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For Many Women, The Nearest Abortion Provider Is Hundreds Of Miles Away
Guttmacher Institute

Shots - Health News

For Many Women, The Nearest Abortion Clinic Is Hundreds Of Miles Away

Abortion providers are far away for many women in the U.S., a report from the Guttmacher Institute finds. That's especially true for women in South Dakota and other states in the Upper Midwest.

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Facebook, Google Spread Misinformation About Las Vegas Shooting. What Went Wrong?

Police form a perimeter around the road leading to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino after a gunman killed 59 people and injured more than 500 others when he opened fire Sunday night on a country music concert in Las Vegas. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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All Tech Considered

Facebook, Google Spread Misinformation About Las Vegas Shooting. What Went Wrong?

Facebook, Google Spread Misinformation About Las Vegas Shooting. What Went Wrong?

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Static Orphans The Barr Brothers
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Moving Pictures Richard Houghten
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I Told Ya Eliot Lipp
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A Little Soul Pete Rock
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Foggy Day Ahmad Jamal
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End of the Line The Traveling Wilburys
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Mellifluous Oshi
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Little Feather Andrew Applepie
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I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) Oscar Peterson
Partisan Gerrymandering: How Much Is Too Much?

Demonstrators protest outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday as the court hears arguments about partisan gerrymandering. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Politics

Partisan Gerrymandering: How Much Is Too Much?

Partisan Gerrymandering: How Much Is Too Much?

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Yin and Yang Uyama Hiroto
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Brain's Link To Immune System Might Help Explain Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's disease causes atrophy of brain tissue. The discovery that lymph vessels near the brain's surface help remove waste suggests glitches in the lymph system might be involved in Alzheimer's and a variety of other brain diseases. Alfred Pasieka/Science Source hide caption

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Brain's Link To Immune System Might Help Explain Alzheimer's

Brain's Link To Immune System Might Help Explain Alzheimer's

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Las Vegas Massacre Prompts Further Look Into Nevada's Gun Laws

Shayna Zerbe, right, instructs Garret Sloan on how to fire a fully automatic machine gun in 2014 at Machine Guns Vegas. Nevada's gun laws are lax compared to other states, and gun tourism is nearly as ubiquitous in Las Vegas as gambling and stage shows. John Locher/AP hide caption

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National

Las Vegas Massacre Prompts Further Look Into Nevada's Gun Laws

Las Vegas Massacre Prompts Further Look Into Nevada's Gun Laws

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