This week we discuss how scientists manage mosquitos in the Great Salt Lake’s wetlands, Sen. John Curtis' suggestion for foreign aid, and the ban on transgender health care for youth.
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UPR News & Programs
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On Thursday, Colorado's governor signed the Protect Wild Bison bill, which creates a dual wildlife and livestock designation.
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Researchers say melting glaciers and permafrost can trigger the production of toxic mercury in mountain wetlands, posing risks to water supplies and wildlife.
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Dan McClellan loves the Bible. He doesn’t always love what it says. But he works hard not to try to mold it into something that he wants it to be — to meet it, he says, on its own terms.
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Our guest is anthropologist Jennifer Raff. Her book "Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas" tells the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were and how they got here.
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The state is still trying to bridge the gap in its monitoring network, as satellite measurements have come up with inaccurate dust pollution readings.
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Valarie Clark Miller's husband talks about her life, and the fight to hold accountable the men — including the local cop — who abused Valarie and controlled the systems designed to look the other way.
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Nationally, more than 23% of women of childbearing age in rural areas are covered by Medicaid, compared to 20.5% of women in metro areas.
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After some uncertainty, Friends of the Bridger-Teton gains federal funding to get toilets cleaned and pumped this year.
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Transmite una variedad de música y programas de charla de Radio Bilingüe.
NPR News
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The NSC has traditionally played a pivotal role in advising the president for his biggest diplomatic and security decisions. But in Trump's second term, it has seen its influence shrink.
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A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders.
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Remains of the "Scattered Man John Doe" began washing ashore in New Jersey in 1995 and went unidentified for the next three decades. Students at Ramapo College set about to solve the mystery.
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A series of executive orders aims to promote new kinds of nuclear reactors while restructuring the body in charge of nuclear safety.
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The Justice Department says it has reached an agreement in principle with Boeing to drop a criminal case over two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets, despite objections from some victims' family members.
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DOGE's push to cut some federal surveys conducted by the Census Bureau may be duplicating a White House agency's oversight work and weaken U.S. data infrastructure, experts warn.
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Shira Perlmutter's termination came shortly after the Copyright Office published a long-anticipated report on artificial intelligence.
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This comes in response to a lawsuit Harvard filed on Friday morning, challenging the Trump administration's abrupt move to revoke the school's ability to enroll foreign students.
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The White House budget office rejected the conclusion of a nonpartisan congressional watchdog that said the Trump administration is breaking the law by not spending funds as directed by Congress.
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Five years after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, the future of the intersection where it happened is uncertain. Today, a memorial is set up in the partially blocked street. But some want to move on. How does a community reckon with its past and confront its future?