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Indiana high schoolers offer ideas to combat climate change

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In schools nationwide, educators are hoping to empower students with knowledge and inspire them to dream up ways to ensure a better climate future. At a high school in Bloomington, Indiana, students pitched their ideas to scientists this past spring. WFYI investigative education reporter Lee Gaines reports.

How Climate Corps members are tackling the climate crisis

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In another sign of the climate crisis, 2024 is on track to be the hottest year ever on record. Last year, the Biden administration established the American Climate Corps to train people for green jobs and empower Americans to help combat climate change. With thousands of Climate Corps members dispatched across the country, we hear from some of them about their experiences.

Americans stockpile abortion pills ahead of 2nd Trump term

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Since Trump’s reelection, many women and health care providers across the U.S. have been stockpiling supplies of abortion pills and emergency contraception. One of the largest suppliers of abortion medication reported a 17-fold increase in requests the first 24 hours after Election Day. Ali Rogin speaks with Elissa Nadworny, who covers reproductive rights and abortion for NPR, for more.

Life inside Syria a week after rebels overthrow Assad

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Signs of normalcy are starting to return a week after life inside Syria was upended as rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. As the country’s new leaders begin to chart a path forward, the UN envoy to Syria called for a quick end to sanctions imposed by the West. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Aleppo.

News Wrap: Israeli airstrikes kill 10 people in central Gaza

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In our news wrap Saturday, medical teams in Gaza say an Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 people at a market, South Korean lawmakers voted to impeach their president, Pelosi underwent hip replacement surgery after a fall in Luxembourg, ABC News agreed to pay $15 million to the Trump library to settle a defamation suit, and Arlington National Cemetery marked National Wreaths Across America Day.

Search continues for Syrians who vanished under Assad regime

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Under the Assad regime, hundreds of thousands of Syrians were swept up by the government’s security apparatus, never to be seen again. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn gained access to one of the intelligence branches that orchestrated that brutal oppression and reports on what she found.

Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion

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The newest world chess champion is also the youngest ever to claim the title. Eighteen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated defending titleholder Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Thursday, has had a meteoric rise amid a surge in the game’s popularity in India. Author and content creator Levy Rozman, known online as GothamChess, joins John Yang to discuss.

How Hurricane Helene caused a nationwide IV fluid shortage

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It’s been about three months since Hurricane Helene pummeled the mountains of North Carolina, but its effects are still being felt well beyond the storm’s path. After the hurricane flooded a manufacturing plant that produces about 60 percent of the nation’s supply of IV fluids, hospitals are feeling the squeeze. Ali Rogin speaks with Jackie Fortiér, a reporting fellow at KFF Health News, for more.

Syrians jubilant in first Friday prayers after Assad

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Barely a week after Bashar al-Assad fled the country he destroyed, Syrians welcomed the first Friday prayers. There are many unanswered questions about this new Syria, but one thing is for certain, there is unfettered jubilation. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Aleppo.

News Wrap: Consulting firm to pay $650M for work with Purdue

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In our news wrap Friday, consulting firm McKinsey and Company will pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work for the opioids maker Purdue Pharma, the state of Texas has sued a doctor in New York for mailing abortion pills to a patient in the Dallas area and Russia launched a barrage today of 200 drones and nearly 100 cruise and ballistic missiles all across Ukraine.

Former ambassador outlines future role of Syria's neighbors

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Turkey announced it would reopen its embassy in Damascus after closing it 12 years ago as Bashar al-Assad began the murderous campaign against his own people. Turkey and Syria's other neighbors could play a critical role in rebuilding the country. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Ambassador James Jeffrey. He served during the Trump administration as a special representative for Syria engagement.

Why an investor thinks TikTok will be safer with U.S. owners

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Congressional lawmakers told Apple and Google to be ready to remove TikTok from U.S. app stores on Jan. 19. The app is used by 170 million Americans and lawmakers argue the Chinese government’s relationship with TikTok's parent company threatens data privacy and national security. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Frank McCourt, one of the investors trying to buy the U.S. part of TikTok.

Murder reveals simmering anger with U.S. health care system

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The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has revealed a simmering anger with the American healthcare system in the spotlight. William Brangham discussed more with Wendell Potter. He spent decades working for the health insurance company, Cigna, before leaving and dedicating his career to reform.

Brooks and Marcus on what's next for the FBI under Trump

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New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including FBI Director Christopher Wray’s announcement that he will be stepping down, what to expect from the FBI under Kash Patel and what Trump voters are expecting from his second term.

Amy Sherald on the gaze and humanity of her portraits

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She has painted portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor. But much of Amy Sherald’s work is about filling in absent images of everyday Americans. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks with the artist and takes us to the first major exhibition covering her career for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

What Biden's commutations mean for non-violent offenders

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President Biden announced he's commuting the prison sentences of some 1,500 people and issuing pardons to 39 others convicted of nonviolent crimes. That marks the largest number of commutations by a president in a single day. Lisa Desjardins discussed more with Mark Osler, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis and an expert on presidential clemency.

News Wrap: White House says drones not a safety threat

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In our news wrap Thursday, the White House says mysterious drones reported over New Jersey and other states are neither a security issue nor a safety threat, the Justice Department found there were no undercover FBI employees on the scene during the Jan. 6 attack and the DOJ reached a deal with Louisville on federal oversight to reform its police force following the killing of Breonna Taylor.

Daily life returning to Syria as new leaders build nation

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Days after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow, Syria's capital appears to be functioning. Streets are getting busier by the day and shops and government institutions are slowly returning to work. Apart from the joy and relief, the mundane but vital work of making a country function is job number one for many. Simona Foltyn reports on that huge task and the mess the Assad family left behind.

Freed Syrian prisoners describe the horrors they faced

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The Assad legacy is one of horror with hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced or in exile. Perhaps nothing illustrates the depths of the depravity more than the archipelago of prisons and torture centers where tens of thousands were killed by the regime. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen takes us inside some of these now-liberated facilities as Syrians search for answers.

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