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Former Iowa women's basketball star Caitlin Clark has had a bumpy start to her WNBA career. NPR's A Martinez talks to Ben Pickman of The Athletic.
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Lawmakers are shifting their sights from legislating to putting forward bills that don’t have a political path forward but DO make a political point.
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NPR's A Martínez explores what can be done to control health care costs ahead of November's elections.
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In some of the final presidential primaries of this year, voters continue to express their dissatisfaction with the presumptive presidential nominees in both major parties.
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The over use of antibiotics contributes to antibiotic resistant infections. A series of new studies shows how hospitals are still grappling with the superbugs unleashed during the pandemic.
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A California school district fights chronic absenteeism in kindergarten by helping parents decide whether their kid is too sick to go to school.
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President Biden will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France. The presidential primary season is winding down. Lawmakers are campaigning —- even when Congress is in session.
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In Arizona voters will decide whether local law enforcement should have the power to arrest people who cross the state's southern border illegally.
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Former President Trump reiterated many of the claims — without evidence — that his criminal trial was "rigged." A New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony counts in his unprecedented hush money case.
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NPR's A Martínez visits Georgia to see the problems some Americans have accessing healthcare and to hear from providers about what they need to fix it.