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Last Chance For San Diego Residents To Recycle Christmas Trees

The city of San Diego's Christmas tree recycling program is scheduled to end Monday.

Marilyn Bartlett spent two year running Montana's employee health plan. She made better deals with hospitals and drug benefits managers and saved the plan from bankruptcy.

A Tough Negotiator Proves Employers Can Bargain Down Health Care Prices

A former health insurance executive made it her mission to bring down high health care costs. She's demanding a better deal for employers — and the workers whose care they pay for.

Hard crabs, like these blue crabs, are used in Bill Smith's Crab Stew recipe.

Hard Crab Stew, No Longer Hard (Or Messy)

Some of the greatest summer food experiences take you outside — from shucking corn and barbecuing to spitting watermelon seeds. Chef Bill Smith says his favorite summer memories took place at picnic tables over messy bowls of his grandmother's crab stew.

Zimbabwe African National Union leader Robert Mugabe in Geneva, Switzerland, 1976. Others are unidentified.

Robert Mugabe, Veteran President Of Zimbabwe, Dead At 95

Mugabe led the nation formerly known as Rhodesia from its independence from Britain in 1980 until 2017. He was once seen as a hero, but his leadership grew increasingly authoritarian.

Evie leads the Ovarian Psycos. Young women of color take to the streets of East Los Angeles – on bicycles – to confront racism and violence and create safe spaces for women.

INDEPENDENT LENS: Ovarian Psycos

Airs Monday, March 27, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Carmen Rivera, at left in the orange dress, sits on a cot at the Cataño shelter. She suffers from severe asthma and knee pain and has had to be rushed by ambulance to the hospital for asthma treatment twice since the hurricane. She says she feels forgotten by authorities.

Desperation In Puerto Rican Town Where 60 Percent Are Now Homeless

In Cataño, near San Juan, the storm left hundreds living in a shelter where conditions are becoming increasingly dire.

Romney To Have Lunch With Obama At The White House Thursday

The 2012 presidential contenders will break bread at the White House on Thursday.

Margaret Atwood says reader questions about the world of <em>The Handmaid's Tale</em> — and the world we live in now — inspired <em>The Testaments</em>.

Hear Margaret Atwood Read From 'The Testaments,' Her Sequel To 'The Handmaid's Tale'

In this recording, exclusive to NPR, Atwood returns to the world of The Handmaid's Tale, reading from her long-awaited sequel. Some 15 years after the first book, it introduces a few new voices.

Margaret Atwood says reader questions about the world of The Handmaid's Tale — and the world we live in now — inspired The Testaments.

Hear Margaret Atwood Read From 'The Testaments,' Her Sequel To 'The Handmaid's Tale'

In this recording, exclusive to NPR, Atwood returns to the world of The Handmaid's Tale, reading from her long-awaited sequel. Some 15 years after the first book, it introduces a few new voices.

Caga Tiós, Catalan Christmas logs stacked up at a market in Girona, Spain.

A Catalan Log That Poops Nougats At Christmas

Catalan holiday tradition involves a log that's fed scraps of food for several weeks leading up to Christmas. Then, it's beaten with a stick and implored to poop out a Spanish nougat called turrón.

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