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One reason school cyberattacks are on the rise? Schools are easy targets for hackers

School systems of every size have been hit by cyberattacks. "It's not Johnny in his room trying to break in and change his grades anymore," says one superintendent.

March 12, 2024
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  • Kavitha Cardoza
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden unofficially kicked off the general election campaign with rallies in Georgia Saturday, March 9, 2024.

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  • Politics

Georgia on the mind of the Trump and Biden campaigns as the key state holds primary

Georgia is an important state for both former President Donald Trump and President Biden in 2024. It's also a state with the clearest examples of the obstacles each faces in his path to victory.

March 12, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
Strength training is good for everyone, but women who train regularly get a significantly higher boost in longevity than men.

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Women who do strength training live longer. How much is enough?

Strength training is good for everyone. But women who train regularly, reduce their risk of death from heart disease significantly. And here are 5 other hidden benefits of building muscle.

March 12, 2024
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  • Allison Aubrey
One of the cells in the Transitional Care Unit at the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Oak Park Heights.

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  • National

The U.S. prison population is rapidly graying. Prisons aren't built for what's coming

By one measure, about a third of all prisoners will be considered geriatric by 2030. Prison systems are grappling with how to care for their elderly prisoners — and how to pay for it.

March 12, 2024
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  • Meg Anderson
In 1952, the SS United States won the famed Blue Riband, the prize given to the fastest ship to cross the Atlantic. On the record-setting maiden voyage, the ship went so fast some of the paint on the hull was sheared off by the sea.

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  • National

The fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic faces eviction from a pier

The SS United States, once a luxurious ocean liner, holds the speed record for crossing the Atlantic. It's rusting away at a pier in Philadelphia and could soon be evicted and scrapped.

March 12, 2024
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  • Matt Guilhem
The four members of NASA's Crew-7 mission pose for a portrait inside their crew quarters on the International Space Station. Clockwise from bottom are, astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen, Satoshi Furukawa, and Loral O'Hara. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down at 5:48 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 to end a six-month mission.

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After 6 months in space and a fiery return over the U.S., NASA's Crew-7 is back home

The four crewmembers spent a half-year on the International Space Station conducting dozens of experiments and science research. NASA's Crew-8 mission relieved them on the orbital outpost last week.

March 12, 2024
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  • Russell Lewis
Two United Airlines Boeing 737s are parked at the gate at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on July 7, 2022.

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  • National

Why flying is still safe despite high-profile problems

United Airlines recently had multiple flight emergencies in the span of a few days. Meanwhile, federal investigators are probing Boeing for the door plug blowout. But flying is still low-risk.

March 12, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Receding water in Utah's Great Salt Lake is seen on March 5. Environmentalists are suing the state to force water cutbacks to farmers to save the Great Salt Lake.

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Farmers accused of drying up the imperiled Great Salt Lake say they can help save it

Environmentalists are suing Utah to force water cutbacks to farmers to save the Great Salt Lake. Farmers call the blame unfair and say that would have its own environmental and economic consequences.

March 11, 2024
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  • Kirk Siegler
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs the Parental Rights in Education bill, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, at Classical Preparatory School, March 28, 2022, in Shady Hills, Fla. Students and teachers will be able to speak freely about sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday, March 11, 2024.

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Florida teachers can discuss LGBTQ topics under 'Don't Say Gay' law, settlement says

Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement between Florida officials and civil rights lawyers.

March 11, 2024
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After July 1, the University of Virginia and other public institutions in the state will no longer be able to give an admissions advantage to students who are connected to alums or donors.

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Virginia has banned legacy admissions at its public colleges

The new law, which passed unanimously in the Virginia House and Senate, will take effect July 1.

March 11, 2024
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  • Janet W. Lee
Marcia Fudge, the U.S. secretary of Housing and Urban Development, testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services in January.

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U.S. Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down this month

Fudge, 71, is one of the few cabinet members to leave the Biden administration so far, and will return home to Ohio. She says affordable housing is a bipartisan challenge that needs more funding.

March 11, 2024
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  • Jennifer Ludden
A man watches the annular solar eclipse in Merida, Mexico, last  October.

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  • National

Will you be celebrating the solar eclipse? NPR wants to hear from you

Is this your first total solar eclipse, or did you have your glasses out in 2017, too? However you're celebrating, we want to hear from you.

March 11, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Former Nation Of Islam leader and civil rights activist El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (aka Malcolm X and Malcolm Little) poses for a portrait on February 16, 1965, in Rochester, New York.

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Malcolm X is set to be the first Black person in the Nebraska Hall of Fame

In 2004 and 2007, the Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission proposed his induction but chose someone else.

March 11, 2024
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  • Aaron Bonderson - Nebraska Public Media
Medications are locked in a glass cabinet at a supermarket.

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  • Business

Retailers howled about theft last year. Why not now?

Mentions of retail theft seem to be fading, their fever pitch cooling. What's changed? And how bad was the problem in the first place?

March 11, 2024
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  • Alina Selyukh
In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden, left, speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former President Donald Trump speaks on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, N.J.

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  • Politics

Georgia and Michigan could be key to keeping Black voter turnout up in 2024

In the 2022 midterm elections, Black voter turnout dropped dramatically. Ahead of the presidential election in 2024, organizers warn it could happen again and political parties should pay attention.

March 11, 2024
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  • Sam Gringlas
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