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Chinese companies offer to 'resurrect' deceased loved ones with AI avatars

Startups are catering to mourners who want a way to communicate with their lost loved ones — or at least digital likeness of them.

A 'For Sale' sign is posted on the lawn in front of a home on March 15, 2024, in Miami, Fla. The National Association of Realtors announced that it had reached a nationwide $418 settlement of claims that the industry had conspired to keep agent commissions high.

If you recently sold your home, you might get part of your realtor fee back

A settlement by the National Realtors Association promises to change the way real estate agents are compensated. It could spell an end to 6% commissions, which are higher than people pay elsewhere.

A memorial for Michael Brown Jr. stands on the site he was killed in 2014 by a white Ferguson police officer on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, along Canfield Drive in Ferguson.

10 years after Michael Brown’s death, we went to Ferguson to ask: What’s changed?

Morning Edition traveled to Ferguson and spoke to residents and leaders who have continued pushing for change in the city that was thrust into the national spotlight after the killing of an unarmed 18-year-old.

Pedestrians pass through The Ohio State University's student union.

Ohio reviewing race-based scholarships after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.

RV traffic sits at a standstill along a two-lane road near Madras, Ore., a few days before the 2017 total solar eclipse. Experts say traffic could be heavy, but eclipse watchers shouldn't necessarily be deterred.

Thinking of taking a last-minute drive to see the eclipse? Here's what to know

Experts say you should gas up before you go, and plan to stay for a while afterward.

In college, Amylyx cofounders Josh Cohen and Justin Klee dreamed of finding a treatment for diseases like ALS. When their drug's promise did not pan out, they pulled it voluntarily from the market.

Lots of drug companies talk about putting patients first — but this one actually did

When Amylyx Pharmaceuticals found out its ALS drug Relyvrio didn't work, the company took the unusual step of voluntarily pulling it off the market.

This scientist has a bat tat and earrings. She says there's a lot to learn from bats

Gliselle Marin joins the "Bat-a-thon," a group of 80-some bat researchers who converge on Belize each year to study these winged mammals.

An injured person is carried on a stretcher to seek medical assistance after a landslide in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, on Friday, May 24, 2024. More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in the landslide that buried a village and an emergency response is underway, officials in the South Pacific island nation said.

Emergency convoy reaches survivors of a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea

The landslide buried a village under 20 to 25 feet of debris. More than 100 people are believed to have been killed, but officials say the number could go higher.

Summer box office woes: Hollywood's optimistic, but movie seats are still empty

After an already-slow spring, movie theater attendance over Memorial Day Weekend was the lowest in decades, apart from 2020.

Vote-by-mail ballots damaged from the rain are seen in this photo taken Feb. 8, 2024. San Diego, Calif.

Rain got your ballot? Here's what to do if your ballot gets damaged

You can request a new ballot from the Registrar of Voters.

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