There are now 25 states with bans on trans health care for minors
With the governor of South Carolina's signature Tuesday, there are now 25 states with laws on the books banning trans health care for minors.
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Louisiana considers law requiring Ten Commandments in public school classrooms
Louisiana might pass a law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom. It's a move a few other states have considered after a court decision about religion.
Chef Alisa Reynolds' soul food has launched her onto the national stage
NPR's Ailsa Chang steps into the kitchen with James Beard semifinalist Alisa Reynolds, who runs a tiny soul food spot in Los Angeles — where the chef says she offers "evolved nostalgia."
This 'venom manager' says rattlesnakes are misunderstood
It's snake season in the American Southwest. And as snakes show up in yards and garages, Cale Morris of the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary teaches people how to keep snakes — and themselves — safe.
A concentrated dose of history: The class of 2024 looks back
Everyone says you live through history, but "I don't think anyone prepared us for this much history," say the students in the Class of 2024.
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Lack of staffing led to 'deeply concerning' conditions at federal prison in Oregon
The shortage among the biggest obstacles facing the federal prison system and contribute to challenges at FCI Sheridan and other facilities, the Justice Department's inspector general says.
RNC headquarters were locked down over vials of blood sent to the building
The U.S. Capitol Police later issued an all-clear. USCP noted that the source of the package and its contents will be further investigated.
For decades, site markers left out who committed Utah's Mountain Meadows Massacre
The latest in our series Off the Mark, about historical markers, examines the site of a horrific massacre in Utah, where it took 150 years for the signage to tell the truth about what happened.
Buy-now, pay-later returns and disputes are about to get federal oversight
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is requiring buy-now, pay-later lenders to provide the same protections to shoppers as credit card companies do.
6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election
State laws on abortion keep changing – with new bans taking effect in some places while new protections are enacted in others. And abortion will be on the ballot in at least four states.