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Circus Animal Ban Halfway Home In California Legislature

The days of the traveling circus featuring elephants and wild cats are mostly gone. But some circuses still go from town to town, bringing the animals…

An American Love Affair: Burgers And Steaks

America's love affair with beef goes back a long way. Once a small-scale enterprise characterized by family ranches and the local butcher, the beef market…

Jorge Mijango of Ken's Rototilling and Landscaping uses a chainsaw to cut trees for fire mitigation at a property along Via Floreado road in Orinda on Nov. 16, 2021. The landscaping company owns around 50 gas powered tools that could be impacted by a state ban on new small gas motors.

Gardeners say California’s subsidy to phase out gas-powered tools won't cut it

California will ban most new gas-powered lawn equipment starting in 2024, but landscapers and gardeners warn the transition will cost them money and jobs.

A CROWN Act campaign leader sticks a "Know Your Rights" guide in a door during a canvassing event in Portland on Oct. 30, 2021.

A new Oregon law will soon protect Black people against discrimination for their hairstyles

Starting Jan. 1, the CROWN Act will make it illegal in Oregon to discriminate against Black people for their hairstyles.

People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo's airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday. The United States, Israel and other European nations have already imposed travel restrictions on South Africa and other nations in the region.

As omicron spreads, studies suggest that travel bans alone don't do much good

Public health experts warn that the rush to impose travel bans on southern African countries after the omicron variant was identified can work against scientific transparency.

Even doing a few simple tasks can be draining for Semhar Fisseha after her COVID diagnosis.

For patients with long COVID, chronic fatigue syndrome may offer a guiding star

Long COVID has been a reality since the beginning of the pandemic. The patients who have it are desperate for answers that doctors don't yet have.

Our annual <em>Hanukkah Lights </em>celebrates stories of the season.

Hanukkah Lights 2021

For the 31st anniversary of Hanukkah Lights, Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz revisit old favorites.

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Jerome Socolovsky

Jerome Socolovsky is the Audio Storytelling Specialist for NPR Training. He has been a reporter and editor for more than two decades, mostly overseas. Socolovsky filed stories for NPR on bullfighting, bullet trains, the Madrid bombings and much more from Spain between 2002 and 2010. He has also been a foreign and international justice correspondent for The Associated Press, religion reporter for the Voice of America and editor-in-chief of Religion News Service. He won the Religion News Association's TV reporting award in 2013 and 2014 and an honorable mention from the Association of International Broadcasters in 2011. Socolovsky speaks five languages in addition to his native Spanish and English. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and graduate degrees from Hebrew University and the Harvard Kennedy School. He's also a sculler and a home DIY nut.

People attend a press conference to announce Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as part of the 2021 F1 calendar, in the Red Sea coastal city of Jiddah on Nov. 5, 2020.

Saudi Arabia and China are accused of using sports to cover up human rights abuse

Saudi Arabia is putting on the Formula One Grand Prix this weekend. And China is hosting the Winter Olympics. Both countries face major accusations of rights abuses — and sportswashing.

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