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NPR and The New York Times have asked a Delaware judge to consider unsealing hundreds of documents in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion dollar defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

NPR and 'New York Times' ask judge to unseal documents in Fox defamation case

NPR and The New York Times are seeking to convince a Delaware court to unseal documents to see whether Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems over claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

Police officers stand guard as people wait in queue to buy petrol at a fuel station, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 17, 2022.

In Sri Lanka, inflation means food shortages, blackouts — and days-long lines for gas

Sri Lanka offers a cautionary tale for countries struggling with inflation. Anger over fuel lines spilled into the streets and toppled a government. Will nationalism surge, or unity prevail?

Recruiters and other Virginia National Guard soldiers talk with fans at a July 2022 minor league baseball game in Fredericksburg. Any Virginia resident can collect a finder’s fee up to $750 for referring somebody who becomes a National Guard recruit.

Know someone who wants to join the National Guard? In some states, you now can get a finder's fee.

The referral bonuses are designed to boost recruiting at the National Guard, which fell thousands of troops short of its goal last year.

A team of volunteers with an Ohio-based nonprofit handed out 2,500 doses of a nasal spray version of naloxone, an overdose reversal drug, at this year's Bonnaroo music festival.

Overdose reversal drugs gain support at music festivals, but not fentanyl test strips

Festival promoters are allowing lifesaving medication as fentanyl deaths surge, but volunteers are often left to distribute it, and more controversial forms of harm reduction aren't openly allowed.

Aleck Karis Live on the Piano at UC San Diego

Pianist and UC San Diego distinguished professor of music Aleck Karis presents Beethoven’s monumental late sonata, the “Hammerklavier”, one of his most daring and experimental works, along with three Bach preludes and fugues and Beethoven’s first sonata, Opus 2 no. 1 in f minor. Date | Wednesday, April 13 at 7 p.m. Location | Conrad Prebys Concert Hall Register here for free! This event is free and open to the public, but registration prior to the event is required to attend in person. Can't attend in person? Watch livestream at music.ucsd.edu/live. For more information, please visit music-cms.ucsd.edu/concerts/box_office or call (858) 534-2230.

OxyChem's Niagara Falls facility is the longest-standing asbestos-reliant chlorine plant in America.

They inhaled asbestos for decades on the job. Now, workers break their silence

While the U.S. considers finally banning the carcinogen, a group of men has come forward, saying they were exposed repeatedly while working at a chemical plant in New York.

Free Virtual Talk - Probing American Still-Life Paintings

Art builds bridges; art connects. Join us as we explore how to think deeper by looking and reflecting upon some American late 19th-century still life paintings. Probe Martin Johnson Heade’s still life paintings, pondering the question: What’s surprising here? - and probe Raphaelle Peale’s still life paintings, pondering the question: How does the artist connect us to his still life paintings? Join us for this docent-led talk and explore how art builds bridges and connects us. “Artists strive to express not just the anatomy of bodies but the anatomy of the human condition and the universe that impinges upon it.” —David N. Perkins Date | Thursday, April 21 from 11 a.m. to noon Location | Online Register here for free! For more information, please visit timkenmuseum.org/calendar/event/free-virtual-talk-probing-american-still-life-paintings or call Alexandra Riley at ariley@timkenmuseum.org or by phone at (619) 550-5955.

Judy Heumann was a major American civil rights activist who remained little-known until a flurry of attention in the last three years of her life.

Activist Judy Heumann led a reimagining of what it means to be disabled

Heumann was instrumental in pushing to expand the civil rights of Americans with disabilities and continued to advocate for disability rights around the globe. She died on Saturday at age 75.

For years, North American Aerospace Command — or NORAD — had its headquarters inside Cheyenne Mountain, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. In this archival photo, a bus enters a tunnel for a half-mile trip to a command center inside the Cheyenne complex. The headquarters is now in nearby Colorado Springs.

From tracking Santa to Chinese spy balloons, here's what we know about NORAD

The air defense center was created in the 1950s, as a counter to a rival superpower. Now NORAD is front and center again, prompting questions about what it does — and how it copes with modern threats.

Peers in Children, Youth and Families Services Conference

The Children, Youth and Families System of Care (CYFSOC) Training Academy and Responsive Integrated Health Solutions (RIHS) are excited to announce the 2022 CYFSOC Conference: Peers in Children, Youth and Families Services, Expanding our Community with Peers. We invite you to the Peers in Children, Youth and Families Services Conference to explore the roots of peer support, recovery fundamentals, and the improvements to the system of care when peers and lived experience are part of the service community supporting children, youth, and families. Here's what you can expect: - Explore what it means to be a recovery-oriented system of care and how it is integral to providing comprehensive and trauma-informed health care - Plenary sessions and workshops that offer an overview of how to build a supportive organizational culture and increase your staff’s sense of belonging by prioritizing staff integration of peers and lived experience - Discuss strategies to engage, retain, and provide professional development opportunities for peers - Assess your organization's readiness to integrate peer workers Date | Thursday, May 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Location | Online Register here! General admission is $75. For more information, please visit theacademy.sdsu.edu/programs/rihs/cyfsoc-conference-2022 or call (619) 594-0923.

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