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Daisy Hohman was separated from her three children for 20 months when they were placed in foster care. When Hohman was reunited with her children, she received a bill of nearly $20,000 for foster care from her Minnesota county. Joseph Shapiro/NPR hide caption
British Columbia is looking at how it can adapt to prepare for more climate disasters
People from states with less access to abortion are flocking to Kansas' clinics
The James Webb Space Telescope is on its trek to a spot a million miles from Earth
Daisy Hohman was separated from her three children for 20 months when they were placed in foster care. When Hohman was reunited with her children, she received a bill of nearly $20,000 for foster care from her Minnesota county. Joseph Shapiro/NPR hide caption
The Hidden Bill For Foster Care
States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay
States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay
Yaritza Martinez developed a Zika virus infection in 2016 when she was pregnant with her son Yariel, who is now 5 years old. Yariel is enrolled in a long-term study following a group of babies in the U.S. and in Colombia to see how they have been developing. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
5 years later, researchers assess how children exposed to Zika are developing
Biologist E.O. Wilson, who influenced how people see evolution and nature, dies at 92
For over a century, California banned Indigenous cultural fires. Now, that's changing
John Wilson wants to capture a New York that's both 'timeless and aggressively dated'
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