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Ready for a midlife reset? First, take stock of your strengths.
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Hit a midlife wall? This test identifies your strengths and what matters to you
Allison Aubrey
As part of her new podcast and newsletter Your Turn with Allison Aubrey, NPR's Allison Aubrey went in search of tools to help navigate midlife — starting with this survey to rank one's character strengths.
Federal authorities are investigating suspicious mailings sent to election officials and congressional offices in multiple states. Above, a USPS mail collection box in Pasadena, Calif.
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Suspicious mailings to election officials, congressional offices under investigation
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Historic preservation advocates say the Grand Canyon and Arlington Memorial Bridge — where President Trump wants to build a 250-foot arch — are examples of historic sites that would lose protection under the proposed changes.
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U.S. historic preservation law faces the most serious threat in its 60-year history
Rachel Treisman
Jennifer Teresa Villanueva's aunts, cousins, grandmother and uncle gather around the dining table for an afternoon brunch at home in Chicago in 2018.
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Inside a Chicago home, a photographer documents the life her family built
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Property tax cuts aren’t supposed to affect Texas schools. Districts say it doesn’t always work
Texas officials say nearly 1.5 million homeowners now pay zero school property taxes. The state is supposed to hold districts “harmless,” but some say there is a “gap.”
‘Smoke stalactites’ show the generations Martin’s Place has served up barbecue in Bryan
‘Radio Free Texas’ is a soundtrack and love letter to the ‘aches and pains’ of growing up
‘Don’t be mean to Claude’: Anthropic warns users to stop bullying their chatbot
More than $500 million has been spent on advertising in Texas’ U.S. Senate race
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