Among the legislation the governor signed is a wide-reaching public health bill that expands access to birth control and requires the state to track cases of Lyme disease and alpha-gal syndrome.
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The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.
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By altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how wildlife is protected in the United States. Environmental groups are suing.
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The New Yorker writer Jonathan Blitzer says thousands of people are being held in tents in the El Paso desert, where inhumane conditions have become a tool to pressure people to accept deportation.
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Missouri State University Baseball adds two transfers for 2026-27 while the softball team adds one more transfer.
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The visa process for visiting artists has always been complicated and expensive. Under the current administration, it's gotten significantly worse.
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Annual inflation hit 3.5% in June, down from May's more than three-year high — but the resumption of the conflict with Iran threaten to push up inflation as energy costs once again spike.
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A troubling pattern of federal agents fatally shooting civilians is developing, with deaths in Maine, Texas and Tennessee. The family of a man shot by agents told NPR they want answers.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Robert Malley, a negotiator of a 2015 Iran nuclear deal, about President Trump saying the U.S. is reinstating a blockade on Iranian ports and charging a toll on cargo.
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President Trump says the Strait of Hormuz is open, and the U.S., not Iran, will collect tolls.
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Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, reacts to the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Colombian man by federal law enforcement in Biddeford, Maine, Monday morning.
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AI is moving beyond chatbots and into toys, dolls, and robots built to befriend children. A leading child-development expert says the technology offers real promise — but also risks crowding out the human relationships children need most.
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The U.S. military announced it will begin its blockade of Iranian ships over the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, as Iran vowed to assert its own control over the critical international waterway.
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Trump says the U.S. will collect tolls and impose blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, man killed by federal agents in Maine, states sue to stop Paramount-Warner Bros merger.
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The sultry voice of Baby Rose returns on a new album called "Yearnalism," which she considers the study of desire.