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Minnesota Republican Scott Jensen has appeared with numerous anti-vaccine activists. Their support may have helped him the state primary for governor.

Vaccines used to be apolitical. Now they're a campaign issue

Advocates for inoculation are distressed by what they see as a new political focus on an old public health measure.

New Year Intentions with Yoga in Yiddish

Set some new intentions for 2022 in this 60-minute yoga class. Join in to let go of all of the ups and downs of 2021 and step into the New Year with a focused, clear, determined and hopeful version of yourself. The slow and gentle nature of this class is perfect for beginners and is also great for other students who can sink deeper into their practice. The language of instruction is Yiddish with English translation. Date | Sunday, December 26 at 8 a.m. Location | Online Register here! General admission: $15 Student admssion: $10 About the instructor: Tetyana (Tanya) Yakovleva is a Yiddish lecturer of the Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America (YAAANA) and a literature lecturer at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. She studied Comparative Literature, Classical, Slavic, Jewish, and Media Studies at the universities of Kharkiv, Regensburg, Bari, and San Diego and received her PhD in Slavic and Jewish Studies from the University of Regensburg in 2019. Tanya is a certified yoga teacher (RYT 200) and sees her mission in bringing joy and equilibrium to people through the Mind-Body-Spirit connection. For more information, please visit yaaana.org/yiddish-yoga or call (619) 719-1776.

A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., which became the company's first unionized U.S. facility in the spring.

Amazon warehouse workers in Albany will vote on unionization in October

About 400 workers will vote on whether to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which in the spring won a historic vote to form the company's first unionized U.S. warehouse in Staten Island.

Stockton Police Department officials released this undated surveillance image of a person of interest. The figure appears to match the description of the only surviving victim of a suspected serial killer who has fatally shot six people.

Police have linked several shootings to a possible serial killer in Stockton, Calif.

Investigators are scouring old shooting homicides for possible connections to the six fatal shootings that have terrorized the the city, officials told NPR.

Veronica Stovall, left, helped her father, Joseph L. Davis, apply for a federally-funded energy-efficiency program in 2021. It turned up significant repair needs.

A low-income energy-efficiency program gets $3.5B boost, but leaves out many in need

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act adds the funds over the next five years to help Americans save on energy their bills. But many of homes are in such poor condition they do not qualify.

Fans have wanted Idris Elba to play James Bond for years, but it likely won't happen

Idris Elba has been asked about the James Bond role several times through the years, but said a couple weeks ago it isn't a personal goal of his. Producers of the franchise said they understand.

At this year's U.N. climate conference, a major focus is boosting investment in developing countries. Experts say renewable energy projects like this wind farm in South Africa can be attractive to private investors.

Investors have trillions to fight climate change. Developing nations get little of it

Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.

These companies ran an experiment: Pay workers their full salary to work fewer days

Could a shorter work week be the answer to the UK's productivity problem?

SeaWorld 4th Of July Fireworks Spectacular

This year, celebrate Independence Day at SeaWorld, San Diego! This 4th of July come spend the day with us, aquatic friends and fun for all the family! Then, end the day with SeaWorld's famous Fireworks Spectacular to celebrate the 4th of July with a 15-minute display of fireworks set to a patriotic set of music that you can't miss! Date and time | Sunday, 4th of July. Fireworks Spectacular show begins 15 minutes prior to the park's closing time. 4th of July ticket offers end soon. Buy your tickets today! The Fireworks Spectacular show is included with park admission when buying tickets for Sunday, July 4.

Among the findings in the latest NPR/PBS <em>NewsHour</em>/Marist poll is that Democrats are losing ground on which party voters want to control Congress and inflation being the top issue — with voters saying they trust Republicans more on the issue by 20 points.

Key GOP groups are more fired up to vote in midterms than Democrats, NPR poll finds

The last NPR survey before all votes have to be cast shows inflation continues to be the top concern for voters, and Republicans are trusted more than Democrats on the issue by 20 points.

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