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There aren't many options for child care.

Child Care Scarcity Has Very Real Consequences For Working Families

6:49pm January 03, 2017

by Jessica Deahl

In much of the U.S., demand for licensed infant care outstrips supply. Parents face lengthy waitlists, hefty waitlist fees, and few good options when returning to work after the birth of a baby.

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Some of the thousands of illegal firearms Chicago police confiscated in 2014. A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association examines gun deaths in Chicago from 2006 to 2014.

Gun Violence Should Be Treated As A Public Health Crisis, Study Says

6:36pm January 03, 2017

by Laura Wagner

The U.S. "has the highest rate of gun-related deaths among industrialized countries, with more than 30,000 fatalities annually," the study says. Yet funding for gun violence research is limited.

Fisk University is perhaps most widely known for its music, but that legacy is intertwined with money.

Fisk University Works To Move Past Cash-Strapped History

6:02pm January 03, 2017

by Emily Siner

The Fisk Jubilee Singers famously saved Fisk University from financial ruin 150 years ago. But even now, the Nashville school's financial problems remain.

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Patients always have the right to appeal an insurer's decision to turn down their request for care at a major cancer center. But the chances an appeal will be honored can vary widely by type of cancer and an individual's case.

Obamacare Plans Don't Always Include Top Cancer Centers

5:54pm January 03, 2017

by Michelle Andrews

In a number of states, including big ones such as New York and Texas, leading cancer centers like Memorial Sloan Kettering aren't included in insurers' networks. What's a patient's recourse?

Having volunteers who are learning German answer questions about grammar and semantics of the language while inside an MRI machine might show particular patterns in brain changes, researchers say. They hope their study could offer clues to how the brain b

Learning German In The Name Of Science And Cross-Cultural Collaboration

5:21pm January 03, 2017

by Joe Palca

Ninety young Syrian refugees are teaming up with neuroscientists in Leipzig to figure out the quickest and best way to teach German as a second language. Vocabulary first, or grammar early on, too?

National

Researchers Link Gun Violence To Public Health In Chicago Study

4:40pm January 03, 2017

by Cheryl Corley

Every day in the United States more than 200 people are murdered or assaulted with a firearm. Researchers studying gun violence in Chicago looked at arrests and other data over an 8-year period to explain how gun violence can spread like an infectious disease.

Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly is leaving the network for NBC News, where she will host two new shows along with participating in breaking and political news coverage. She's shown here on Jan. 28, 2016, before the start of the Republican presidential primary

Megyn Kelly Is Leaving Fox News To Join NBC News

4:38pm January 03, 2017

by Laura Wagner

Kelly's decision to move to NBC, a network that President-elect Donald Trump and some conservative pundits have branded as "liberal," isn't a complete surprise.

Drinking was a big part of life in colonial America. It also required some experimentation and creativity on the part of colonists looking to create cocktails with new and unfamiliar ingredients.

National

A Survival Guide To Colonial Cocktails (So You Don't Die Drinking Them)

3:28pm January 03, 2017

by Kristen Hartke

Colonists in the new world experimented with new and unfamiliar ingredients for cocktails. The results were Lambswool, Ass's Milk and other innovative drinks, some of which could kill you.

Powerful Storms Leave At Least 5 Dead In Alabama And Florida

1:43pm January 03, 2017

by Laura Wagner

Four people were killed in southern Alabama when a tree fell on their mobile home. One man in the Florida Panhandle drowned.

Politics & Government

What Is House GOP Trying To Do With Vote On Congressional Ethics Office?

12:47pm January 03, 2017

NPR's political director gives us the latest on moves by House Republicans to curb an independent ethics watchdog. President-elect Donald Trump has already weighed in.

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