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Why self-immolation is used as a form of protest

5:03am February 27, 2024

An airman who died after setting himself on fire wrote that he was protesting Israel's war in Gaza. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to scholar Michael Biggs about the history of self-immolation as protest.

Public health experts raise the alarm in South Florida over a measles outbreak

5:03am February 27, 2024

by Kate Payne

Florida is counting more cases of measles as the state's surgeon general defies federal guidelines and declines to urge people to vaccinate their children.

Can a simulation platform better decide how to spend opioid settlement money?

5:03am February 27, 2024

by Aneri Pattani

Mobile, Ala., like other communities benefiting from opioid settlement dollars, weighs whether to treat people in crisis now or invest in long-term solutions to cut future addiction rates.

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A stranger jumped into action when a 92-year-old started to be dragged by a car

5:00am February 27, 2024

When Ben Gomes got a call saying that his mother was badly injured, he feared the worst. But when he arrived at the hospital, he learned how a stranger's quick thinking had saved her.

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These photos provided by NASA show images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team which confirmed Odysseus completed its landing.

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Odysseus moon lander will cease working after sideways landing

2:12am February 27, 2024

by The Associated Press

Intuitive Machines, the company that built and flew the spacecraft, said it will continue to collect data until sunlight no longer shines on the solar panels, expected to happen Tuesday morning.

Pedestrians outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan on January 01, 2023.

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Pedestrian deaths fell modestly last year, but there's still a safety 'crisis'

12:01am February 27, 2024

by Joel Rose

The number of pedestrians killed on U.S. roads declined by 4% in the first half of last year, according to preliminary estimates. But pedestrian fatality numbers are still far above their 2019 levels.

Revisiting 'The Holdovers,' which is up for an Oscar along with actor Paul Giamatti

6:29pm February 26, 2024

by Bob Mondello

Paul Giamatti plays a 1970s prep-school teacher reluctantly supervising students with nowhere to go for the Christmas holidays in Alexander Payne's dramedy, The Holdovers.

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This winter's temperature swings are having health consequences for homeless people

5:34pm February 26, 2024

by Frank Morris

Wild temperature swings are driving cases of trench foot and frostbite among homeless people — especially in the Midwest. As COVID surges, some people spurn shelters through extremes of cold and wet.

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CPAC acted as a kind of tryout for those hoping to be Trump's VP pick

5:34pm February 26, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

The hottest speaking slot in town — if you're a Republican — is at CPAC. Especially if you are eyeing a spot on the shortlist of Trump's vice presidential hopefuls.

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What is up with Michigan's unusual GOP primary and caucuses?

5:15pm February 26, 2024

by Rick Pluta

Michigan's GOP is dealing with a challenge to its leadership over alleged mishandling of party assets. The winner of Tuesday's GOP primary will not receive all of the state's party delegates.