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J. Schuberth, who is running for Oregon governor as Pencil, speaks with voters and curious passersby as they walk around downtown Portland, Ore., to campaign on April 23. Schuberth is an advocate for reforming the state's K-12 school system.
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Oregon's most unexpected gubernatorial candidate? A pencil with a point
Dirk VanderHart
Oregon's public schools rank last in fourth-grade reading, according to an analysis of national testing. As a wake-up call for elected leaders, Pencil is running for governor as a write-in candidate.
Cori Roberts of St. Cloud, Minnesota, incurred more than $8,000 in medical bills after she was diagnosed at CentraCare with early-stage cervical cancer. She says the health system told her she made too much — about $41,000 a year — to qualify for financial aid.
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The Minnesota Star Tribune
As ranks of uninsured grow, charity care can be hard to come by at many hospitals
Noam Levey, Jeremy Olson
Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi in a hospital in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2026.
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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says
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Texas Standard
Texas attorney general candidates make their final pitches to voters as primary runoffs approach
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