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Colorado looks to midwives to solve the state's labor and delivery care shortage
by Rebecca Tauber
More than half of America’s rural hospitals lack labor and delivery services. The University of Colorado is trying to help close the gap by training nurse midwives to work in rural areas.
A visit to a clinic in Georgia that provides health care only to the uninsured
by A Martínez
NPR's A Martínez visits Georgia to explore how people without health insurance receive care.
What are the health care issues that voters are focused on?
by A Martínez
NPR's A Martínez talks to Gabriel Sanchez, senior fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings Institution, about the health care issues that voters are concerned with.
Pat Sajak ends his run as host of 'Wheel of Fortune' on Friday
by Hosts
After more than 40 years, Pat Sajak's long run as host of "Wheel of Fortune" is coming to an end. Ryan Seacrest has been chosen to be Sajak's replacement.
Caddo Mounds historic site reopens 5 years after it was destroyed by a tornado
by Sean Saldana
After a 5 year restoration an important prehistoric native site in Texas, the Caddo Mounds, has just reopened. It marks an important step in the state’s effort to preserve Caddo culture and history.
1 in 4 children globally lives in severe child food poverty, UNICEF report says
Despite progress in some countries -- Chad, Nepal and Peru for example -- A new report from UNICEF looks at rates of "extreme hunger" among children age 5 and under.
On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, remembering a generation that will soon be gone
by Eleanor Beardsley
President Biden is joining other European leaders in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that began the liberation of the continent from Nazi occupation in World War 2.
Some Democrats say Biden's ban on most asylum-seekers goes too far
by Michel Martin
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California about President Biden's executive order banning most asylum-seekers from entering the U.S.
New York's governor puts the brakes on congestion pricing for NYC
by Stephen Nessen
The controversial congestion pricing program was created to try to ease traffic.The plan would have charged motorists $15 to enter the busiest parts of Manhattan.
The European Union holds its election for parliament this weekend
The European Union is the world’s second-biggest democracy -- its 27 member states are home to 450 million citizens, and this election is a once-every-five-year event.
Louisiana court says mostly white enclave in Baton Rouge may secede and form its own city
by Aubri Juhasz
A wealthy Baton Rouge neighborhood has become its own city in order to try to create a new school district. Some residents call the move modern day segregation.