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Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Chicago's 'rat hole' is removed after the city determined the sidewalk was damaged
The imprint of an animal had been a quirk of a residential block in Chicago's North Side for years but a post on social media brought it new fame, which neighbors found to be a nuisance.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Gateway Pundit files for bankruptcy after election conspiracy defamation lawsuits
The influential website faced multiple defamation suits over conspiracy theories about 2020 election fraud that it's accused of promoting.
- What consumers should know about the milk testing positive for bird flu
Federal officials and scientific experts say the virus detected in retail milk samples may be inactive and unable to cause an infection.
- A startup hopes to use a 1970s discovery to bring a male contraceptive to market
A research lab in Flagstaff, Ariz., is trying to leverage a 1970s discovery into a safe and desirable alternative for men who want to prevent pregnancy.
- The disconnect between facts and feelings when it comes to voters and the economy
Why is there a disconnect at times between good news about the economy, and how voters actually feel about the economy? And how is that likely to play out in the 2024 election?
- Remembering Rev. Cecil Williams, champion of equality in San Francisco, dead at 94
The legendary pastor of Glide Church died this week at the age of 94. He was known as a champion of racial equality, LGBTQ rights and San Francisco's most impoverished residents.
- Former star running back reunites with his Heisman Trophy
After 14 years, Reggie Bush will be reunited with his Heisman trophy. He forfeited it after an NCAA investigation found that he and his family received improper monetary benefits during his USC time.
- Supreme Court looks at Idaho abortion ban when a woman's health is in imminent danger
The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided over its latest abortion case, which looks at whether a state may ban medical termination of a pregnancy if the woman's health, but not life, is in danger.
- Scientists found a way to restore brain cells impaired by a rare genetic disorder
Researchers have been able to reverse the effects of a syndrome that affects brain development in a brain organoid.
- What to watch for at the Supreme Court presidential immunity arguments
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with University of Texas Law professor Lee Kovarsky ahead of the Supreme Court looking at the federal election interference case against former president Donald Trump.
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