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Slingshot is a project by NPR Music to highlight emerging artists. Bedouine was born in Aleppo, Syria, and has moved around a lot, but her music is rooted in the country folk rock of the 60s and 70s.

Midway University in Kentucky trains students in equine management, and the campus is surrounded by barns and paddocks.

Iowa's governor has signed a new law that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat has been detected. The law's supporters expect a challenge in the courts.

Arguments that the law disproportionately affected black and Latino voters were deemed insufficient in the U.S. Circuit Court's decision.

Microchip IDs — similar to those in pets — have been embedded in hundreds of cacti at Saguaro National Park near Tucson to guard against theft.

A volcanic eruption on Hawaii's Big Island has spewed lava and toxic gases into residential neighborhoods, days after the shift in volcanic activity first prompted evacuations.

Under Mayor Anne Hidalgo, 11 female and five male officials were appointed in 2018 to high-level roles — despite a rule that at least 40% of such positions should go to people of each gender.

Former Cuyahoga County Jail Warden Eric Ivey will serve one year of probation for his involvement in the August 2018 overdose death of an inmate. Ivey pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing justice and one count of falsification. Both are misdemeanor charges. Cuyahoga County Judge Nancy Fuerst sentenced Ivey to 180 days in jail for each count, to be served concurrently, but then suspended the six-month jail sentence.

Michael Drejka was sentenced Thursday. Surveillance video from July 2018 shows Drejka shooting and killing Markeis McGlockton, who was unarmed. The men were arguing over a handicapped parking space.

Whelan was arrested in 2018 at a hotel in Moscow. Russian officials say he was in possession of classified information, but the former U.S. Marine says he was set up.