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An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine

Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.

March 12, 2025
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By:
  • Lisa Doggett
A man walks past the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 7.

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  • News

Education Department's major cuts to its staff. And, a proposed Ukraine peace deal

The Department of Education said it will cut around 50% of its workforce. And, the U.S. has announced it will be resuming military aid to Ukraine.

March 12, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
A man walks past the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 7.

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  • Education

U.S. Education Department says it is cutting nearly half of all staff

According to the department, more than 1,300 positions will be cut as a result of this reduction in force. Roughly another 600 employees have accepted voluntary resignations or retired.

March 12, 2025
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  • Cory Turner and
  • Jonaki Mehta
Protestors gathered outside the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Feb. 13, 2025. The agency plans to cut 80,000 jobs.

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  • Mental Health

Trump's policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources say

The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest providers of mental health care in the U.S. Its integrated care model means patients are already feeling the cuts and changes that are underway.

March 12, 2025
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
One of the federal workers laid off under the direction of DOGE was Adam Strom, the head coach of the Haskell Indian Nations University Fighting Indians women's basketball team. Strom was dismissed on Feb. 14 but chose to remain with the team without pay. He was reinstated to his position on Monday along with about a dozen of his colleagues at Haskell, but a new federal lawsuit has challenged the rest of the cuts.

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  • Law

DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back

Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.

March 12, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
Gretchen Rubin, host of the <em>Happier</em> podcast, says happiness is less about attaining joy than it is about growing in the right direction. She explains how to make small changes that can move you toward happiness and why knowing yourself helps contribute to this emotion.

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  • Mental Health

If you want more happiness in your life, ask yourself this simple question

Gretchen Rubin, host of the Happier podcast, explains the secret to happiness — and why knowing your personality type can help you make better decisions about what can bring you more joy.

March 12, 2025
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra and
  • Sam Yellowhorse Kesler
A Nissan LEAF recharges at a station in Pasadena, Calif. Memos obtained by NPR show a key federal agency has paused orders of zero-emission vehicles and some federally-owned EV chargers will be shut off.

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  • Climate

Trump administration slams brakes on government's adoption of electric vehicles

Memos obtained by NPR show a key federal agency has paused orders of zero-emission vehicles and some federally owned EV chargers will be turned off.

March 12, 2025
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  • Nathaniel Minor
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, center, chairman of Demokraatit Party, plays guitar as he reacts during the election party at Demokraatit by cafe Killut in Nuuk, early Wednesday, March 12, 2025.

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  • Elections

Opposition party wins the most votes in Greenland election amid Trump takeover talk

The Demokraatit Party won the most votes in Greenland's parliamentary elections, a surprise result in an election in the shadow of President Donald Trump's stated goal of taking control of the island.

March 12, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
An aerial view of Old Trafford stadium, home of Manchester United Football Club, on Aug. 31, 2022 in Manchester, England.

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  • Sports

Manchester United announces plans for a new $2.5 billion stadium

The plans include the demolition of Old Trafford, the team's iconic 115-year-old stadium.

March 11, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo and
  • Lauren Frayer
Salvage crews work on recovering wreckage near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Arlington, Va.

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  • National

'There's a serious safety issue,' investigators say following DCA midair collision

The January midair collision with the Army helicopter happened as the American Airlines jet was about to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. All 67 people on both aircraft died.

March 11, 2025
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  • Russell Lewis
Pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate in Lower Manhattan on Monday, after immigration officers arrested a leader of the protests at Columbia University against Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent faces of the university's protest movement, was arrested on March 9.

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  • Politics

White House says immigration officials are seeking more pro-Palestinian protesters

Following the arrest of pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Department of Homeland Security is working to make additional arrests.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Elena Moore
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 11: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 11, 2025 in New York City. Following the worst day for the markets this year, the Dow was down nearly 500 points in morning trading. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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  • Business

Stocks sink again, as Trump's tariff policies spark chaos

Trump has long boasted about the market's performance under him. But now he seems to have other priorities.

March 11, 2025
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  • Maria Aspan
Columbia University faculty members hold a pro-Palestinian and pro-free speech rally on the Columbia University campus in 2023 in New York City.

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  • National

Green card holders' rights in spotlight after arrest of pro-Palestinian activist

A New York federal judge is set to hear pivotal questions in the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of large Gaza solidarity protests at Columbia University who now faces deportation after his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

March 11, 2025
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Ximena Bustillo
A Southwest Airlines plane is unloaded at Denver International Airport on Thursday, Feb. 27. The airline announced that it would begin charging some passengers to check bags.

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  • Business

Bags fly for a fee: Southwest Airlines cancels its free checked luggage perk

The carrier announced Tuesday that it will begin charging certain passengers to check their luggage on flights, a significant shift at the company long prized by consumers for its perks.

March 11, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
Abdulwahab Omira, 28, stands in front of his destroyed family home in Damascus, Syria. Omira and his family fled Syria's civil war in 2012 when he was a teenager. Now a U.S. citizen and a graduate student at Stanford, Omira recently returned to his home country to look for ways the tech industry could help rebuild it.

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  • World

He fled Syria's war as a teenager. He went back to help launch a tech industry

Abdulwahab Omira escaped Syria's war with his family as a teenager. He recently returned as a Stanford graduate student and a budding entrepreneur, hoping to help jumpstart the country's tech industry.

March 11, 2025
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  • Greg Myre
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