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Hundreds of federal workers and contractors rally against the partial federal government shutdown outside the headquarters of the AFL-CIO January 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Shutdown and health insurance

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
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Abortion fights in 2019

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News
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Medicaid may now cover your GED

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
This GOES East satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, shows Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic Ocean as it threatens the U.S. East Coast. (NOAA via AP)

Climate is getting more extreme

Coleman Harris
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Arecibo Radio Telescope (Getty/TexPhoto)

Weird radio signal flummoxes astronomers

Nicole Karlis
Trash begins to accumulate along the National Mall near the Washington Monument due to a partial shutdown of the federal government on December 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Win McNamee)

Shutdown's effects on parks will linger

Nicole Karlis
FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a Mexican gray wolf leaves cover at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, N.M. (Jim Clark/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File) (AP)

Polluter's friend to take FWS reins

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
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Caution tape closes off an entrance to the beach as Palm Beach County officials announced that all county beaches are closed due to red tide affecting coastal areas on October 4, 2018 in Lake Worth, Florida. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

A red tide engulfs Florida coast

Nicole Karlis
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Is Donald Trump an asteroid?

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
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US carbon emissions rise in 2018: study

Nicole Karlis
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Benefits of the 'Dry January' Effect

Nicole Karlis
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Brain damage and fundamentalism linked

Bobby Azarian - Raw Story
Donald Trump; Xavier Becerra (AP/Evan Vucci/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Dem pushback against health law lawsuit

Julie Rovner - KFF Health News
FILE - In this March 5, 2014 file photo, Argentina's Lionel Messi appears to vomit during an international friendly soccer game against Romania on the National Arena stadium in Bucharest, Romania. Messi has vomited at least a half-dozen times with Argentina and club team Barcelona, mystifying doctors and fans alike. (AP Photo, File) ROMANIA OUT (AP)

Vital Proteins' Collagen Peptides products (JP Yim/Getty Images for Vital Proteins)

Are collagen supplements snake oil?

Nicole Karlis
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Forever Young Charter Company captain Tony Young, holding a lionfish. (Courtesy of Forever Young/Civil Eats)

If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em

Rebecca Renner - Civil Eats
FILE - This Nov. 11, 2016 file photo shows Blood Falls, bottom left, and the Taylor Glacier near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. (Mark Ralston/Pool Photo via AP, File) (AP)

Antarctic sea ice is "astonishingly" low

Eric Holthaus - Grist
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Deep sea octopus moms are suffocating

Rose Jones
A man wades through a flooded road as Hurricane Maria hits Puerto Rico. (Getty/Ricardo Arduengo)

Medicaid costs drive PR's debt crisis

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez - KFF Health News
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A volunteer hands out a poster as Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders was set to address a “Medicare for All” rally in downtown Columbia, S.C. on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 (AP/Meg Kinnard)

Calif. Dems hit wall on Medicare-for-all

Samantha Young - KFF Health News
The far side of the moon as pictured with Earth in the background; taken from the Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft. (NASA/NOAA)

China brings life to the moon

Nicole Karlis
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10 worst-case climate predictions

Lorraine Chow - Independent Media Institute
A Shutdown placard is seen at the entrance of the Liberty State ferry terminal, January 21, 2018. (Getty/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

How the shutdown affects health programs

Shefali Luthra - KFF Health News
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