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Why don't woodpecker brains get damaged from pecking? They're tiny, scientists say

4:42pm July 14, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

A woodpecker's brain takes a big hit with every peck against a tree. Yet the animals don't get brain damage. A team of scientists says the reason is the brain's very small size.

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Encore: Exotic dancers in Hollywood push for unionization

4:42pm July 14, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

A strip club in Hollywood is one of the latest places in the nation seeing increased unionization efforts. Dancers say their occupation is dangerous and they need more protection.

NYC health commissioner on the city's response to the monkeypox outbreak

4:42pm July 14, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New York City's health commissioner, Ashwin Vasan, about the city's response to the monkeypox outbreak.

Contractors work on the roof of a house under construction in Louisville, Ky. A new study shows the U.S. is 3.8 million homes short of meeting housing needs.

There's a massive housing shortage across the U.S. Here's how bad it is where you live

2:48pm July 14, 2022

Hundreds of cities and towns are seriously short of housing, both homes to buy and rentals, according to a new study. It's the main reason that home prices and rents are so high.

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Alex Murdaugh, left, has been charged with murdering his wife and son. He's seen here walking into court for a bond hearing last September.

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Here are the twists and turns in the Murdaugh murder case in S.C.

2:35pm July 14, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Lawyer Alex Murdaugh's indictment on charges that he murdered his wife and son is the latest bombshell to drop in a case that has transfixed the public.

Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers look over the scene of a fatal collision in March in Andrews County, Texas. A pickup truck crossed the center line of a two-lane road and crashed into a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest men

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NTSB now says a 13-year-old was not a driver in a Texas crash that killed 9 people

2:16pm July 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, investigators said.

A house that was moved off of its foundation following a flash flood rests on top of a vehicle on Thursday in Whitewood, Va. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency to aid in the rescue and recovery efforts from Tuesday's floodwaters.

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Crews have found all 44 Virginia residents who were missing after flooding

1:32pm July 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Authorities in southwest Virginia had feared the worst as they were inundated with calls from people who said they were unable to reach family members. But by noon Thursday, everyone had been located.

Andrew Delbanco, professor of American Studies at Columbia University, will deliver the 2022 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities.

Andrew Delbanco is named this year's Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities

12:01pm July 14, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The honorary lecture series is deemed the highest honor the federal government gives for intellectual achievement in the humanities.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig prepares to testify on the IRS budget before the Senate Finance Committee on April 7. On Thursday he'll face questions from a House committee on why the IRS audited two former FBI leaders who investigat

IRS head is getting questioned by lawmakers after former FBI officials were audited

10:16am July 14, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, who was appointed by President Trump in 2018, will face questions behind closed doors from lawmakers in the House and Senate before the end of the month.

The U.S. student population is more diverse, but schools are still highly segregated

9:21am July 14, 2022

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds that public schools remain highly segregated along racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. One reason: school district secession.

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