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In May, Chrissi Bates became the first patient to receive a gender-affirming vaginoplasty, or bottom surgery, at a Massachusetts hospital outside of Boston, marking a new chapter for transgender healthcare in region.

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Plastic has become embedded in everyday life. That’s because for the last 70 years, the plastics industry convinced consumers to embrace the material for its low cost and disposability.

Supreme Court rejects challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone. Elon Musk wins back his $44.9 billion Tesla pay package in a shareholder vote. White House moves to secure rural health care systems.

President Biden plans to provide protection from deportation to certain migrants. Russian President Putin makes a rare trip to North Korea. FEMA pressured to treat extreme heat as a major disaster.

The settlement covers Greg Bombard's 2018 arrest by a state trooper who said Bombard flipped him the middle finger — and a second, related citation nearly six years later, on Christmas Day.

G7 diplomats meet to help Ukraine through the winter. Two omicron variants could cause a new COVID surge. Borrowing on credit cards and for car loans is getting a lot more expensive.

When authorities find wildlife that are being illegally trafficked, at ports or airports, the animals are often in terrible shape. Sick, starved, distressed. A pilot project in Southern California aims to get seized wildlife immediate care.

Now that President Trump has signed Republicans' massive overhaul of the federal student loan program, we explain what's set to change.

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, Brian Mann explores the potential reasons for the surprise drop in overdose deaths across the country, for this week's Reporter's Notebook.