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The Legislative Building on the opening day of the 2019 session. Lawmakers want to make financial aid for higher education an entitlement. CREDIT: TED S. WARREN / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington State Lawmakers Want To Save Seat At Budget Table For Free College

Max Wasserman January 23, 2019

Martin Yanez and his sister Rosalinda Elsa Pina live in the Yakima Valley, near a large dairy. Their well water has high levels of nitrates, which can cause health problems. In the winter Elsa Pina uses extra gallons of water to make caldos, or stews. Boiling water with high levels of nitrates actually concentrates the contamination. CREDIT: ESMY JIMENEZ/NWPB

Study: Millions Of Americans Could Be Drinking Water High In Nitrates

Courtney Flatt January 23, 2019

Sales begin in 2020 for Rivian's R1T pickup truck and a companion SUV. Both will be made in central Illinois.

Electric Truck Startup Steps In Where Other Automakers Left Off — An Old, Massive Assembly Plant

NPR News January 23, 2019

Gov. Jay Inslee speaks with reporters following a talk on climate change at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester, Jan. 22, 2019. CREDIT: AUSTIN JENKINS/N3

Jay Inslee Makes Tracks In New Hampshire As He Weighs Presidential Bid

Austin Jenkins January 22, 2019

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Yo-Yo Ma (shown here performing in Washington, D.C., last year) surprised unsuspecting Indians in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday with an impromptu roadside performance. Larry French/Getty Images for SiriusXM

Yo-Yo Ma Surprises Bystanders In Mumbai With A Mini-Concert

NPR News January 23, 2019

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For Opera Singers, Life After Retirement — At Least At One Very Special Rest Home

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Beloved Poet Mary Oliver, Who Believed Poetry ‘Mustn’t Be Fancy,’ Dies At 83

NPR News January 17, 2019

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The chairman of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service says the panel's overarching goal is to "create a universal expectation of service" in which every American is "inspired and eager to serve." CREDIT: TAMIR KALIFA/GETTY IMAGES

Should Young Americans Be Required To Do Public Service? Federal Panel Says Maybe

NPR News January 23, 2019

President Trump was pressing forward with his desire to give a State of the Union speech in the House chamber next week even as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the speech will not occur in the House until the government reopens. Now Trump says he will find another venue for the big speech. CREDIT: BRENDAN HOFFMAN/GETTY IMAGES

Pelosi To Trump: House Won’t Host State Of The Union Until Shutdown Ends

NPR News January 23, 2019

Electric Truck Startup Steps In Where Other Automakers Left Off — An Old, Massive Assembly Plant

NPR News January 23, 2019

Seen in 2017, a girl studies for school while a man chops wood in the Muslim enclave of Islamberg in Tompkins, N.Y. Four people have been arrested in an alleged plot to attack the community. Mark Lennihan/AP

Planned Attack On Muslim Community In Upstate New York Disrupted, Police Say

NPR News January 22, 2019

The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta is open for the first time in nearly a month, after a grant from the Delta Air Lines Foundation made up for the lack of federal funds from the partial government shutdown. CREDIT: Jeff Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images

Amid Shutdown, Martin Luther King Jr. National Park Reopens For Holiday, Thanks To A Private Grant

NPR News January 21, 2019

Motorists drive past a sign advertising regular gasoline at $1.88 per gallon at a station in Longmont, Colo., on Dec. 22, 2018. Falling gasoline prices have given drivers a little extra cheer this winter. CREDIT: David Zalubowski/AP

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Washington State Lawmakers Want To Save Seat At Budget Table For Free College

Study: Millions Of Americans Could Be Drinking Water High In Nitrates

Electric Truck Startup Steps In Where Other Automakers Left Off — An Old, Massive Assembly Plant

Jay Inslee Makes Tracks In New Hampshire As He Weighs Presidential Bid

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Yo-Yo Ma Surprises Bystanders In Mumbai With A Mini-Concert

American Anthem: ‘Quiet’ Struck A Chord With Women. Two Years Later, It’s Still Ringing

For Opera Singers, Life After Retirement — At Least At One Very Special Rest Home

The Arts

Once Centers Of Soviet Propaganda, Moscow’s Libraries Are Having A ‘Loud’ Revival

BOOK REVIEW: ‘You Know You Want This’ Takes Risks Following Big ‘Cat Person’ Success

Beloved Poet Mary Oliver, Who Believed Poetry ‘Mustn’t Be Fancy,’ Dies At 83

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Should Young Americans Be Required To Do Public Service? Federal Panel Says Maybe

Pelosi To Trump: House Won’t Host State Of The Union Until Shutdown Ends

Electric Truck Startup Steps In Where Other Automakers Left Off — An Old, Massive Assembly Plant

Planned Attack On Muslim Community In Upstate New York Disrupted, Police Say

Amid Shutdown, Martin Luther King Jr. National Park Reopens For Holiday, Thanks To A Private Grant

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