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Every new year, public media reporters across the country bring us some of the new state laws taking effect where they are. Here are six in 2026.
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Which Tiny Desk made an audio engineer question everything? Which one made a producer want to cry? Touch grass? Look back on the year in Tiny Desk, with the people who make them.
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Dr. Wayne Wooten takes you on a tour of the observatories in Chile for the December skies column.
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Demand for temporary permits could rise by nearly 20 percent if every pregnant women in Florida applied, since there are about 225,000 births each year in the state, according to a lawsuit.
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Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed to defend the self-ruled island's sovereignty in the face of what he termed China's "expansionist ambitions," days after Beijing wrapped up live-fire military drills near its shores. -
The protests began due to economic pressures, with Iran's currency rapidly depreciating. Demonstrators have also chanted against the country's theocracy. -
Former special counsel Jack Smith spoke with lawmakers behind closed doors in December. That testimony is now public.
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A new study finds that California's rules protecting workers from excessive heat likely save dozens of lives every year. This comes as the federal government considers national heat-protection rules.
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New York City has a new mayor. Zohran Mamdani is the city's first Muslim mayor and a democratic socialist.
