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Jenny Eckart Hoyt directs her daughter Winnie's attention to an "eye gaze" device in their Portland, Ore., home. The communication skills the eye gaze can unlock are critical for Winnie's educational future. To master it, Winnie needs a lot of practice with a trained instructor.

Students could get millions more in Medicaid healthcare dollars. Why aren't they?

In 2022, schools recouped $6.6 billion from federal and state Medicaid programs for student healthcare. They could be getting much more.

Pat Bennett takes part in a research session, using a brain-computer interface that helps translate her thoughts into speech.

These experimental brain implants can restore speech to paralyzed patients

Two studies show how technology is allowing people to generate speech using only their thoughts.

Diners sidle up to the counter in Netflix's <em>Midnight Diner: Tokyo.</em>

Cozy up in Tokyo's 'Midnight Diner' for the TV version of comfort food

The strangely addictive Japanese series is set in a small, all-night joint, run by a chef whose dishes helps strangers tap into something deep and universal.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, looks from a military vehicle leaving an area of the HQ of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24.

Russian officials say Wagner boss Prigozhin was on passenger list of jet that crashed

A jet from Moscow to St. Petersburg crashed, killing all 10 people on board, officials said. Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, officials said, but it wasn't clear if he was on board.

New game by Elden Ring developer delivers ace apocalyptic mech combat

Elden Ring developer FromSoftware revived its long-dormant Armored Core series and delivered stunning omnidirectional giant robot gameplay.

3 red states will elect governors this fall. Could Democrats have a chance?

Gubernatorial races in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi are heating up. It could be a chance for Democrats to get a foothold in these states with Republican supermajorities.

Dr. Laura Laursen, an OB-GYN at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, on June 26, 2023. Laursen has treated an influx of abortion patients from outside Illinois after <em>Roe v. Wade</em> was overturned and other states restricted access to abortion care.

Abortion bans are fueling a rise in high-risk patients heading to Illinois hospitals

Illinois hospitals are seeing a surge of out-of-state patients who need abortion care at a hospital due to medical complications. But hospital-based abortions are more costly and harder to arrange.

The sign in front of the San Diego County Water Authority headquarters in Kearny Mesa, July 13, 2023.

County Water Authority sues over Rainbow, Fallbrook agencies' departures

The lawsuit challenges a decision from the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission to allow the Rainbow Municipal Water District and Fallbrook Public Utility District to leave the water authority.

Jon Batiste performs at the Newport Folk Festival on Aug. 5. Batiste, a riveting live performer who has led the band at <em>The Late Show</em> and won an album of the year Grammy, just released a studio album, <em>World Music Radio</em>, that feels like an attempt to consolidate his billowing talent into a stable unit, like squeezing a genie back into the bottle.

When the world's your stage, can an album capture the feeling?

New albums by Jon Batiste and Louis Cato arrive with high expectations. Both — as their experience leading led the band at Stephen Colbert's The Late Show has proved — are stellar live performers.

A person watches the ocean in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego, Calif. Aug. 20, 2023.

San Diego leaders thank public for taking Hilary precautions

City and county leaders Monday thanked San Diegans for taking precautions and staying at home during Tropical Storm Hilary as crews continue to assess damages caused by the storm.

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