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Nearly $5 million in federal funding is going to community organizations and hospitals in Indiana to address the state’s persistent disparities in infant and maternal health outcomes. Five organizations will receive funding to address the health care and social needs of parents and infants.
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For years now, Texas has banned practically all abortions. There is a medical exception to the ban — and the Texas Medical Board has been tasked with clarifying that exception.
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Phoenix, Ariz., area leaders are opening cooling centers that are open all night. About a third of heat related emergency calls happen after most centers close.
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A team in Iowa is working on a way to grow food and harvest solar power on the same acreage.
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Anthropologist Jason De León spent seven years embedded with a group of smugglers moving migrants across Mexico.
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The study says higher ranking military officers receive better care at military emergency rooms.
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Former President Donald Trump did not testify in his own defense.
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's approval rating soared to a high of 90% after Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. As the war drags on, his popularity has waned.
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Many people are still holding onto their home phones as crucial forms of connection, especially if they live in rural areas with bad cell connection.
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Lack of rain impacted the crucial shipping route and communities at large in Panama.
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Singing lessons can be too expensive for some kids, but a nonprofit called Art Smart provides free lessons to young singers in Philadelphia and other cities. (Story aired on ATC on May 20 2024.)
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Target is lowering prices on roughly 5,000 items, and McDonald's is bringing back the $5 value meal this summer.
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