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Writer and political activist Gloria Steinem has fought for women's rights for decades.

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Gloria Steinem's calls to protect bodily autonomy live on as Roe faces reversal

1:05pm May 06, 2022

Activist Gloria Steinem has fought for women's rights for decades. She has no plans to stop even as the Supreme Court is poised to reverse Roe v. Wade.

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A StoryCorps love story: Twin waitresses caught the eyes of twin musicians

12:35pm May 06, 2022

by Lily Percy

In this week's StoryCorps, twins married to twins talks about how they fell in love.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center early Friday morning. This time exposure image captured the 'space jellyfish" effect of the contrail viewed from Port Canaveral Marine. The white streak on the horizon was caused by

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A 'space jellyfish' soared over Florida, thanks to the SpaceX launch

10:10am May 06, 2022

by Bill Chappell

People who got up early to watch the Falcon 9 rocket's pre-dawn launch were treated to an ethereal spectacle, when a cloud of illuminated gases moved across the sky.

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People in a town in New York's Adirondack Mountains are divided over abortion

9:48am May 06, 2022

by Emily Russell

The Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion on Roe v. Wade is having ripple effects across the nation: folks rally in support of abortion rights or celebrate a potential victory for an unborn child.

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Former policeman is sentenced to 5 years for the rough arrest of a woman with dementia

7:40am May 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

A former Colorado police officer shown on body camera video roughly arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia and later seen joking about it was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.

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Colorado recently enacted a new abortion rights law

5:10am May 06, 2022

As more states impose tougher abortion restrictions, NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado — a state that seeks to be a refuge for people seeking reproductive care.

In this photo made available by NASA, commercial crew astronauts, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, pose for a photo in their Dragon spacesuits during a fit check a

SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with midnight splashdown

1:08am May 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

The return of three Americans and one German marks the busiest period yet for Elon Musk's space taxi service.

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Look closely at those white Jaguars in San Francisco — no drivers!

7:03pm May 05, 2022

by Bobby Allyn

The vehicles have been under development for years, but Google-owned Waymo and Cruise, which is owned by General Motors, are now offering robot-driven cars to ferry passengers in San Francisco.

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Protesters rally at the Texas State Capitol on May 4, 2021 in Austin to stop proposed medical care ban legislation that would criminalize gender-affirming care.

Nearly half of LGBTQ youth seriously considered suicide, survey finds

6:46pm May 05, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

A survey found rising rates of suicidal thought, as well as significant disparities among trans youth and LGBTQ youth of color.

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Brooke Shields is aging in the public eye — and she wants to talk about it

5:30pm May 05, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress, writer and entrepreneur Brooke Shields about her effort to embrace aging and how she's trying to help other women do the same.