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A boxing club in Pittsburgh offers classes for people with Parkinson's disease. Patients have been trying approaches like boxing or dancing because it seems to help them move more smoothly and quickly for a temporary period of time. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
Infrastructure funds will help prepare cities for rain. But how much rain is coming?
A boxing club in Pittsburgh offers classes for people with Parkinson's disease. Patients have been trying approaches like boxing or dancing because it seems to help them move more smoothly and quickly for a temporary period of time. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
Shots - Health News
A brain circuit tied to emotion may lead to better treatments for Parkinson's disease
A brain circuit tied to emotion may lead to better treatments for Parkinson's disease
Scientist says state governments are lifting mask mandates prematurely
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) hosts French President Emmanuel Macron at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Putin and other Russian leaders have sought to portray Ukraine and NATO as the aggressor in the current crisis over Ukraine. The U.S. has gone public with what it calls Russian disinformation. AP hide caption
As Russia threatens Ukraine, the U.S. 'pre-bunks' Russian propaganda
Families of kids continuing to learn remotely are cut off from P-EBT food program
Engraved portrait of Abraham Galloway from William Still's The Underground Railroad, published in 1872. William Still's 'The Underground Railroad,' 1872 hide caption
Black History Month 2022
Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about
Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about
Contact tracing programs around the country have been struggling to keep up with demand during the last several coronavirus surges. Here, contact tracer Cherie Hunter works from her home in Tinley Park, Ill., to reach people who have tested positive for COVID-19. Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Image hide caption
If you tested positive and the contact tracer never called, here's why
With midterms looming, voters don't feel good about Biden's handling of the economy
The Bitcoin logo is displayed on the screen of a Bitcoin ATM in Los Angeles. The Justice Department said a New York couple has been charged with conspiring to launder billions of dollars' worth of stolen bitcoin. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
DOJ arrests New York couple and seizes $3.6 billion in bitcoin related to 2016 hack
The U.S. is hiring nurses from abroad, depleting some countries' health care systems
This Team USA Olympic snowboarder has a family history with the Games
Former New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet, shown here in a photo from 2017, said Tuesday he accepted blame for an editorial that falsely linked a graphic from former Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee with a mass shooting in Arizona. He testified during Palin's defamation suit. Larry Neumeister/AP hide caption
Former 'New York Times' editor testifies on Sarah Palin editorial: 'This is my fault'
Blinken heads out to reassure Asian nations that the U.S. is still focused on China
The White House wants to transition to a green economy, which is tricky without mines
Biden's top science adviser resigned following complaints about his work behavior
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