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NPR: The share of affordable homes plunged 40% from before the pandemic, according to a new analysis. The biggest drops were in smaller cities, where wages could not keep pace with spiking mortgage rates.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/12/24/1221480443/most-homes-for-sale-in-2023-were-not-affordable-for-a-typical-u-s-household

NPR: Kathleen Folbigg already was pardoned and released from prison in June based on new scientific evidence that her four children may have died from natural causes as she had insisted.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1219245925/australia-court-overturns-woman-convictions-deaths-of-her-children

NPR: Every year, the Librarian of Congress selects 25 movies to be added to the National Film Registry. This year, the list included Home Alone and The Nightmare Before Christmas.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/12/13/1218163436/two-beloved-christmas-classics-just-joined-the-national-film-registry

NPR: The targeting of hospitals and medical workers is a fact of modern warfare — in Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza and Israel. International law say such attacks are unacceptable. Are there any consequences?#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/12/13/1218728140/attacks-on-health-care-are-on-track-to-hit-a-record-high-in-2023-can-it-be-stopp

NPR: The death toll from Tuesday's attack in northwest Pakistan was likely to rise as some of the officers were in critical condition, authorities said.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/12/12/1218695148/pakistan-police-militants-deadly-attack

NPR: Kate Cox, a 31-year-old woman from the Dallas area who had sued the state of Texas for access to an abortion, has left the state to get the procedure, according to her lawyers.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/11/1218625460/texas-woman-who-sued-state-for-abortion-travels-out-of-state-for-procedure-inste

NPR: The pliosaur, which existed millions of years ago, would chomp down with its 130 teeth in a bite far stronger than a crocodile's and had a third eye for locating prey.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/12/11/1218499369/scientists-have-found-the-mostly-intact-skull-of-a-giant-deadly-sea-reptile

NPR: Amini's family was attempting to board a flight to France to collect the prize, but authorities told them that they aren't allowed to leave Iran. Their passports were also confiscated.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/12/10/1218439893/iran-blocks-mahsa-aminis-family-from-collecting-a-human-rights-prize-in-her-name

NPR: India outlawed this form of forced labor: An employer pays a cash sum in exchange for weeks of labor and extracts penalties if terms are not met. But it persists — and appears to be on the rise.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/12/10/1213009464/forced-labor-debt-bondage-india-sugarcane

NPR: The hackers have been going after U.S. facilities that utilize an Israeli-made computer system, which is predominately used in water and wastewater systems.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/12/02/1216735250/iran-linked-cyberattacks-israeli-equipment-water-plants

NPR: Ari Berman says both the Supreme Court and the lower courts are working to dismantle the '65 law that's considered one of the most effective pieces of civil rights legislation ever enacted in the U.S.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/11/30/1216054095/the-voting-rights-act-is-being-attacked-from-every-possible-angle-journalist-say

NPR: Hamas freed 17 hostages and Israel released 39 Palestinian detainees. We take a look at what has happened so far.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2023/11/26/1215211282/in-pictures-emotional-scenes-as-israel-and-hamas-trade-hostages-for-prisoners

NPR: We came to a refugee camp in Jordan to ask what is on people's minds, as war and violence unfold in places that may be miles away, but that feel central to their identities.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/11/23/1214179757/gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-jordan-refugee-camp

NPR: A federal judge says mailed ballots that arrive on time but in envelopes without dates handwritten by Pennsylvania voters should be counted. The case is likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/11/21/1177226606/pennsylvania-undated-ballots-ruling

NPR: Don't skip Friendsgiving. A large new study confirms that close friendships are vital to our health. But BFFs tend to share certain vices, too.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/20/1214189630/close-friends-can-help-you-live-longer-but-they-can-spread-some-bad-habits-too

NPR: It's not unusual for countries to restrict satellite images of sensitive locations. But in the case of Israel, a U.S. law seeks to protect an entire — and separate — country.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/11/16/1212889717/satellite-images-us-israel-gaza

NPR: Rates of suicide among Black men and boys in the U.S. are increasing faster than among any other group. Actor Courtney B. Vance and Robin L. Smith (aka "Dr. Robin") address the crisis in a new book.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/15/1213089999/courtney-b-vance-robin-l-smith-black-men-mental-health-invisible-ache

NPR: The European Union Parliament, some U.S. lawmakers and U.n. human rights experts have long demanded the release of Leila de Lima, who was detained as an opposition senator in February 2017.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1212588681/long-jailed-former-philippine-senator-who-fought-drug-crackdown-is-granted-bail

NPR: Voters in Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky signaled support for abortion rights, even where it wasn't directly on the ballot, more than a year after the Supreme Court rolled them back.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/11/08/1211429268/abortion-rights-2023-election-ohio-virginia-kentucky

NPR: In just over 200 pages, E.J. Koh's debut novel spans decades to tell the individual stories of lives impacted by the Korean War.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/11/07/1211295329/ej-koh-korean-war-the-liberators-novel-writing