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Health
Bill Of The Month Examines The Cost Of Treating Car Crash Injuries
Our medical bill of the month for April highlights how auto insurance may not always cover all the medical expenses you might have when you are involved in an accident.
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National
Activist: Convictions In George Floyd's Death Could Represent 'A Huge Paradigm Shift'
"It would have been unimaginable just even a month ago that something like that was possible," activist and civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong says following Derek Chauvin's murder conviction.
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Politics
George W. Bush Lends His Voice To Immigrants In 'Out Of Many, One'
The former president's book features portraits of 43 immigrants — athletes, public servants, business leaders, educators: "I am attempting to join others in saying the system's broken. Let's fix it."
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Arts & Life
'I Feel Like I'm An Olympian': Youn Yuh-jung On Her Historic Oscar Nomination
The celebrated Korean actor plays a loving, mischievous grandma in Minari — a role that has earned her newfound fame in the U.S. She says the character brought back memories of her great-grandmother.
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Morning News Brief
Biden will announce steps his administration plans to take on gun violence. Brazil marks a deadly milestone in COVID-19 pandemic. The prosecution continues its case in the Derek Chauvin trial.
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National
Former Obama Official On The Surge At The Border: 'This Is A Refugee Crisis'
Any effort to address what's happening on the border has to start with root causes in Central America, says Cecilia Muñoz, who was head of the Domestic Policy Council in the Obama administration.
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National
What We Learned From Day 1 Of The Chauvin Trial
Two key questions are at play in Derek Chauvin's murder trial: What killed George Floyd, and did Chauvin use excessive force? Civil rights lawyer Charles Coleman Jr. discusses the early takeaways.
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Science
New Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Wants Schools Open 'As Soon As Possible'
Biden's new Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says "it is our shared goal to reopen schools safely and quickly."
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Morning News Brief
The CDC launches online tool for people to find where to get vaccinated. Biden administration will release a report on the killing of a Saudi journalist. House panel presses postmaster on mail delays.
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Arts & Life
'Hunt, Gather, Parent' Offers Lessons Collected Around The World
NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff found that parenting books she read after becoming a mom left a lot out. When she went through a tough period with her daughter, she traveled the world in search of guidance.