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Iowans needing mental health support will have a new number to call, 988, starting Saturday. Attorneys for one of the two teens charged in the beating death of a Fairfield high school teacher last November have asked that his trial be moved out of Jefferson County. Plus, a look at how one small watershed was taken off the state’s list of impaired waters.

Mental health advocates hope the new hotline will make it easier to get support if you're in crisis or helping someone who is. Here's how it works and what could stand in its way.

Gregory Robinson grew up as one of 11 children of tobacco sharecroppers in rural Virginia. He reflects on his journey to NASA, where he directed the groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescope program.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests forced him from office.

The launch of 988 is part of a nationwide initiative to provide people with an easy-to-remember number to reach mental health resources.

The BA.5 strain represented 65% of cases from July 3 to 9, according to data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

The Indiana health department's document obtained by NPR shows the physician reported the procedure to the state.

A Secret Service spokesman disputes the Department of Homeland Security inspector general's account, saying its request came after a mobile phone migration had started, but no messages were lost.

Emma Choi of NPR's Everyone and Their Mom podcast is really into Old Bay Seasoning — so into it, that she carries it everywhere she goes.

The white gunman has been held without bail since his arrest after the May 14 shooting that killed 10 Black people and injured three others.