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It's graduation season at colleges and universities around the country. We hear selections of commencement addresses culled from decades past.

NC Health Secretary Kody Kinsley talks with BPR's Helen Chickering during a visit to a Medicaid expansion training event in WNC with Gov. Roy Cooper.

Visitors to the White House will now have something besides their memory to rely on when recounting their visit. That's because a 40-year-ban on photography during public tours has been lifted.

Jonathan Derr of Silver Spring, Md., works for the Food and Drug Administration. Last week, he was one of the estimated 800,000 federal workers furloughed because of the partial government shutdown.

Buena Vista Social Club Trumpeter Manuel Mirabal < > died on Monday.

Israel has allowed a "trickle" of aid into Gaza this week. But the U.S. says it is just not enough. The Biden administration is threatening to withhold some military aid to Israel unless that changes.

When her mother was struggling with late-stage cancer, Julia had a conversation with a doctor that made her feel heard.

Dockworkers are demanding 77% in raises, among other things. Their union says they'll remain on strike until their demands are met.

The plaintiffs argue that by not effectively tackling climate change, their government is violating its citizens' human rights.

In Brazil, a seven-year-old horse who survived catastrophic floods in the south of the country has become a symbol of hope.