Joshua Brown, 19, is one of only a handful of people in the nation known to have autism who hold public office.
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Disability rights advocates are taking Gov. Gavin Newsom to court over his signature policy to address untreated mental illness and homelessness. Also, more details have been shared on the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, and a steady rise in the percentage of Californians choosing to die at home climbed during the pandemic.
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People can experience symptoms of PTSD after being exposed to videos with violence and death. Those symptoms can show up immediately or weeks later.
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Long criticized as discriminatory, the policy has prevented many gay and bisexual men from donating blood. The Food and Drug Administration revealed a draft of its new approach on Friday.
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The task force members are discussing monetary and nonmonetary reparations ideas to compensate for slavery and racism. Some say they want policies to prevent future harms against Black Californians.
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Old videos of Nichols on his skateboard have taken on new meaning in recent days — offering friends a way to remember what he loved and how he lived, as opposed to the harrowing way he died.
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In the videos released by the City of Memphis, officers are shown aggressively dragging Nichols from his car. Later, officers are seen beating and kicking Nichols as he lies on the ground.
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Volunteers for the ‘Point In Time’ count set out in Butte County Wednesday to collect demographic information on people experiencing homelessness. The survey is required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and helps local agencies apply for federal funding.
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Host Dave Schlom has a most enjoyable visit with kindred spirit Sy Montgomery. A naturalist, adventurer, and accomplished author, Montgomery begins by discussing her deep dive (which for the falcon above would be called a stoop) into falconry in her latest book, The Hawks Way.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Evelyn Smith, an author of a new study that concludes Black taxpayers face Internal Revenue Service audits at a much higher rate compared to other demographic groups.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Evelyn Smith, an author of a new study that concludes Black taxpayers face Internal Revenue Service audits at a much higher rate compared to other demographic groups.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to continue its crackdown on inflation by raising interest rates, but only by a quarter percentage point. That would be the smallest rate hike since last March.
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President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy hold a meeting at the White House Wednesday. They're hoping to reach an agreement about the federal debt limit.
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It may have been a while since you heard the 1970s hit. "Long Long Time" was used three times in The Last of Us episode. An hour after the show aired, Spotify reported streams increased by 4,900%.
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Chimpanzees take risks, have emotional outbursts and sometimes even show aggression. Researchers say that growing adolescent bodies help explain the behaviors.
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