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Arizona's Supreme Court says an abortion ban passed during the Civil War should be the law of the land today. The EPA is putting limits on PFAS in drinking water.

The railroad has agreed in principle to a class-action settlement related to last year's derailment in Ohio. NPR's Michel Martin talks to resident Misti Allison, who is not a party to the lawsuit.

PFAS chemicals have been used for decades to waterproof and stain-proof consumer products and are linked to health problems.

About 60,000 children a year in the U.S. lose a sibling. Zion Kelly joined that unlucky group in 2017 when his twin, Zaire, was killed. Zion has learned a lot about grief, and himself, since then.

A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been charged with felony child neglect more than a year after a 6-year-old boy brought a gun to class and shot a teacher.

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that an old law from the 1860s can stand in the state, outlawing nearly all abortions.

Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya will only allow music between 80 and 116 beats per minute, though it's unclear how the rule will be enforced.

The International Booker Prize celebrates fiction that's been translated into English. This year's shortlist, announced Tuesday morning, features books in six languages from three continents.

Teen vaping is trending downwards these days. But data from Colorado and around the country show the generation that made Juul cool is still hooked on nicotine.

A new report finds more election officials are leaving their jobs now than at any point in the past two decades. But the report also adds new context to the phenomenon.