Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a $114.5 billion spending plan Friday, wrapping up a special session to complete the budget more than two months after they failed to do so during the regular session.
Annahstasia's voice is soothing and strong. Her music feels like taking a deep breath, exhaling and landing in a gentle place.
Fort Walton Beach’s Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival began as a 1950s tourism event and grew into a 70-year tradition. Historian Mike Thomin says its pirate namesake blends treasure lore, civic pageantry and the story of a real Gulf Coast adventurer.
The new deal, struck Monday, restores eligibility for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to 400% of the federal poverty level ($62,600 per year), reverses the drug restrictions, and provides $75 million to run the program.
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There have been hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides of the war in Ukraine, and by some estimates more than 80% are now caused by drones. It's changed the nature of battlefield medicine.
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The judge wrote in his 94-page ruling that it was "crystal clear" that the arts complex was named for the late president John F. Kennedy. He also ruled that the center could not wind down its programming and close for two years of renovations – at least for now
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with financial historian Brendan Greeley about President Trump's push to be featured on a new $250 bill.
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Louisiana's crawfish industry is upended because processing plants can't get guest-worker visas for its seasonal workforce.
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In echoes of past outbreaks, community members are attacking clinics, distrusting doctors and following burial traditions that could lead to more cases of Ebola.