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Ongoing lawsuits allege GLP-1s can cause serious harm. But we don't know how often
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Scant data about serious adverse effects makes it harder to answer scientific and legal questions about how often the drugs might cause serious harm like blindness or pancreatitis.
A Palestinian mother mourns her son, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike just over a month into the ceasefire, at Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, on Nov. 20, 2025.
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A year of ceasefire in Gaza through the lens of NPR's reporter
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One clever way to celebrate the season? Put a rest day on your calendar. As the days shorten, you may feel lower energy when the sun sets at 5 p.m. instead of 8. So create the space in your life to recharge.
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Democrats are trying to rebuild trust among Latino voters, and turning to content creators for help. Above, Spanish language voting stickers which read "He Votado Hoy" ("I Voted Today") at a Philadelphia polling place in 2019.
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After losing ground with Latino voters, Democrats are turning to influencers for help
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Democrats are hoping to win back Latino voters who have soured on both parties. They hope Latino content creators will bridge the gap.
When Lee Krasner was asked in a 1978 interview what she was doing while her husband Jackson Pollock was becoming so famous, she said, "I was working all the time." Krasner is shown above, at work, in 1981.
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