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Gun Deaths Drop In Urban California, Not Rural

The "conventional wisdom" on firearm deaths is that the rates are higher in urban areas. In California, the conventional wisdom is wrong. The Violence…

Electric Bus Rides On Tap For Sacramento Valley

Down the valley with the sound of a whisper. That might be overstating the plan for electric buses running between Redding and Sacramento. But the plan…

Understanding Males: "Cracking The Boy Code"

Maybe it happened to your son: a friendly, chatty kid turned into a sullen, silent adolescent. What IS it with boys? They require some special treatment,…

Congressional leaders held a candlelight vigil outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on February 23, 2021 to mark the more than 500,000 U.S. deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 was the third leading underlying cause of death in 2020, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday.

CDC: COVID-19 Was 3rd-Leading Cause Of Death In 2020, People Of Color Hit Hardest

A pair of reports published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday sheds new light on the approximately 375,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the U.S. last year.

Featured Works - April 2021

The Featured Works Air at 9 AM and @ PM on JPR's Classics and News Service

As It Was: Present-Day Cousins Put an End to Hanley Family Rift

As young men, Michael Hanley and his brother, John, shared a business shipping goods down the Ohio River to New Orleans. With the discovery of gold in…

Wastewater Testing Reveals Coronavirus Variant In 2 Oregon Cities

A more contagious variant of coronavirus has been detected in wastewater samples from Grants Pass and McMinnville.

An aerial view of Table Rocks in the Rogue Valley. This iconic formation is co-managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Nature Conservancy and is among the conservancy's sites to officially reopen for public use on April 1.

Nature Conservancy Sites In Oregon Reopen April 1 After Yearlong Closure

Over a dozen outdoor preserves throughout Oregon will soon open for the first time in more than a year. On April 1, the Nature Conservancy will reopen the majority of their Oregon locations that have been closed to public access during the pandemic.

Workers improve a busy highway intersection in Miami. President Biden is proposing roughly $2 trillion to invest in the nation's infrastructure. His plan includes improvements for roads, bridges, transit, water systems, electric grids and Internet access.

Here's What's In President Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Proposal

The proposal would overhaul roads, transit, utilities, Internet access and more in the name of creating jobs. It's also intended to combat climate change, racial inequality and competition from China.

Within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, inmates are asked to "voluntarily" agree to electronic monitoring in order to use the bureau's email system. Above, a prison cell block is seen at the Federal Correctional Institution, El Reno in Oklahoma in 2015.

When It Comes To Email, Some Prisoners Say Attorney-Client Privilege Has Been Erased

Within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, inmates are asked to "voluntarily" agree to electronic monitoring in order to use the bureau's email system. But critics say there's nothing voluntary about it.

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