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Monterey County begins a program focused on improving how police, public health, and legal professionals address cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP). Plus, repairs to the end of the Santa Cruz Wharf are slated to begin in the next two weeks.
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In a few weeks, Australia will become the first country to ban children below the age of 16 from having social media accounts.
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Norman Rockwell's granddaughter Daisy has condemned the Department of Homeland Security's use of his paintings, saying DHS is misappropriating his art to support policies he would not have endorsed.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics says it will report on September's job gains and unemployment rate next week. That's the first of many overdue economic reports held up by the government shutdown. -
A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK faces severe cuts to its staff and news department.
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A federal bankruptcy court judge said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma's latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic. -
Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died. -
And on Apple TV, a touching and surprisingly funny new documentary about the poet Andrea Gibson and their struggle with cancer. -
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Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered unethical today. Her book is Chamber Divers. Originally broadcast April, 10 2024.
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Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.
