'Paved Paradise' examines how parking has changed the American landscape

Author Henry Grabar says parking codes, parking lots and garages have shaped the landscape of cities and suburbs, and limited the creation of affordable housing.
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'The Last Honest Man' profiles the senator who exposed the CIA's crimes and cover-ups

Journalist James Risen tells the story of Sen. Frank Church, who exposed the dirty laundry of the CIA and the FBI nearly 50 years ago, and inspired congressional oversight of intelligence agencies.
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Over 200 people are dead and many more are missing after floods in eastern Congo

The death toll from flash floods and landslides in eastern Congo has risen beyond 200, with many more people still missing, according to local authorities in the province of South Kivu.
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A chapter ends for this historic Asian American bookstore, but its story continues

For decades, Eastwind Books was an anchor for the Bay Area's Asian American community. Now, the husband and wife duo behind it have decided to close the shop.
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Ukraine buries a 'brave son' from America

Christopher Campbell is one of at least nine Americans known to have died fighting for Ukraine since Russia's invasion began in February 2022.
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CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections as public health emergency winds down

The CDC says the coming end of the public health emergency means the agency will be scaling back the data it routinely collects and releases about the pandemic.
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US often didn’t screen workers at emergency migrant centers for children: watchdog

The federal Health and Human Services Department often failed to perform required background checks on workers at emergency holding centers for migrant children who crossed the border during a surge in 2021.
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What's at stake for TV and movie writers who went on strike this week

TV writer and Writers Guild of America member Jeane Phan Wong talks about what writers want and what's getting in the way.
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Australia will crack down on illegal vape sales in a bid to reduce teen use

Australian Health Minister Mark Butler said vaping had been sold to the public as a product meant to help smokers quit but instead spawned a new generation of nicotine users, particularly teens.
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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over her removal from House floor

Zephyr was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for encouraging protesters.
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US doctor determined to make an impact in war-torn Sudan is ‘killed for nothing’ in front of his family

Bound to Sudan by ailing parents and his devotion to treating the poor there, American doctor Bushra Ibnauf Sulieman kept working as long as he could after fighting engulfed Sudan’s capital.
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