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Washington’s paid leave program heads toward a fiscal cliff

Washington’s innovative paid family and medical leave program could be hundreds of millions of dollars in the red within a ...
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In Idaho women’s prisons, guards get away with sexual abuse and victims are blamed

Former Pocatello Women’s Correctional Center food service officer Derek Stettler (inset) was fired by the Idaho Department of ...
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Crowds cheer in Gaza, Ramallah as Israel releases Palestinian prisoners

As part of the ceasefire deal, Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners on Monday. The majority were detainees and prisoners arrested in Gaza and returned there to a huge celebratory crowd.
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Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of ...
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Why slasher movies still have us watching through our fingers

As Halloween approaches slasher movies draw their biggest audiences as All Things Considered host Andrew Limbong talks with NPR's Brianna Scott and Ryan Benk about what keeps the genre alive and why ...