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HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on the administration's response to the Omicron variant
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on the Biden administration's ongoing response to the Omicron variant.
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Infrastructure law set to boost Colorado's work tackling poverty and climate change
Colorado is trying to fight both poverty and climate change by retrofitting low-income homes. Now the state set to get a big boost from the new federal infrastructure law.
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New Delhi is closing schools as it tries to deal with air pollution
Kids in Delhi, India, have been indoors for 20 months –- first for COVID, now for smog beyond four times what's safe. Officials have installed towers to filter it, but scientists say they don't work.
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The impact on Supreme Court rulings beyond abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Florida State University law professor Mary Ziegler about the other Supreme Court decisions that could be impacted if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
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No end in sight for Major League Baseball lockout
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post about Major League Baseball's lockout and the ramifications it could have for the future of the sport.
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We may be one step closer to storing data in DNA
Researchers at Microsoft have developed a faster way to write data into DNA — a biological alternative to the bits on a hard drive.
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What it was like at the Supreme Court during Mississippi abortion case arguments
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Hillary Schneller, senior staff attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, who was in the courtroom for Wednesday's Supreme Court arguments.
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Law professor on his amicus brief in support of Mississippi overturning Roe v. Wade
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with O. Carter Snead, law professor at Notre Dame, about the legal standing for anti-abortion arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says he won't be running for reelection
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a moderate Republican, says he won't run for a third term. Although he's one of the nation's most popular governors, Baker was facing a tough primary challenge.
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15-year-old charged in Michigan school shooting
Prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old with murder, terrorism and other crimes in connection with Tuesday's school shooting in Michigan in which 4 people were killed.
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Public health messaging about omicron will be vital to curb conspiracy theories
Much is unknown about the omicron variant. Scientists are scrambling to gather information. But with the first case of omicron confirmed in the U.S., public health officials can't afford to be silent.
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1st case of the omicron variant in the U.S. has been reported in California
The first case of the omicron variant has been identified in the United States. The case occurred in a traveler who recently returned to California from a trip to South Africa.