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A new Louisiana law will re-classify misoprostol as a dangerous controlled substance
A new Louisiana law in effect Oct. 1 will re-classify misoprostol as a dangerous controlled substance. It's used in medication abortions, but also for postpartum hemorrhage and other obstetric issues.
Coach Prime's Review: Assessing Deion Sanders' 1st year at CU
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ESPN Andscape columnist Clinton Yates about Deion Sanders' year in Review at the University of Colorado, which is seeing mixed views on whether the season was a success.
118th Congress to be the most unproductive in decades
The House has voted 749 times this year, but passed just 27 bills that have become law. That makes this Congress the least productive in decades.
Nature haters take their complaints about U.S. national parks online
The United States is known for its incredible collection of national parks. But not all visitors are impressed and turn to the internet to air their grievances.
What the war in Gaza means politically for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mairav Zonszein, the Senior Israel Analyst for the International Crisis Group, about what the war in Gaza means politically for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Meet Neil the seal, the elephant seal in Tasmania captivating the internet
A three-year-old southern elephant seal named Neil gets in the way of his neighbors sometimes in the small town of Dunalley, Tasmania. But he's capturing the hearts of people all over the world.
Author Alice McDermott on linking the dramas of women's lives and wartime Saigon
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Alice McDermott about her new novel Absolution and its central question: what do you sacrifice in order to do something good for someone else?
What the current landscape of abortion rights looks like going into 2024
There have been wins and losses since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The women fighting against abortion restriction laws have impacted laws, policies and court cases – all ahead of an election year.
New EU agreement would make it easier for countries to remove failed asylum-seekers
by Rob Schmitz
The European Union agreed on a plan that will change how its 27 member countries process and relocate migrants.
TV stations are upgrading their over-the-air signals, but the rollout has been bumpy
by Matt Sepic
A decade and a half after TV stations shut down analog broadcasts and fully transitioned to digital, the industry is once again making major changes to the way stations transmit over-the-air signals.
With its new facility, a Georgia city hopes to become the place to go for pickleball
by Josephine Bennett
Macon, Ga., wants to be known as the place to go for pickleball. The city now has one of the largest indoor pickleball facilities in the country.