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New York rolls out a social-justice oriented weed legalization program

4:25pm February 22, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino about her latest piece, which chronicles the rollout of New York's social justice-oriented weed legalization program.

Uncertainty looms after Alabama's IVF court ruling

4:25pm February 22, 2024

Alabama's new court ruling that frozen embryos should receive legal protections as "unborn life," leaves fertility clinics and parents-to-be in limbo.

This court program helps at-risk youth with autism avoid juvenile detention

4:16pm February 22, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

In Las Vegas, a first-of-its kind specialty court program provides an alternative to juvenile detention for at-risk youth with autism.

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Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves sits during his trial in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 5, 2024. Alves has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub and has been sentenced Alves to 4 1/2 years in prison.

Soccer star Dani Alves is found guilty of rape and sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison

12:49pm February 22, 2024

by The Associated Press

Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022.

Alexis Ratcliff attends her 18th birthday party at the hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C. She is a quadriplegic who uses a ventilator and has lived at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist since she was 13.

A hospital is suing to move a quadriplegic 18-year-old to a nursing home. She says no

5:06am February 22, 2024

by Joseph Shapiro

The young North Carolina woman has refused to go to a nursing home in another state. While she wants to leave the hospital, she asks to live in her own home, close to family and her school.

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FILE - A mechanized shovel loads a haul truck that can carry up to 250 tons of coal at the Spring Creek coal mine, April 4, 2013, near Decker, Mont. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, a U.S. appeals court struck down a judge's 2022 order that imposed a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Federal appeals court revokes Obama-era ban on coal leasing

6:45pm February 21, 2024

by Kirk Siegler

A U.S. appeals court struck down a judge's 2022 order that imposed a moratorium on coal leasing on federal lands.

Supreme Court hears arguments in important case about ozone pollution rule

6:11pm February 21, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

Supreme Court justices heard arguments in an important environmental case. Lawyers for a group of red states and businesses are trying to block a federal rule designed to limit ozone pollution.

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University of Alabama in Birmingham pauses IVF procedures due to embryo ruling

5:13pm February 21, 2024

by Andrew Yeager

The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system said it is pausing in vitro fertilization procedures after the state Supreme court ruled that frozen embryos have the same rights as children.

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Frozen embryos and sperm are stored in liquid nitrogen at a fertility clinic in Florida. The Alabama Supreme Court ruling stems from wrongful death cases brought by three couples who had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic in the state.

Alabama's largest hospital says it is halting IVF treatments in wake of court ruling

3:21pm February 21, 2024

by Melanie Peeples

Fertility clinics in Alabama are contemplating next steps after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen fertilized eggs are children — and discarding them would be a crime.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge from GOP-led states and industry groups seeking to block the EPA's "good neighbor" provision, which is designed to reduce smog and air pollution.

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Supreme Court weighs challenge to EPA rule; student loans wiped under SAVE plan

8:05am February 21, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

The Supreme Court considers whether to pause an EPA rule meant to reduce pollution that drifts across states. The Education Department canceled loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers on the SAVE plan.

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