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Alabama landfill fire raises questions about how landfills are regulated

5:15am March 02, 2023

by Mary Scott Hodgin

An Alabama landfill fire, burning for more than three months, is blanketing nearby communities with toxic fumes. It's raising questions about the need for more regulations around waste management.

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Jurors will begin deliberating the fate of prominent S.C attorney Alex Murdaugh

5:15am March 02, 2023

by Victoria Hansen

Alex Murdaugh, accused of killing his wife and son in 2021, is also charged with embezzling millions from his family's law firm. Prosecutors spent nearly three hours presenting closing arguments.

Texas considers extending Medicaid access after birth to make having a baby safer

5:15am March 02, 2023

by Elena Rivera

Texas abortion bans focused attention on the state's already high maternal mortality rate. Proposed legislation could let otherwise uninsured women stay on Medicaid up to a year after childbirth.

A bakery in New York City is serving up cookies and second chances

5:15am March 02, 2023

Janie Deegan started Janie's Life Changing Baked Goods about a decade ago after emerging from a struggle with addiction and homelessness. She's offering employees a chance to start over.

Max, 33, a Ukrainian sniper, poses in the backyard of the reconnaissance team's safe house in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. He's holding a "trophy" — an antitank missile taken off Russian soldiers.

In the Donbas, Russia's vast numbers of troops weigh heavily on Ukraine's defenders

5:01am March 02, 2023

by Frank Langfitt

Russia and Ukraine are believed to have suffered equally horrific losses in the war. But when it comes to troop strength, the math is on Russia's side. Its population is four times Ukraine's.

A screenshot from the Melvin Van Peebles film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.

How Black resistance has been depicted in films over the years

5:01am March 02, 2023

From Something Good — Negro Kiss to Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Black cinema has long served as a form of resistance.

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A Delta Air Lines plane takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Nov. 22, 2022. Pilots at Delta Air Lines have a new contract with hefty pay increases. The Air Line Pilots Association said Wednesday, March 1, 2023 that 78% of Delta pilots who voted supported the contract.

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Delta Air Lines pilots approve contract to raise pay by more than 30%

2:39am March 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

Pilots at Delta Air Lines approved a new contract that will raise their pay by more than 30% over four years and likely lead to similar agreements covering union pilots at other major U.S. airlines.

Mourners sit at The Rock on the grounds of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Alexandria Verner, Brian Fraser and Arielle Anderson were killed and several other students remain in critical condition after a gunman opened fire on the campus of Michigan State University Monday night.

Michigan State University is enhancing safety protocols weeks after a campus shooting

2:00am March 02, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Public access to most buildings at Michigan State University will be restricted at night, school officials said a little more than two weeks after a gunman killed three students and injured five.

This timed exposer shows the trail as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the companys Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from pad 39A for the Crew-6 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, early on March 2, 2023.

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SpaceX launches its 9th crewed mission as it heads to space station

1:09am March 02, 2023

by Russell Lewis

SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday, including the first person from the Arab world going up for an extended monthslong stay.

It'll be a runoff for Chicago's mayoral race — and the incumbent is out

12:24am March 02, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Laura Washington of The Chicago Tribune about the results of the Chicago mayoral election.

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