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LaPlace, La., was devastated by Hurricane Ida. But the community is still there
Residents of LaPlace in Louisiana have stayed hurricane after hurricane due to their deep ties to their community. State and federal officials are trying to deal with the area's repeated devastation.
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A Louisiana clinic struggles to absorb the surge created by Texas' new abortion law
In Shreveport, La., near the Texas border, the Hope Medical Group for Women is seeing increased demand after the restrictive law was passed — and after a hurricane impacted other parts of the state.
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Host of 'Making Gay History' reflects on coming of age during the AIDS crisis
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Eric Marcus, the host of the podcast Making Gay History, about his audio memoir on coming of age during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.
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A look at the ecological damage of the oil spill of California's coast
The clean up and investigation continues after a major oil spill off California's coast. In a place where most marshes have been lost, it damaged a restored wetland that's a refuge for shorebirds.
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As games resume, NWSL players demand change following sexual misconduct allegations
The National Women's Soccer League resumed playing Wednesday after a difficult week. The league has been rocked by sexual misconduct allegations and the years it took for the abuse to come to light.
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Concern is growing in the region as Haitian migrants try to flee by boat
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Patrick Oppmann, CNN's international correspondent and Havana bureau chief, about a recent increase in Haitian migrants attempting to leave their country by boat.
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Thousands of Afghans at a military base in Wisconsin await resettlement
Some 13,000 Afghan refugees who escaped the Taliban forces find themselves in an Army base in rural Wisconsin. They await resettlement in communities across the nation.
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More than social media: The WhatsApp outage affected small businesses worldwide
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ayman El Tarabishy, professor at George Washington University, about how Facebook's outage earlier this week halted work for businesses who rely on WhatsApp worldwide.
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How Janet Jackson's 'Control' shook the room for decades
Janet Jackson's Control turns 35 this week. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sam Sanders of It's Been A Minute, who investigated the album's making and legacy to commemorate the anniversary.
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Idaho's lieutenant governor banned vaccine mandates while Gov. Little was out of town
While Idaho Gov. Brad Little left the state for a trip, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who is running for the governor's seat in 2022, issued an order to ban mask and vaccine mandates even further.
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Supreme Court pushes government after it sought to block testimony in torture case
Both liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices pressed the U.S. government's lawyer about why a detainee at Guantanamo Bay couldn't testify about his own torture at the hands of the CIA.
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The world's 1st malaria vaccine gets a green light from the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has given approval for the world's first malaria vaccine. Malaria kills tens of thousands of people every year, with at least half being children under age 5.