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Trump administration rolls back $2 billion mental health, addiction grant cuts
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (357+ words) A Trump administration official has confirmed to NPR that sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed. Letters terminating funding went out late Tuesday night, sending shockwaves through the country's public health system....
'The Rest of Our Lives' takes readers on a midlife crisis road trip
2+ week, 5+ day ago (390+ words) The midlife crisis remains a rich vein for novelists, even as its sufferers skew ever older. So, what does he do? In the great American tradition, Markovits' wayward Layward hits the road. After dropping off his daughter at college, he…...
Nature can help U.S. veterans heal, but many in Mountain West cities live too far from parks
3+ week, 5+ day ago (250+ words) A Sierra Club analysis found that at least one in five veterans living in major U.S. cities does not have a park or green space within walking distance of home. The report examined eight cities nationwide, including Las Vegas and Denver,…...
Lucy Liu on 'Rosemead,' rejection and returning to Mandarin
3+ week, 6+ day ago (501+ words) Actor Lucy Liu says she's forgotten a lot of her childhood. "I think it's probably because it was a lot of trauma of not feeling like you belonged, or wanting to seem like everything was perfectly normal and not looking…...
Psychologists are increasingly using — and worrying about — AI tools, poll finds
4+ week, 1+ day ago (340+ words) Psychologist Cami Winkelspecht decided to familiarize herself with artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Gemini, after patients started asking her for advice about how they could use the technology responsibly. "So I have also then started to experiment with it…...
What teens in New Jersey think about schools' cell phone restrictions
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (128+ words) Many states and school districts now ban or restrict the use of cell phones in schools. But what do the kids think about this? Student journalists in New Jersey brought this question to their classmates and teachers. - On Air Now…...
What foods make you happiest? It's not what you think
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1022+ words) When you hear the phrase "happy foods," which dishes come to mind? Many people think of sugary desserts or fatty fast foods, says Felice Jacka with the Food and Mood Centre at Deakin University, in Geelong, Australia. After all, in…...
'Nightmare Obscura' author explains how to take control of your dreams
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1782+ words) TERRY GROSS, BYLINE: I'm driving a convertible, and suddenly I'm thrown through the roof of the car into the sky, and I'm flying, which sounds very liberating. But unlike Superman, I feel powerless. I'm terrified. And then I wake up....
She cares for her aging parents full time. That requires taking care of herself, too
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (785+ words) At age 43, Dawnita Brown made a life-changing pivot. She took leave from her secure government job, winnowed down her possessions, resolved her financial responsibilities, and in 2016, signed up for the Peace Corps. Volunteering in Eswatini was "amazing," she says " so…...
Laze Against the Machine
2+ mon, 9+ hour ago (309+ words) I'm not the only one who feels it, either. For many of us still loyal to the bedraggled niceties of the American Experiment " suddenly disposable concepts like the Bill of Rights, pursuit of happiness, e pluribus unum " this chaos can…...