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Veronica, 17, drove with her mother nearly four hours from her home in Iowa to visit a doctor in Minneapolis in September. Iowa banned gender-affirming care for youth in March 2023. <br>

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Her state bans gender-affirming care for teenagers. So she travels 450 miles for it

An estimated 110,000 trans teenagers live in states that ban gender-affirming care for minors. Some travel huge distances every few months to keep getting their treatment out-of-state.

September 27, 2024
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Sean “Diddy” Combs appears before students at his Capital Preparatory School in the Bronx on Oct. 18, 2022.

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  • Music

Sean Combs accused of impregnating, threatening woman in new assault lawsuit

In the 12th lawsuit filed against the hip-hop mogul since last November, an unnamed victim alleges that Sean Combs coerced her into sex, impregnated her, then threatened her into silence.

September 27, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
An election official organizes mail-in ballots to be sorted for the 2020 general election in West Chester, Pa.

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  • Elections

Legal questions about Pennsylvania mail-in ballots loom as voting starts

As voters in the key swing state of Pennsylvania start receiving mail ballots, multiple legal fights over how the ballots of mail-in voters should be counted are still playing out in the courts.

September 27, 2024
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
Many Chicago White Sox fans admitted they hoped the team would break the record — most losses in a season in modern baseball history — by losing their 121st game. Instead, Chicago swept the Angels and now, with a record of 39-120, heads to Detroit for its final series of the year.

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  • Sports

As the White Sox narrowly avoid loss #121, fans bid farewell to a season to forget

The Chicago White Sox have 120 losses, tied for the most in a season — one more L, and the record would be theirs. Fans at the final home game said they wouldn't mind seeing history made.

September 27, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Patients line up for remote health consultation sessions near Rangpur, Bangladesh. The country has emerged as a model of health-care progress in the Global South.

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  • Opinion

Bangladesh defies stereotypes when it comes to health care. Let's keep it that way

Bangladesh defies the stereotypes. It was born in poverty but has risen up the income ladder and is a model of health progress. Will the current political upheaval take a toll on its impressive achievements?

September 27, 2024
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By:
  • Junaid Nabi
Batman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Sept. 26, 2024.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The show How to Die Alone, the book You Gotta Eat, and Batman on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

September 27, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris,
  • Glen Weldon,
  • and 3 more
Garrett Keene sits on the front steps of his home in Lake Elsinore, Calif. that was destroyed in the Airport Fire, one of three major Southern California Fires so far this September. After evacuating with his family, Keene said he monitored the Watch Duty fire app to see where airdrops of fire retardant were happening as the fire approached, but none dropped on his neighborhood.

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  • National

Trying to stay safe in a wildfire? There's an app that can help

Watch Duty, a free app for tracking wildfires, has taken off in the Western U.S. as more of the region experiences destructive wildfires and the overwhelming task of staying informed.

September 27, 2024
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  • Liz Baker
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, seen from Baabda, Friday.

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  • Middle East

Israel says it struck Hezbollah's headquarters as huge explosions rocked Beirut

The Israeli military said it carried out an airstrike on the headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations.

September 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu hold signs as he addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.

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  • Middle East

Netanyahu defies calls for a cease-fire at the U.N., as Israel strikes Lebanon

In a fiery speech at the United Nations General Assembly, the Israeli prime minister said his country would is "winning" and would attack Iran and its proxies anywhere in the Middle East.

September 27, 2024
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  • Willem Marx
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s request to be put on the ballot in New York.

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  • Law

Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr's appeal to be put on the New York ballot

In New York major party candidates automatically appear on the ballot, but minor party candidates must collect 45,000 voter signatures by petition in order to qualify. Kennedy, who has withdrawn from the race and backed Donald Trump, gathered more than 100,000 valid signatures.

September 27, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Ilana Dutton
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hit his 50th homerun of the season during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Sept. 19 in Miami.

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  • Sports

Auction for Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 ball goes live as fans fight over who owns it

An 18-year-old filed a lawsuit against another baseball fan after the two tussled over Ohtani's historic 50th homerun ball. Now, an online auction for the ball may add another fan into the mix.

September 27, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
This photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard District Seven (@USCGSoutheast) shows a man and his dog being rescued after his sailboat became disabled during Hurricane Helene approximately 25 miles off Sanibel Island, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024.

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  • News

The Coast Guard save a man and his dog from a sinking boat off the coast of Florida

Before Helene even made landfall in Florida, authorities conducted a dramatic rescue operation: The U.S. Coast Guard saved a man whose sailboat started taking on water off the coast of Sanibel Island.

September 27, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
The streets are flooded near Peachtree Creek after hurricane Helene brought in heavy rains over night on September 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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  • News

A meteorologist in Atlanta rescued a woman from Helene floodwaters on camera

FOX Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen was broadcasting from Atlanta early this morning when he heard a woman crying for help in the dark.

September 27, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during a news conference in 2023.

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  • National Security

Trump campaign hack traced to three Iranians seeking to disrupt election, DOJ says

The Justice Department unveiled criminal charges against three Iranian hackers who allegedly compromised Trump campaign accounts and sought to erode confidence in the U.S. election.

September 27, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
A statue of country music singer and Arkansas native Johnny Cash was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

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  • History

U.S. Capitol statue of Johnny Cash depicts Arkansas' history and progress

Arkansas unveiled a new statue of Johnny Cash in the U.S. Capitol. Cash, the first musician to be honored in the building, replaces a statue of a Confederate general.

September 27, 2024
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  • Barbara Sprunt
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