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Just gave birth or are about to? Share your story and questions about costs
The costs of having a baby in the U.S. can be hard to predict and budget for. We want to hear your stories and questions about how to navigate the system.
Ambassador Samantha Power (C), former head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), embraces fired employees and their supporters outside the agency's headquarters on February 27, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
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Former USAID head grieves its closure while hoping for its future
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An illustration of the Boston Tea Party, when colonists dumped British East India Company tea into the harbor on Dec. 16, 1773. Some accounts say this marked a pivotal moment when Americans started loving coffee. But one historian says Americans were drinking lots of coffee before then.
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But first, coffee: The drink that energized the American Revolution
James Doubek
A worker spreads fertilizer after planting potatoes at Bluff View Farms on April 24 in West Jefferson, North Carolina. High fertilizer prices due to the war in Iran have hit farms already dealing with severe weather, tariffs and the high costs of fuel and labor.
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How a fertilizer shortage caused by the Iran war could affect U.S. food prices
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One year after Hill Country floods, report details ‘cascading failures’ at Camp Mystic
Investigator Michael Massengale weighs in on the report he co-authored about what went wrong last July 4.
Kerr County has new flood sirens, but the activation plan is a ‘work in progress’
Texas Standard for July 3, 2026: What investigators found at Camp Mystic
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