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What's the state of assisted suicide laws across the U.S.?

By Stephen Fee

Since last fall, the laws governing assisted suicide -- even in states where the practice is legal -- have continued to evolve.

Reminder: we're going to lose an hour of sleep this weekend

By News Desk

Most Americans will set their clocks 60 minutes forward before heading to bed Saturday night, and most smart phones should update automatically. Daylight saving time officially starts Sunday at 2 a.m. local time.

Facebook chat: How to raise a lifelong reader

By Nora Daly

PBS NewsHour recently held a Facebook chat on the benefits of reading aloud with Pam Allyn, founding director of LitWorld, Dr. Perri Klass, national medical director of the nonprofit Reach Out and Read, and Maggie McGuire, vice president of Scholastic’s…

Wages are sore spot on strong February jobs report

By Simone Pathe

Despite harsh winter weather, the economy added 295,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate fell to its lowest since mid-2008. Those are signs of a recovering labor market that the Federal Reserve might use to justify an interest rate…

LGBT anti-discrimination bill passes Utah test

By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — A Republican-controlled Senate committee in the Utah Legislature offered its unanimous and at times emotional support for a proposal to protect gay and transgender individuals as the landmark measure passed its first test.

Anniversary of Selma march rekindles Ferguson comparisons

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil rights marchers by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, dragged the inhumanity of Southern segregation into America’s living rooms as never before.

Obama: Racial bias in Ferguson police department not isolated

By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said the type of racial discrimination found in Ferguson, Missouri, is not unique to that police department, and he cast law enforcement reform as a chief struggle for today's civil rights movement.