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Containers of mifepristone and misoprostol — medications used to end a pregnancy — sit on a table inside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Ill.

Access to a key abortion drug is in legal limbo. Here's how medication abortion works

More people seeking abortions are turning to abortion pills rather than surgical abortion. Here's what to know about the pills, which have been at the center of legal battles since Roe was overturned.

Playwright Terrence McNally pictured at a Tony Awards function in 2019.

In memory of cultural figures the U.S. lost to COVID-19

Groundbreaking artists and thinkers are among those whose deaths are blamed on the illness caused by the coronavirus.

Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?

The NY Times did an exhaustive survey of the Fox News host's broadcasts. Reporter Nicholas Confessore says Carlson's show is based on ideas that were once "caged in a dark corner of American life."

Nora Morales, a parent in the Waukee Community School District, is Mexican American. She wiped away tears as she asked the school board to take action after a student presentation used offensive images and language to describe immigrants in Iowa.

La comunidad se manifiesta en la reunión del Consejo Escolar de Waukee contra la presentación ofensiva de los estudiantes

Miembros de la comunidad preocupados hablaron anoche en la reunión de la Junta del Distrito Escolar de la Comunidad de Waukee sobre la presentación ofensiva de un estudiante.

The Edgefield County Sheriff's Office is shown above. Local police believe that a man in Trenton, S.C., died of a heart attack while attempting to bury the body of a woman he killed.

A man died of a heart attack while burying a woman he killed, S.C. sheriff says

An autopsy report filled in gaps for deputies who discovered a man's body lying in his backyard on Saturday — and then found his girlfriend's body nearby.

Rogelio Gomez teaches his fifth grade class about division. All of his teaching is in Spanish, and the students only answer in Spanish. Gomez was the first teacher hired in Pella Christian Grade School's Spanish Immersion Program.

La prueba de solo inglés para la licencia de enseñanza frustra los esfuerzos de las escuelas bilingües para encontrar maestros

Un profesor en Iowa tiene que pasar un examen estandarizado – generalmente se llama “el Praxis”, una serie de pruebas para la preparación de profesores – que sólo se ofrecen en inglés.

A concrete sign sits on the ground with the words "Richard Berkley Riverfront Park" carved into the sign. Behind it are apartment buildings and grassy, tree-filled park area.

Port KC may award tax breaks for $55 million apartment project, despite developer's murky record

As details emerge about Lux Living’s legal battles and complaints from its St. Louis property residents, Port Authority members gave a nod to the embattled developer. But one council member isn’t convinced.

The hip-hop visionary and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is back.

Kendrick Lamar returns, 5 years later and a world away

The Pulitzer-winning rapper has returned with his first solo release since 2017's DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar, 'The Heart Part 5'

Each release in the "Heart" song series has signaled both an imminent new project and a new artistic beginning for Lamar.

Andy Warhol's <em>Shot Sage Blue Marilyn</em> has set a record as the highest-priced American work of art to be sold at auction.

A Warhol 'Marilyn' brings a record auction price, $195 million

The price was the highest ever at auction for an American artwork. The portrait was auctioned by Christie's in New York.

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