5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (421+ words) Many California countertop workers diagnosed with silicosis from engineered stone are struggling to obtain workers' compensation benefits as insurers deny claims. FARIDA JHABVALA ROMERO, BYLINE: Eleazar Resendiz Cortes is only 39 but gasps for air doing things that used to be…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (358+ words) NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sam Holleran, one of the authors behind the new book Scattered Steel: the afterlife of the World Trade Center. For years, the artist Sam Holleran has been fascinated by the 9/11 memorials across the country built…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (762+ words) People taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic for diabetes were less likely to be diagnosed with substance use disorder, a new study shows. Maria Fabrizio for NPR hide caption There's new evidence that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can reduce the risk…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (683+ words) For months, Minneapolis resident Michael Khalili drove around the Twin Cities area observing and documenting the activities of federal immigration officers after they swarmed his city last winter as part of an unprecedented surge. He points out that when federal…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (274+ words) The Lindsay Clancy murder trial captivated the American public for weeks.Prosecutors charged Clancy with murdering her three children. They say she then tried to take her own life and that her injuries left her paralyzed from the waist down....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (241+ words) Despite record viewership and attendance, and amazing talent across the league, the WNBA has been caught up in the national conversation about the culture wars. Sportswriter Sabreena Merchant says, “everything in the WNBA seems to take on a political lens…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (874+ words) This fossilized feather dates back 66 million years to the late Cretaceous. "It is, without a doubt, the best feather we've ever found from the age of dinosaurs," says Jingmai O'Connor, an associate curator at the Field Museum of Natural History....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (420+ words) The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is having a landmark year. Viewership and attendance are up, team valuations are soaring and the league just signed a massive $3.1 billion media rights deal. Journalist Sabreena Merchant, who covers the WNBA for The…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (73+ words) The Missouri Supreme Court is holding a hearing to determine if the Republican secretary of state should be held in contempt of court for using a redistricting map it rejected. Missouri secretary of state could be held in contempt over…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (707+ words) A screenwriter is suing a major Hollywood television producer, alleging that her screenplay and ideas were stolen and used in the hit TV series Yellowstone. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: "Yellowstone" is a modern-day Western drama set in Montana. It stars…...