotReady, about why nearly two-thirds of elections in the U.S. last year featured just one candidate.

Some people are complaining that FEMA has abandoned North Carolina after Helene. While politicians try to politicize the disaster, the reality on the ground looks much less partisan.

The Chicago Board of Education needs a new slate of members when they all resigned after political squabbles about a budget shortfall. It's a huge shock for the country's fourth-largest district.

San Francisco software engineer Riley Walz's Bop Spotter runs the song identifier app Shazam to quietly listen in on what music passersby are listening to in the city's diverse Mission District.

Alabama will use settlement money from opioid-related lawsuits to help grandparents who are raising their grandchildren because the parents died or are still struggling with addiction.

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