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Months of a doomed pregnancy: What can happen in a state with strict abortion laws

5:24pm April 07, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

When she gave birth to her baby with a fatal condition two months early, Samantha Casiano scrambled to raise funds for the funeral. Anti-abortion advocates say Texas laws are "working as designed."

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Steven Yeun talks about 'Beef,' his new hate-fueled Netflix series with Ali Wong

5:24pm April 07, 2023

by Brittany Luse

NPR's Brittany Luse, host of It's Been a Minute, talks with actor Steven Yeun about his new Netflix series, a hate-fueled romp called Beef.

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Warmer temperatures may be linked to a rise in baseball home runs, study finds

5:08pm April 07, 2023

by Ari Daniel

A new study finds a link to warming temperatures and a rise in baseball home runs.

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Heist thriller 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' explores the case for destructive protest

4:56pm April 07, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with director Daniel Goldhaber and actor and cowriter Ariela Barer about environmental activism through sabotage in their heist film How To Blow Up a Pipeline.

March's jobs report is a sign the Fed's efforts to curb inflation are working

4:56pm April 07, 2023

by Scott Horsley

Hiring slowed a bit in March, as U.S. employers added 236,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.5%, even as nearly half-a-million new people joined the workforce.

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State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh speaks before the Nebraska Legislature in March as part of an effort to filibuster every bill that comes before the legislature this session.

Nebraska hasn't passed a single bill this session, amid filibusters over trans rights

4:22pm April 07, 2023

by Patrick Wood

A state senator has vowed to "burn this session to the ground" in protest to a bill that would bar physicians from providing gender affirming care to people under 19 years old.

Utah's Meg O'Neill died on Sunday after a part of the frozen waterfall she was climbing cracked and plummeted.

A Utah ice climber was killed by falling ice after saving her friend's life

3:51pm April 07, 2023

by Emily Olson

Meg O'Neill, a mentor to young refugees, died after pushing a young woman into safety. They were ascending the frozen Raven Falls in Utah with another climber when the ice cracked, police said.

Stormy Daniels, pictured here at a Los Angeles film premiere in May 2022, sat down with TalkTV's Piers Morgan for her first interview since news broke of Donald Trump's indictment.

Stormy Daniels says she's not yet 'vindicated' by Trump's indictment

2:11pm April 07, 2023

by Emily Olson

The adult film star told TalkTV's Piers Morgan she's looking forward to possibly testifying in Trump's trial after the Manhattan district attorney charged him with falsifying business records.

Denise Lajimodiere speaks at the Minnesota Children's Book Festival in Red Wing, Minn., on Sept. 18, 2021. This week, Lajimodiere became the first Native American state poet laureate in North Dakota's history.

Denise Lajimodiere is named North Dakota's first Native American poet laureate

1:40pm April 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

A citizen of the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians, Lajimodiere has written several award-winning books of poetry and is an expert on the history of Native American boarding schools.

Chinook Salmon swim up a fish ladder at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Feather River Hatchery just below the Lake Oroville dam during the California drought emergency in 2021.

California salmon fishing slated to shut down this year due to low stock

12:53pm April 07, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Federal researchers expect a near-record-low stock of Chinook salmon, one of the largest and most highly prized fish in the Pacific Ocean.