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Many offices and professionals see a rise in spam paper faxes

5:50pm June 17, 2025

These days, faxed documents mostly show up on your computer. But doctors and other professionals still rely on paper faxes. And they're getting lots of spam along with important documents.

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An intergenerational center works to connect nursing home residents and students

5:37pm June 17, 2025

one small town in Kansas brings nursing home residents and students together as it tests a strategy for boosting quality of life across generations.

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Backyard chicken rentals increase as egg prices fluctuate

4:45pm June 17, 2025

When the price of eggs seesawed up and down, more people opted to buy chickens for their backyard and to make it an easier option: They rented them.

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The latest in NIH grant funding

4:45pm June 17, 2025

by Craig LeMoult

A U.S. federal court judge in Boston has ordered the restoration of the grants issued by the National Institutes of Health that had been canceled by the Trump administration.

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The strategy behind nonviolent protest movement in the U.S.

4:44pm June 17, 2025

by Jordan-Marie Smith

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Harvard Kennedy School of Government political scientist Erica Chenoweth about whether protests like those against President Trump change minds or policies.

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Remembering Nina Kuscsik, a trailblazer in women's running

4:43pm June 17, 2025

by Justine Kenin

Back in the 1970s, the prevailing thought was that it wasn't safe for women to run. A leader in the fight for a woman's right to run has died. Nina Kuscsik was 86.

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Killed and wounded Palestinians, after the Israeli attack, are being brought to al-Nasser hospital

As Israel turns its focus to Iran, the death toll mounts in Gaza — and hunger deepens

4:25pm June 17, 2025

Palestinians say Israeli forces killed scores of people trying to reach food aid in Khan Younis on Tuesday in the deadliest attack of recent weeks on hungry crowds attempting to get food in Gaza.

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4 things to know as the war between Israel and Iran intensifies

4:17pm June 17, 2025

Panic and confusion gripped Iran's capital, Tehran, as Israel warned civilians to evacuate or face more potential strikes as conflict between the two countries spilled into its fifth day.

California Sen. Padilla Delivers Speech On Removal From DHS Press Conference

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Alex Padilla recounts his removal from DHS news conference in emotional Senate speech

4:05pm June 17, 2025

The California Democrat returned to the Senate floor Tuesday to warn that the Trump administrations response to immigration protests in Los Angeles should "shock the conscience of our country."

Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel at the piano, circa 1970. He died Tuesday at his home in London at age 94.

Alfred Brendel, the cerebral pianist with a dry wit, dies at 94

3:32pm June 17, 2025

Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.

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