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Creating a heat standard for vulnerable farmworkers could take years

5:26pm September 06, 2023

by Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media

Farmworkers are particularly vulnerable to the extreme heat that's affected so many areas of the country including the Midwest. The push for a federal heatprotection policy is slow.

This photo provided by the U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah and introduced as evidence in a 2019 trial shows fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation.

The share of U.S. drug overdose deaths caused by fake prescription pills is growing

5:15pm September 06, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The share of overdose deaths involving counterfeit pills doubled between 2019 and 2021, according to the CDC. Victims were often younger, Hispanic and had misused prescription drugs in the past.

Carl Nassib will be dedicating himself to his philanthropic app.

Carl Nassib made queer NFL history. Now he's stepping away from the game

5:07pm September 06, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Although he isn't the first NFL player to come out as gay, he is the first to do so while actively playing for a team.

Minnesota is returning 1,400 acres of land to the Upper Sioux Community

5:02pm September 06, 2023

Minnesota is returning the Upper Sioux Agency State Park, once used for religious and communal ceremonies, to the Native people whose ancestors were killed on the land more than a century ago.

Blinken reaffirms U.S. support on trip to Ukraine

4:58pm September 06, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

Ahead of the UN General Assembly, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Kyiv. There, he reaffirmed U.S. support for Ukraine and announced another $1 billion in aid.

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What studio executives are saying about the strike

4:58pm September 06, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

As writers and actors continue to picket in Hollywood, here's what studio executives are saying about the strike — and a look at how long the studios may last without writers and actors.

Study shows NFL jersey numbers linked to perceptions of body type

4:58pm September 06, 2023

by Gabriel Spitzer

A UCLA study finds that lower NFL jersey numbers tend to be associated with the idea that a player's body is slimmer and faster: evidence that "higher level" cognition steers "lower level" perception.

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The business of carbon removal

4:58pm September 06, 2023

by Camila Domonoske

A U.S. oil company is investing heavily in what could become a game-changing technology: Sucking carbon from the sky. Two business models are vying for primacy over how this technology will be used.

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The late Hasidic composer Ben Zion Shenker sings, wearing a yarmulke and holding a mic, at a male-only sing along known as a kumzits that took place in an Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn.

A new website reports on the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community

4:01pm September 06, 2023

by Jon Kalish

A new website, Shtetl.org, aims to provide an inside view and a critical look at the insular world of ultra-Orthodox Jews.

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Alex Murdaugh wants a new trial, accusing the clerk of court of jury tampering

3:49pm September 06, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Defense lawyers for convicted South Carolina lawyer Murdaugh say Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill violated her oath of office as well as their client's constitutional right to an impartial jury.