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Have a complaint about CVS? So do pharmacists: Many just walked out
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Pharmacists working for CVS stores are walking off the job, resorting to a drastic form of protest to highlight what they say are unsafe and stressful work… Read More
![Four bears line up at the falls on the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve, hoping to snatch a salmon out of the air.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/53189512967_a4911fcd44_o-283cf42fa6f554bff5ff28d91ac6dc3eaebdb434-scaled-e1695405842606-900x422.jpg)
From hangry to chonky: Fat Bear Week is coming
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — If you’ve ever felt hangry, consider this: Brown bears in Alaska woke up this spring after not eating for about 6 months. And no, “hangry” might not… Read More
![Visitors to New York City hold a map showing city landmarks on a clear day as they stand on the viewing deck of Rockefeller Center in late June.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/smoke-canada-fire-us-sky_wide-2645623cee492a3f55ae9afbc45dcba364b6e51d-scaled-e1690129589479-900x422.jpg)
Why can’t Canada just put the fires out? Here are 5 answers to key questions
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Smoke from Canada’s wildfires has filled U.S. skies with an unhealthy haze for weeks, becoming a hallmark of the 2023 summer. The smoke raises a number… Read More
![Ryan Seacrest poses for a picture on the red carpet at the Oscars](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-1-900x422.png)
Ryan Seacrest will be the new host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Wheel Of Fortune contestants will be buying their vowels from Ryan Seacrest in 2024. Sony Pictures Television named Seacrest the show’s new host on Tuesday, as he… Read More
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Does drinking alcohol affect your dementia risk? We asked a researcher for insights
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — If you’re worried that drinking alcohol could raise the risk of dementia as you get older, a large new study from South Korea can provide some insights…. Read More
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Your tax refund will likely be smaller this year. Here are more things to know
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — It’s time to file your tax return, and many of us are facing smaller refunds, shrunken tax credits and deductions — right as inflation and higher… Read More
![monkeypox virus particles (orange) are seen within an infected cell (green), after being cultured in a laboratory. The image was produced by a colorized transmission electron micrograph.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/gettyimages-1428290409_custom-bd4c63bd797ec770f07deecd1512d53ee4ded6b7-scaled-e1669656067639-900x422.jpg)
WHO renames monkeypox as mpox
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Monkeypox disease now has a new name: mpox. The World Health Organization announced the long-awaited change on Monday, saying the disease’s original name plays into “racist… Read More
![A healthcare worker prepares Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines for third doses at a senior living facility in Worcester, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/third_dose_gettyimages-1234866742-1db640f2e08c9eeffcd95fd17d5603653cf82ef8-scaled-e1631916558855-900x422.jpg)
If Pfizer’s data pans out, when will little kids get the COVID-19 vaccine?
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Updated May 23, 2022 at 10:21 AM ET A third pediatric dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children 6 months to under 5 years of age prompted a strong… Read More
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More than 90,000 hoverboards sold in the U.S. are being recalled over safety concerns
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The maker of the Hover-1 Superfly Hoverboard is urging owners to stop using the 2020 model of the device, saying it can keep moving even when its operator wants the… Read More
![Shaun White trains before the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/white-3-e1644613933907-900x422.jpg)
Look back at the McTwists and turns of Shaun White’s golden snowboarding career
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Shaun White said farewell to his storied Olympic career Thursday evening ET, proving that at 35 he’s still among the world’s elite snowboarders. He finished off… Read More
![Voice actor Peter Robbins and the character he voiced, Charlie Brown, attend a DVD release party in Hollywood, Calif.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gettyimages-83163321_custom-87e5094957c5ab5cb64ab57567c31aade8a8c96f-scaled-e1643231208213-900x422.jpg)
Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in the 1960s, has died
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Peter Robbins, the actor who first gave voice to the beloved Peanuts character Charlie Brown, has died at age 65. “Robbins’ family said he took his… Read More
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Twitter boots a bot that revealed Wordle’s upcoming words to the game’s players
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Twitter has suspended a bot account that waged a brief and unwelcome war on Wordle aficionados. The @wordlinator bot account was designed to fire off a… Read More
![Workers next to solar panels in an integrated power station in Yancheng, China, in October. An unprecedented amount of renewable power came online in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. China alone added more than 92 gigawatts of capacity, more than triple the amount it added in the fourth quarter of 2019.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/renewable-energy-10dfb2c99b726ec691ffe1719bc7a3ed254f0945-e1620918182273-900x422.jpg)
Renewable Energy Growth Rate Up 45% Worldwide In 2020; IEA Sees ‘New Normal’
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In 2020, renewable power was “the only energy source for which demand increased … while consumption of all other fuels declined,” the International Energy Agency says.
![A doctor prepares to administer a vaccine injection at New York-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, N.Y., in January. The FDA has approved emergency use authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for patients age 12-15.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/vaccination-08818bb3497233926838219fb239e6b36432e17a-scaled-e1620683448790-900x422.jpg)
FDA OKs Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine For 12-15 Age Group
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Pfizer said in late March that clinical trials found “100% efficacy and robust antibody responses” to the coronavirus in 12- to 15-year-olds.
![Matthew Carnes prepares to change diapers for his newborn daughter, Evelina Carnes, as his wife, Breanna Llamas, keeps watch in the postpartum unit at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., in March. The U.S. has reported another record low in its birthrate.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/birth-rate-1-c4167c3c9ecfc767ade418b997e70f7df837fc81-scaled-e1620244276148-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Birthrate Fell By 4% In 2020, Hitting Another Record Low
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For the sixth year in a row, the number of U.S. births fell in 2020, reaching the lowest level since 1979. The fertility rate remains “below replacement” — the level needed to compensate for deaths.
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Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shows ‘100% Efficacy’ In Adolescents
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Pfizer says it will submit the clinical trial results “as soon as possible” to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and is hoping to start vaccinating children before the next school year.
![The pending arrival of vaccines has brought "hope for a brighter future," the OECD says. Here, workers from the Red Cross and the Federal Agency for Technical Relief help set up a center for COVID-19 vaccinations in a gymnasium in Eschwege, Germany.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/gettyimages-1288831036-3feb22a5bc56f9deb2003968d9ce985d0fe5a8c2-scaled-e1606853065787-900x422.jpg)
Rosy Vaccine Outlook Brightens World Economic Forecast, But Recovery May Be Uneven
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China is predicted to account for more than a third of global economic growth next year, while the U.S. and European countries will lag behind, according to the OECD.
![U.S. Attorney General William Barr meets with members of the St. Louis Police Department on Oct. 15. On Monday night, Richard Pilger resigned as director of the Justice Department's election crimes branch, protesting Barr's memo authorizing federal prosecutors to pursue allegations of voting irregularities.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/gettyimages-1229087712-edit-5527bcdba4ace6415148842bd9e7bf0d69a82f5d-scaled-e1605026532434-900x422.jpg)
Head Of DOJ’s Election Crimes Unit Steps Down After Barr OKs Election Inquiries
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The attorney general’s policy breaks with the Justice Department’s policy of not interfering with elections that has stood for 40 years, Richard Pilger says.
![Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, shown here last month, was allegedly a target of a militia's kidnapping plot.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ap_20274777139261-06f12d87ea990c1ede3641312fe424dc233f51ab-e1602206466637-900x422.jpg)
Militia Members Plotted To Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer, FBI Says
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“I’ll be honest, I never could have imagined anything like this,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says. Over the summer, conspirators allegedly began training for a potential attack.
![As the world prepares to ring in 2020, many people are arguing over whether a new decade will also begin on Jan. 1 or whether it will actually begin on the first day of 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2020-decade-new-year-7a064de88e8c73061a029f7502d0329ec3d1870f-scaled-e1577474602174-900x422.jpg)
People Can’t Even Agree On When The Decade Ends
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In these binary times, it might not surprise anyone that people can’t even agree on when one period of time ends and another begins.
![At least five people were injured at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., where authorities say a gunman opened fire Thursday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rtx78v2l-09002ca467a1ecc8750946fcf770df8a345b4c95-e1573754413981-900x422.jpg)
At Least 5 Injured In Shooting At California High School; Suspect In Custody
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says the suspect in the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita “is in custody and being treated at a local hospital.”
![Congress has approved the first law making severe animal abuse a federal crime, in a move that Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., calls "a milestone for pet owners and animal lovers across the country."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/animal-cruelty-dog-cb1639f0a6cce0395f066ad0f75bc68b19c18230-e1573229319840-900x422.jpg)
Animal Cruelty As A Federal Crime: Trump Is Expected To Sign Bill Passed By Congress
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The PACT Act would be the first national law making severe animal cruelty and torture illegal. An earlier law only banned videos of such acts.
![Income inequality in the U.S. grew worse in California and eight other states in 2018, the U.S. Census Bureau says. Here, a file photo shows the view from the balcony of a house listed at $5.5 million in San Francisco.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/gettyimages-511273938-7a6f490b92599303f967091ef1677b6ef803c89f-e1569521993788-900x422.jpg)
U.S. Income Inequality Worsens, Widening To A New Gap
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The gap between the richest and the poorest U.S. households is now the largest it’s been in the past 50 years, the U.S. Census Bureau says.
!["We'll be watching you," climate activist Greta Thunberg told world leaders Monday, speaking at the U.N. Climate Action Summit in New York City.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/greta-thunberg-c80a55070b5177e2d8904c29ef1c80991b8b5e3f-e1569252966408-900x422.jpg)
‘This Is All Wrong,’ Greta Thunberg Tells World Leaders At U.N. Climate Session
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“This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school, on the other side of the ocean,” activist Greta Thunberg tells leaders at a U.N. climate conference.
![EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler says the repeal of Obama-era water rules will end an overreach by the federal government.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/rts2qbk9-18b83fe8db6001802e66f4fb8e721117afd135a2-e1568315609131-900x422.jpg)
EPA Makes Rollback Of Clean Water Rules Official, Repealing 2015 Protections
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The change ends an “egregious power grab,” Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler says.