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A Black-owned barbershop is added to the National Register of Historic Places

10:55am August 16, 2022

by Katia Riddle

In Portland, Ore., a black-owned barbershop is celebrating its place on the National Register of Historic Places. The addition is part of a larger effort to recognize and protect Black history.

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U.S. House candidate former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets the crowd during a rally held by former President Donald Trump on July 9 in Anchorage.

Sarah Palin faces Alaska voters again in a special election for Congress

8:11am August 16, 2022

by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media

Over a decade after she ran for vice president and then resigned as Alaska governor, Palin is in both a special election for U.S. House on Tuesday and a primary for the full term starting next year.

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Some 2,000 mental health care clinicians in California are on strike

7:59am August 16, 2022

by Lesley McClurg

Clinicians say their employer, Kaiser Permanente, is breaking state law by taking too long to connect patients with therapists. They say patients have to wait up to eight weeks to get an appointment.

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Survivors of the McKinney fire are forced to rebuild during a time of inflation

7:59am August 16, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

Residents in rural northern California are being allowed back in to assess damage from the deadly fire. High costs for everything from gas to building supplies is making recovery daunting.

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Believe it or not: dry western Kansas is the place to study prehistoric oceans

7:43am August 16, 2022

by David Condos

Scientists seeking to learn about prehistoric oceans have flocked to an unlikely place: western Kansas. And now, the fossils embedded in these Great Plains could hold clues about the future of life.

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A probe into election interference in Georgia focuses on Rudy Giuliani

7:21am August 16, 2022

Rudy Giuliani helped lead efforts to try to reverse the 2020 election loss of former President Donald Trump. Giuliani's attorneys say he is the target of the Georgia investigation.

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News brief: Georgia election probe, Alaska House seat, Kenyan election results

6:07am August 16, 2022

An update in the Georgia probe against former President Trump and his allies. Sarah Palin faces Alaska voters again in a special election for Congress. William Ruto wins Kenya's presidential election.

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A package of Aviane birth control pills. The federal program known as Title X provides birth control, tests for sexually transmitted infections, and offers other reproductive health care for low-income patients.

Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion

6:00am August 16, 2022

by Ben Paviour

A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients.

A star for late rapper Nipsey Hussle was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Aug. 15. The ceremony included speeches and remarks from members of the late rapper's family, including his sister, Samantha Smith (third from right), and hi

Nipsey Hussle gets Hollywood star on what would have been his 37th birthday

6:00am August 16, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The late rapper's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is the 2,729th placed to date.

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Schools find conspiracy theories interfere with making classrooms inclusive

5:06am August 16, 2022

by Zach Hirsch

School districts across the country are trying to make classrooms more inclusive. But misinformation, sometimes spread by top elected officials, is fueling fears of a hidden agenda.