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Supreme Court to examine a federal-state conflict over emergency abortions
by Nina Totenberg
The case comes from Idaho, where the law banning abortions is sufficiently strict that the state's leading hospital system says its patients are at risk.
As the U.S. Open begins, the golf tournament is caught up in turmoil
Some of the sport's biggest stars are under scrutiny for participating in a breakaway series funded by the Saudi Arabian government.
New federal standards aim to make manufactured homes more efficient
by Sam Brasch
The Energy Department recently updated efficiency rules for manufactured homes. Energy efficiency advocates wanted higher standards — while the industry warns the rules will raise home prices.
Drought restrictions are being felt in many ways across California
by Caleigh Wells
Water restrictions are turning lawns brown, but homes are not the only places Californians are feeling the drought. Cemeteries, golf courses and tourism are all distressed by lack of water.
The time was right for an aggressive rate hike, former Fed economist says
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Claudia Sahm, a senior fellow at the Jain Family Institute and a former Federal Reserve economist, about the largest Fed interest rate hike in 28 years.
A VHS copy of 'Back to the Future' has sold for $75,000 at auction
It's from the collection of actor Tom Wilson, who played Biff Tannen in the movie. Wilson says he saved a copy because he was convinced that the VHS platform would be around forever.
News brief: Jan. 6 panel hearing, Fighting in eastern Ukraine, Fed rate hike
The House Jan. 6 committee holds its third public hearing. Ukraine struggles to hold off Russian advances in the eastern Donbas region. The Federal Reserve announced a big jump in interest rates.
Semi-pro athlete for Toledo's Glass City Basketball Club helped save referee's life
During a playoff game, Myles Copeland, who's also a firefighter, had a different kind of assist. When a referee collapsed, he jumped in to start CPR until other first responders showed up.
A nonprofit in Tuscon, Arizona, is fighting a new enemy: climate change
NPR's A Martinez talks to Jason De Leon of the Colibrí Center for human rights about climate change heating up the land around the U.S.-Mexico border, making the journey for migrants more hazardous.
Canada aims to provide medical technologies for deep space exploration
by Joe Palca
Twenty teams in Canada received small grants to develop portable medical tools that could be used on long interplanetary space flights. They could also be useful in remote parts of Canada.
As Russia pushes deeper into eastern Ukraine, some flee on medical evacuation train
President Biden has announced another $1 billion in weaponry for Ukraine, including anti-ship missile launchers, longer range artillery and rounds for mobile rocket launching platforms.
Yellowstone National Park deals with the aftermath of record-breaking floods
by Olivia Weitz
Portions of Yellowstone National Park may reopen as soon as this weekend after the park was evacuated due to floods. Homes outside the park are flooded or lost and major roads are washed out.