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Rural Health Fund May Prompt Hospital Cuts

Big Sandy , in north-central Montana and home to nearly 800 people, is an isolated farming and ranching community about 80 miles from the nearest major town. Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio The emergency department at Big Sandy Medical Center in Montana is just one room, with a

Maine Democrats Clash in Expensive Senate Primary to Unseat Collins

Combat veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner in Sullivan, Maine in 2025; Maine Gov. Janet Mills in National Harbor, Md. in 2023. Both Platner and Mills are Democrats vying to defeat Sen. Susan Collins, who is running for a sixth consecutive term in Maine. Robert F. Bukaty/AP; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robert

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Iran rejects U.S. peace proposal and lays out its own conditions, the Army's 82nd Airborne Division readies to deploy to Iran, jury finds Meta and Google liable in social media addiction trial.

Brazil vs France: When and where is the match?

French and Brazilian stars in focus as former world champions meet in a glamour friendly in Boston, US, before the World Cup. Brazil and France will be among the leading contenders for FIFA World Cup glory later this year, and the two heavyweight teams continue their preparations for the tournament by facing off in a

Pentagon orders troops from 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to Middle East

The Lebanese flag is waved amid the rubble of a Lebanese Civil Defence post destroyed in an IDF airstrike in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, on March 24, 2026. Fabio Bucciarelli/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty hide caption toggle caption Fabio Bucciarelli/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty As the war approaches the one-month mark the Trump administration keeps its options

They gave her business a lifeline, then froze all her money

Violeta Encarnación for NPR The alarming phone call came from Jane's daughter, away at college. Her debit card had suddenly stopped working. Something was wrong with their shared bank account. What happened to all the money? Jane's heart sank as she dialed her bank. The funds were still there, the bank said, but frozen —

Government Buys Americans’ Data Without Warrants

ICE is among the government agencies that buy commercial data about Americans in bulk. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images A whole industry of data brokers buys up vast quantities of electronic information from cell phone apps and web browsers and sells it to advertisers who use

Are you sure you know what ‘gaslighting’ is?

The 1944 film Gaslight starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer dramatizes the concept of gaslighting. Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images You're not imagining it. The word "gaslighting" is everywhere. During a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late-night host said President Trump was "gaslighting" Americans

How Trump’s Iran war objectives have shifted over time

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. JIM WATSON/AFP hide caption toggle caption JIM WATSON/AFP At the outset of the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran, President Trump gave lots of reasons for launching the strikes on Iran from stopping its nuclear capabilities to regime change. Now, Trump
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