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Economy May 08

Column: Why you need to get financially naked with your partner

By Erin Lowry

The case for starting sex education in kindergarten

In the Netherlands, the approach, known as “comprehensive sex education,” starts as early as age 4. You'll never hear an explicit reference to sex in a kindergarten class. The goal is bigger than that. It’s about having open, honest conversations…

By Saskia de Melker

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Read Aug 22 ‘Old Town Road’ defied a 20-year trend in hit music. Math explains why
Watch Aug 22 How limiting high-capacity magazines could reduce the carnage in mass shootings
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Health Aug 22

How detention causes long-term harm to children

By Laura Santhanam

Film producer Harvey Weinstein exits New York State Supreme Court after a hearing in his rape case in New York, U.S., July 11, 2019. Photo by: Mike Segar/Reuters

Nation Aug 22

Harvey Weinstein to be rearraigned as DA seeks testimony from accuser

By Michael Sisak, Tom Hays, Associated Press

A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Photo by: Kacper Pempel/File Photo/Reuters

Nation Aug 22

Cyberattacks on Texas cities put other governments on guard

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

Guns for sale are seen inside of Dick's Sporting Goods store in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Nation Aug 22

How background checks and ‘red flag’ gun laws work

By Magan Crane, Laura Santhanam

A grizzly bear roams through the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, May 18, 2014. Grizzly bears are currently listed as a "threatened" species, although the Trump administration has moved to remove them from the list citing rising population numbers. Photo by Jim Urquhart/Reuters

Economy Aug 22

What is an endangered species worth? Trump rule sparks debate

By Gretchen Frazee

Giraffes are seen in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August 3, 2019 Photo by: Goran Tomasevic/File Photo/Reuters

Science Aug 22

Giraffes move closer to endangered species protection

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

An emergency sign points to the entrance to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, on March 23, 2017. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters

Making Sen$e Aug 22

Column: Employers are helping clear the haze on health care prices

By Philip Moeller

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during an irregular cabinet meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, August 2, 2019. Photo by Yonhap via Reuters

World Aug 22

South Korea cancels Japan intelligence-sharing deal amid trade dispute

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

Myanmar military troops take part in a military exercise at Ayeyarwaddy delta region in Myanmar, February 3, 2018. Photo byLynn Bo Bo/Pool via Reuters

World Aug 22

UN report: Myanmar military committed war crimes against Rohingya minority

By Grant Peck, Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint news conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in The Hague, Netherlands, August 22, 2019. Photo by Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters

World Aug 22

Merkel calls for EU-wide climate neutrality by 2050

By Mike Corder, Associated Press

Police is seen after a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on August 3, 2019. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters

Nation Aug 22

Walmart to reopen El Paso store after mass shooting

By Cedar Attanasio, Jill Bleed, Associated Press

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks to the news media after giving an interview to Fox News outside of the White House on May 22, 2019. Photo by REUTERS/Leah Millis

Politics Aug 22

Sarah Sanders heads to Fox News as a contributor

By Associated Press

Lil Nas X performs his hit single "Old Town Road" during the 2019 Stanley Cup Final Party at Boston's City Hall Plaza in Boston on May 27, 2019. Photo by Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Science Aug 22

‘Old Town Road’ defied a 20-year trend in hit music. Math explains why

By Nsikan Akpan

Students attend a rally to call for political reforms outside City Hall in Hong Kong, China, August 22, 2019. Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

World Aug 22

Hong Kong students plan class boycott as part of ongoing protests

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

Rohingya refugees have settled into makeshift camps, including this one called Kutupalong, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

World Aug 22

Rohingya repatriation to Myanmar unlikely to begin as scheduled

By Tofayel Ahmad, Julhas Alam, Associated Press

2020 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris speaks during the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 10, 2019. Photo by Scott Morgan/Reuters

Politics Aug 22

Harris and Sanders set for 2020 showdown in delegate-rich California

By Michael R. Blood, Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

NYPD officers stand guard as people attend a press conference of Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner outside Police Headquarters in New York, on August 19, 2019. Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Nation Aug 22

Where Eric Garner died, changes in NYPD policing win little applause

By Verena Dobnik, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

A Planned Parenthood clinic is seen in Vista, California, August 3, 2015. Planned Parenthood will be the focus of a partisan showdown in the U.S. Senate on Monday, as abortion foes press forward a political offensive against the women's healthcare group over its role in fetal tissue research. Congressional Republicans are trying to cut off Planned Parenthood's federal funding, reinvigorating America's debate about abortion as the 2016 presidential campaign heats up. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters

Nation Aug 22

Planned Parenthood sees swift fallout from quitting government program

By Lindsay Whitehurst, David Crary, Associated Press

2020 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign event at his campaign office in Davenport, Iowa, on August 19, 2019. Photo by Al Drago/Reuters

Politics Aug 22

Sanders’ $16 trillion climate plan builds on the Green New Deal

By Juana Summers, Associated Press

2020 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and Washington Governor Jay Inslee speaks during the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 10, 2019. Inslee has now dropped out of the presidential race. Photo by Scott Morgan/Reuters

Politics Aug 22

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee expected to announce run for 3rd term

By Rachel La Corte, Associated Press