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The 1944 law behind the CDC's authority

4:42pm April 29, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lawrence Gostin, professor of public health law at Georgetown, about the Public Health Service Act — which authorizes the CDC to set measures to combat disease spread.

Consumers spent more than expected in March, which is helping with economic recovery

4:42pm April 29, 2022

by Scott Horsley

Consumer spending grew more than expected in March, continuing to drive the economic recovery. Wages are also climbing, which could feed higher inflation.

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Sri Lanka is facing economic crisis — and the U.S. dollar is partly to blame

4:42pm April 29, 2022

Sri Lanka is in a deep economic and humanitarian crisis. A big contributing factor? Its central bank is running dangerously low on foreign currency reserves.

QuiltWeek is finally back on in Kentucky

4:42pm April 29, 2022

by Derek Operle

In Paducah, Ky., AQS QuiltWeek is back after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Tens of thousands of people are flocking there and couldn't be happier to celebrate this often overlooked artform.

How one woman turned her grief into nourishment for her community

4:42pm April 29, 2022

Jenna Fournel lost her son in the fall of 2019. To keep his spirit alive, and connect with her community during the pandemic, she expanded her garden and shared the goods with neighbors for free.

Rachel Levine, U.S. assistant secretary for health, says, "The language of medicine and science is being used to drive people to suicide." Political attacks against trans young people are on the rise across the country.

Rachel Levine calls state anti-LGBTQ bills disturbing and dangerous to trans youth

4:42pm April 29, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The U.S. assistant secretary for health, who will speak at Texas Christian University, says physicians need to be more vocal in fighting politically motivated attacks on vulnerable trans youth.

A cannon encrusted in rust and mud sits inside a warehouse operated by the Army Corps of Engineers in Savannah, Ga., on Thursday. It's one of 19 cannons discovered in the Savannah River since last year that experts believe date to the American Revolution.

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19 cannons believed from the Revolutionary War are found in the Savannah River

4:33pm April 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

The mud- and rust-encrusted guns were discovered by accident as the Georgia riverbed was being dredged. Researchers suspect they came from British ships scuttled to the river bottom in 1779.

Amber Heard has filed a countersuit against Johnny Depp, seeking $100 million in damages and saying his legal team falsely accused her of fabricating claims against Depp. The former couple are seen here in court last week.

The ACLU says Amber Heard has paid less than half of her $3.5 million donation pledge

3:50pm April 29, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The actor made the pledge as she ended her marriage to Johnny Depp, saying she would split $7 million between the ACLU and a children's hospital. Depp's defamation case against Heard is ongoing.

A second Oath Keeper pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 riot

3:12pm April 29, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

Brian Ulrich pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction, and agreed to cooperate with government investigators.

Oyster harvester Johny Jurisich empties a dredge filled with oysters onto his boat near Texas City, Texas.

Oyster reefs in Texas are disappearing. Fishermen there fear their jobs will too

11:31am April 29, 2022

by Katie Watkins

Texas closed most public oyster reefs for harvesting, dealing a blow to the fishing industry. "It's taken a big toll on me," says Johny Jurisich, whose family has worked in the business for decades.

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