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The World Health Organization called the COVID-19 viral disease a pandemic Wednesday. Here, workers in Spain place a medical mask on a figure that was to be part of the Fallas festival in Valencia. The festival has been canceled over the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: COVID-19 Is Now Officially A Pandemic, WHO Says

It's the first time the WHO has called an outbreak a pandemic since the H1N1 "swine flu" in 2009.

Now that New Jersey can allow sports betting, Monmouth Park in Oceanport has set up a sportsbook operation and plans to start taking bets later this week.

Sports Betting Starts In New Jersey After A Decade Of Legal Battles

Sports betting has gone back and forth in court for a decade in New Jersey, the state central in the case before the U.S. Supreme Court last month. This week the governor signed a bill legalizing it.

You're Not Imagining It: North High Street Really Has Changed

These days, when the owner of Buckeye Donuts looks outside his door, he doesn’t recognize what he sees.“It’s just a lot of changes and there’s really not…

A scene from "RBG," a Magnolia Pictures release. (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)

The Summer Of Documentaries

Documentaries are making a splash this summer at the movie box office. From “RBG” to “Three Identical Strangers,” we’ve got your front-row seat.

Weeks After Containment Of California's Deadly Camp Fire, Survivors Wait For Trailers

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the head of FEMA's Housing Task Force in California about the agency's slow response to the most recent wildfires in California.

A woman attends a march marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Asuncion, Paraguay, on November 25. Paraguay is one of the Latin American countries that has passed a law categorizing femicide — killing a woman because of her gender — as a specific crime.

U.N. Report: 50,000 Women A Year Are Killed By Intimate Partners, Family Members

The reasons range from "honor killings" to dowry disputes, according to an analysis of female homicides around the globe.

Researchers followed a group of kids from childhood into adulthood to track the link between trauma in early life and adult mental health.

Should Childhood Trauma Be Treated As A Public Health Crisis?

New research highlights the link between childhood trauma and mental illness and addiction in adulthood, leading some researchers to call it an issue as pressing as any infectious disease.

Stress, poverty and lack of health care can lead to premature birth. Rates remain stubbornly high in many states.

Premature Birth Rates Rise Again, But A Few States Are Turning Things Around

Premature birth rates are heading in the wrong direction after nearly a decade of decline. Some states have started to tackle the problem, while others struggle with stubbornly high rates.

There was an uproar in 2018 when a scientist in China, He Jiankui, announced that he had successfully used CRISPR to edit the genes of twin girls when they were embryos. Prominent scientists hope to stop further attempts at germline editing, at least for now.

Scientists Call For Global Moratorium On Creating Gene-Edited Babies

An international group of 18 prominent scientists and bioethicists is calling for countries around the world to impose a moratorium on the creation of babies whose genes have been altered in the lab.

Akron singer-songwriter Gretchen Pleuss releases her third album, "Daughter of the Broader Skies", on April 12

Shuffle: Gretchen Pleuss Finds Her Voice in the 'Broader Skies'

Akron songstress Gretchen Pleuss has made a name for herself in the local music scene, both hosting popular open mic nights at Uncorked Wine Bar every...

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