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Stephanie, who asked that only her first name be used, picks up her methadone prescription at the Operation PAR clinic in Inverness, Florida.

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  • Health

For people with opioid addiction, Medicaid overhaul comes with risks

More than a million Americans use Medicaid to get addiction treatments like methadone. But as states update their systems, some patients have lost coverage. Even a short gap can be life-threatening.

September 16, 2024
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By:
  • Stephanie Colombini and
  • Kim Krisberg
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, speaks to reporters in front of the border wall with Mexico on Sept. 6 in San Diego.

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  • National

JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets

Local police say they've seen no evidence of crimes against pets alleged by Vance and GOP allies. The claims appear to have been spread by a neo-Nazi group before gaining a wider audience online.

September 10, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan and
  • Jasmine Garsd
Political commentator and YouTuber Benny Johnson (left) speaks with Eric Trump, a son of former President Donald Trump, during the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Johnson made videos for Tenet Media. The Justice Department accused a company matching Tenet's description of working closely with employees of Russian state broadcaster RT to covertly spread pro-Russian narratives in the United States. Johnson says he was not aware of Tenet's ties to Russia.

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  • National Security

How Russian operatives covertly hired U.S. influencers to create viral videos

Details in an indictment match Nashville-based Tenet Media, which offered lucrative paychecks to prominent right-wing influencers. The influencers say they were deceived.

September 05, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond,
  • Jude Joffe-Block,
  • and 1 more
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks alongside Ukrainian officials at the Department of Justice in 2022 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National Security

U.S. accuses Russia of sophisticated influence campaigns against U.S. voters

The U.S. government accused Russia of trying to interfere with this year's elections and announced new steps to counter those actions.

September 05, 2024
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block and
  • Shannon Bond
A photo illustration of the TikTok logo next to U.S. and China flags. Researchers have uncovered more accounts tied to a Chinese influence operation known as "Spamoflauge" which includes an account on TikTok with one video that managed to get 1.5 million views before being taken down.

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  • Elections

China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters

The campaign known as “Spamouflage” includes accounts claiming to be American voters and U.S. soldiers posting about hot-button topics including abortion, Israel and Ukraine.

September 03, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
An AI-generated depiction of Donald Trump riding a lion. The image was first posted by a Trump supporter on X before Trump reposted the depiction on his Truth Social account. Trump has embracing reposting AI-generated images created by his supporters. NPR added the borders to the image to make clear the image was AI-generated.

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  • Politics

How AI-generated memes are changing the 2024 election

Donald Trump has repeatedly shared AI-generated content on social media in the latest example of how artificial intelligence is showing up in the 2024 election.

August 31, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
A voter entering a polling place in Mountain Brooks, Ala., on Super Tuesday on March 5, 2024. Alabama is one of several states where GOP officials are launching fresh efforts to purge their voter rolls of noncitizens, even though there's little evidence noncitizens vote in significant numbers.

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  • Politics

The GOP is making false claims about noncitizens voting. It’s affecting real voters

As the election nears, false rhetoric about noncitizen voting is having a real impact as some GOP officials are scrutinizing voter rolls and questioning some voters’ registrations.

August 30, 2024
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block
GPB News NPR

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  • Music Interviews

Conductor Jonathon Heyward is breaking barriers

As music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Heyward is the youngest to lead a major American orchestra and the first Black music director in the organization’s 107-year history.

August 29, 2024
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By:
  • Lara Downes
The Meta logo at a trade fair in France earlier this year. The social media firm says it has disrupted more accounts tied to Iranian hackers who are targeting the U.S. presidential election.

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  • Technology

Meta takes down more accounts tied to Iranian hackers targeting the U.S. election

The company says the hackers posed as tech support to target people affiliated with President Biden and Donald Trump, in the latest evidence of Iran’s attempts to influence the 2024 election.

August 23, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
There are more than 4,600 hospitals in the U.S., and 49% of them are nonprofit and therefore tax-exempt. The CEOs of these nonprofit health systems now earn, on average, $1.3 million a year.

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  • Health

CEOs earn big bucks at nonprofit hospitals. But does that benefit patients?

Nonprofit hospitals pay their CEOs generously, and their compensation keeps getting larger. Some researchers wonder if the ballooning paychecks align with what’s best for patients and taxpayers.

August 20, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Boden
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

X’s chatbot can now generate AI images. A lack of guardrails raises election concerns

NPR was able to produce depictions that appear to show ballot drop boxes being stuffed and of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump holding firearms.

August 19, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
The scene from a Kamala Harris and Tim Walz rally in Detroit on Aug. 7. Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed that another picture of the rally showing a large crowd was generated by artificial intelligence.

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  • Technology

Why false claims that a picture of a Kamala Harris rally was AI-generated matter

"This is a photo of an event in one city on one day," said one AI researcher. "I mean, what hope do we have to actually tackle complex problems in society if we can't agree on this?"

August 14, 2024
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block
Logan Health in Kalispell, Mont., has experienced three data breaches in the past five years. Those cyberattacks exposed the names, phone numbers and addresses of hundreds of thousands of patients. The hospital later settled a lawsuit related to the incidents for $4.2 million.

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  • Health Care

After health care attacks, tech giants will help small hospitals with cyber defenses

As small and rural hospitals struggle against cyber attacks, a federally brokered deal will allow them to access free and discounted cybersecurity services. Experts say it may not be enough.

August 14, 2024
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton
A mother and her young son sit in the playroom of a house that offers temporary shelter for migrants in Queens, N.Y. They both crossed into the U.S. without authorization in the past year.

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  • Politics

What drove last year's surge in Chinese migrants at the southern border?

Republicans, led by former President Donald Trump, claim without evidence that Chinese migrants are spies or drug smugglers. Migrants' accounts tell a different story.

August 09, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
A barn near Pablo, Montana with the Mission Mountains in the distance. Western Montana is experiencing more frequent heat waves, and officials are concerned about health impacts on isolated rural residents.

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  • Health

In Montana, 911 calls reveal hidden impact of heat waves on rural seniors

Researchers are helping Missoula county officials learn who’s calling 911 during heat waves. Rural callers are disproportionately affected, prompting emergency planners to rethink their approach.

August 07, 2024
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  • Aaron Bolton
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