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As Mongolia looks to expand hydroelectric power, scientists from that country are studying the undamming of a California river.
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Salvador Ochoa/CalMattersSenior Californians in rural communities are dying by suicide at troubling rates—struggling with pain, cut off from doctors and mental health care, with guns at hand. Access to care and safety planning would help, experts say. -
Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsSouthern Oregon University is building a retirement facility on campus. Students and professors are working to figure out how to create spaces to bring college students and older learners together.
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Connecticut PublicPhotographs help us look back on the moments that defined the year. Taken by NPR photojournalists nationwide, this collection goes beyond the headlines to reveal quietly powerful human stories. -
Charlie Riedel/APPresident Trump set the process in motion to ease federal restrictions on marijuana. But his order doesn't automatically revoke laws targeting marijuana, which remains illegal to transport over state lines.
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An Oregon company is blaming President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill for more than 100 layoff notices it sent to staff two days before Christmas.
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California State University last year launched a pilot program to attract more students to the university system and to steer some to campuses that have been struggling with enrollment declines.
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