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I avoided plastic for a week. Here is what I learned about a plastic-free life

Plastic is everywhere, but we ditched it for a week. Here are some tips from our experiment that you can use to cut back your own plastic use.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during the start of a special session in Baton Rouge, La., on Jan. 15, 2024. Landry signed a bill in June allowing surgical castration to be a potential punishment for certain sex offenses against children.

What to know about Louisiana's new surgical castration law

Louisiana’s governor signed a controversial bill that will make his state the first to allow surgical castration for people found guilty of certain sex crimes against children.

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Aug. 8.

162 lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact-checks former President Trump

A team of NPR reporters and editors reviewed the transcript of last Thursday's news conference and found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes.

Chad Daybell sits at the defense table after the jury's verdict in his murder trial was read at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on Thursday.

Chad Daybell is sentenced to death in Idaho 'zombie murder' trial

A year after Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow met, both of their spouses and two of Vallow's children were dead. On Saturday, Daybell was handed down the death penalty in the murders of the children and his first wife.

File photo of incarerated men stand outside the classroom of the Peer Literacy Mentor Program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., Friday, March 17, 2023.

No parole for youth with life sentences, California Supreme Court rules

A Los Angeles man convicted of slaying an elderly neighbor in 1989 cannot seek parole under new state laws that were intended to give youth offenders a shot at freedom, the California Supreme Court ruled.

People stand near the closed gate of the Ocean Beach Pier watching large waves roll in. The waves appear to be as high as the pier.

High surf, flood advisory in effect at San Diego County beaches

A high-surf and a coastal flood advisory will be in effect all weekend at San Diego County beaches.

Dice Moreno (cutting hair) is a learning leader at Paul Mitchell The School. They demonstrate a style technique for Beau O'Neal, 21, a future professional working with Dean Miller, a transgender client, in San Diego, Calif., November 7, 2023

Transgender Awareness Week: San Diego stories from a safe space

This Transgender Awareness Week discover the inspiring journey of Beau O'Neal, a 21-year-old future professional stylist embracing a genderqueer identity and challenging societal norms.

As voters suffer presidential election deja vu, Chase Oliver wants to be another option

Libertarian presidential nominee Chase Oliver wants to take on the two-party system. But before he can appeal to outside voters, he's got to convince members of his own party to support him.

K-9 Maggie returns to her handler, Special Agent Lindsey Bates, during a demonstration of an explosives search following a graduation ceremony for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent Canine Handlers and their dogs at the ATF training facility in Front Royal, Va., on June 21.

These best boys and girls just graduated from the ATF's National Canine Academy

Meet the dogs who just finished the ATF's canine training program. ATF dogs have supported major events like the Super Bowl and are also used in the bread-and-butter of ATF's work: solving gun crimes.

Actor Jonathan Majors arrives at court for his domestic abuse trial, on Dec. 5, 2023, in New York.

Jury deliberations begin in the trial of actor Jonathan Majors

Majors is on trial for assault and harassment in a domestic violence incident involving a former girlfriend. If convicted, he faces up to a year in prison.

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