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Colleges ease COVID-19 restrictions as fall semester begins for millions of students

Requirements to test and mask and be vaccinated are becoming less common as colleges shift away from treating COVID-19 as an emergency.

Focusing on diversity and inclusion, gravel bike racing welcomes all to this sport

Not just for the super fit, gravel bike racing has exploded into one of the most popular forms of biking in the U.S. Organizers have worked so that everyone feels included and welcome.

US Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) delivers a closing statement during a hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, on July 21, 2022. - The select House committee conducting the investigation of the Capitol riot is holding its eighth and final hearing, providing a detailed examination of former president Donald Trump's actions on January 6th. More than 850 people have been arrested in connection with the 2021 attack on Congress, which came after Trump delivered a fiery speech to his supporters near the White House falsely claiming that the election was "stolen." (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Liz Cheney is facing a likely primary defeat in Wyoming. Here's why

Cheney, who has spoken out clearly against former President Donald Trump, is down by 20 points in primary polls — and her approval ratings are in the tank among Wyoming Republicans.

Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion

A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients.

How can we help humans thrive trillions of years from now? This philosopher has a plan

William MacAskill's book, What We Owe the Future, urges today's humans to protect future humans — an idea he calls longtermism. Here are a few of his hardly modest proposals.

State Street in Lancaster on August 4, 2022. Jeremy Long / WITF

Street trees can help cool ever-hotter temps. But they present their own problems to solve

Cities are planting trees as one way to try to check the escalating temperatures. But there can be obstacles to that solution.

The front side of the state Capitol building in Albany, New York. (Daniel Case / CC BY-SA 3.0 Via Wikimedia Commons)

New York's fight over Assembly district lines continues

Arguments continue over who will draw the new state Assembly lines after a court ruled that those lines were unconstitutionally gerrymandered.

LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 14: Sue Bird #10 of the Seattle Storm walks off the court after the game against the Las Vegas Aces on August 14, 2022 at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2022 NBAE (Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images)

The WNBA playoffs begin tonight with eight teams chasing the title

The Chicago Sky are attempting to become the first team in 20 years to win back-to-back championships. And Seattle Storm star Sue Bird will be retiring after a 19-year career in the league.

Free Professional Learning Series Focuses on Youth Mental Health

Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness premiered on PBS in June 2022. It features first-person accounts from more than 20 young people, ranging in…

FILE - Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, center, is applauded by models after the presentation of her 1997-98 fall-winter haute couture collection presented in Paris, July 9, 1997. Mori, known for her elegant signature butterfly motifs, has died, according to local media reports. She was 96. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz, File)

Hanae Mori, a designer for Japan's films, working women and an empress, dies

Hanae Mori symbolized the rise of Japan as a modern, fashionable nation and the rise of the working woman.

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