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A youth-led climate activism organization led a rally on Falmouth Main Street this Earth Day.
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We talk with Heather Goldstone about her new podcast Not A Climate Scientist -
![Soon-to-be mother, Keishalee Torres [left], and Caring Health Center's Women, Infants, and Children's (WIC) program nutritionist, Caroline Seymour, comparing whole wheat pasta to white flour pasta at Food Zone International Supermarket in Springfield, Massachusetts.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d18e4b9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1176x655+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa1%2Fbf%2Fb25134794d159389648123abaceb%2Fimage.png)
The price of kitchen staples like eggs, milk and cheese as well as prices for meats have soared since the pandemic. So is it possible to eat affordable, healthy food that’s also good for the climate? -
The idea behind the trend is simple: save some cash, and reduce the use of fossil fuels. -
The program, called Skilled Purpose, aims to help people in recovery from addiction get job training. -
Amy Vince is joined by horticulturist and entomologist Roberta Clark to talk all things garden.
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Jennette Barnes/CAIThe week's local headlines with our region's leading journalists. -
In 1991, a contentious lawsuit forces the government to step in, setting Carlos Rafael and the regulators on a collision course. -
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Ospreys and piping plovers are back and starting to nest.
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Ben de la Cruz/NPRAfter a year without data, the State Department released figures on PEPFAR, the program launched by George W. Bush and credited with saving millions of lives. How did Trump's aid cuts affect it? -
President Trump has extended the ceasefire, but Iran says it's not enough if the naval blockade is still in place.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks with Robert Harward, former deputy commander of Central Command, about U.S. Naval operations around the Strait of Hormuz and implications for the future of the war with Iran.
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The AI models and chatbots that we interact with tend to affirm our feelings and viewpoints — more so than people do, with potentially worrisome consequences. -
After a historic partial shutdown of Homeland Security, congressional Republicans are looking to a budgetary tool that could enable them to fund immigration enforcement agencies without Democratic support.
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