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Kate Morrow and her 8-year-old twins, Jack and Lilly, at their home in Spartanburg County, S.C. Morrow struggles to understand why many of her neighbors aren't vaccinating their kids.

Kate Morrow and her 8-year-old twins, Jack and Lilly, at their home in Spartanburg County, S.C. Morrow struggles to understand why many of her neighbors aren't vaccinating their kids. Mike Belleme for NPR hide caption

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Kate Morrow and her 8-year-old twins, Jack and Lilly, at their home in Spartanburg County, S.C. Morrow struggles to understand why many of her neighbors aren't vaccinating their kids.

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Health

In South Carolina, measles shows how far apart neighbors can be on vaccines

In South Carolina, some parents embrace vaccines, others opt out. Why do people make such different choices? A mix of politics, distrust and misinformation is pushing neighbors apart.

In South Carolina, measles shows how far apart neighbors can be on vaccines

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Israeli air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, early Sunday, March 15, 2026.

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Israeli air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, early Sunday, March 15, 2026.

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Middle East

'We never asked for a ceasefire,' says Iran's foreign minister, as war keeps raging

Israel announced a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while Iran's foreign minister said the country has not asked for a ceasefire as President Trump had claimed.
A screenshot from the all-out winner of the 46th annual Razzie Awards, War of the Worlds, starring Ice Cube.

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Culture

'War of the Worlds' remake sinks to the bottom at this year's Razzie Awards

The surveillance industry version of HG Wells' 1898 classic sci-fi novel stars Ice Cube, and won accolades for worst picture, actor, director and more.
Online prediction markets hosting bets on U.S. presidential election and regime change in Iran.

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Online prediction markets hosting bets on U.S. presidential election and regime change in Iran.

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Politics

With boom in prediction markets, some lawmakers worry about how to police themselves

House and Senate ethics committees give no financial disclosure guidance on event contracts or prediction markets — unlike stock, cryptocurrency and bond trades.
FILE - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

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The Americas

Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro is in intensive care with pneumonia, hospital says

One of Bolsonaro's doctors described the former Brazilian president's medical condition as "serious."
Thies, Senegal (March 5, 2026) - Maïmouna Diouf, a former detainee in a Senegalese prison, said conditions in womens prisons are harsh in the country. Without family support, which women often lose when they are convicted, inmates can suffer from a lack of sufficient food, hygiene products, and more while they serve their sentences.

Thies, Senegal (March 5, 2026) - Maïmouna Diouf, a former detainee in a Senegalese prison, said conditions in womens prisons are harsh in the country. Without family support, which women often lose when they are convicted, inmates can suffer from a lack of sufficient food, hygiene products, and more while they serve their sentences. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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Thies, Senegal (March 5, 2026) - Maïmouna Diouf, a former detainee in a Senegalese prison, said conditions in womens prisons are harsh in the country. Without family support, which women often lose when they are convicted, inmates can suffer from a lack of sufficient food, hygiene products, and more while they serve their sentences.

Thies, Senegal (March 5, 2026) - Maïmouna Diouf, a former detainee in a Senegalese prison, said conditions in womens prisons are harsh in the country. Without family support, which women often lose when they are convicted, inmates can suffer from a lack of sufficient food, hygiene products, and more while they serve their sentences. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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Global Health

Why women have an especially tough time in Senegal's prisons

Women charged with a crime in Senegal are at the mercy of a slow judicial process and prisons that may lack basic supplies. They also face stigma that robs them of familial and community support.

WATCH

Madi Diaz: Tiny Desk Concert

Few artists can completely dismantle your heart, fill it with wonder and awe at the miracle of life, and put it back together quite like Madi Diaz.
From left: Kai Trump, Bam Adebayo, Timothée Chalamet (or his reclusive twin, Tomothée).

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The NPR news quiz

It's Chalamet vs. ballet in this week's news quiz. Are your answers en pointe?

Meanwhile, if you've been paying attention to medicine, basketball and the British Parliament, you'll get at least three questions right this week.
A view (looking east) of Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, New Mexico, on March 11, 2026.

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National

Reframing Georgia O'Keeffe's legacy and protecting the land she loved

Georgia O'Keeffe called the New Mexico high desert "my country," but Pueblo peoples predated her. A more complex view is emerging amid efforts to preserve the land.

Reframing Georgia O’Keeffe’s legacy and protecting the land she loved

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Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis in Scarpetta

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'Scarpetta' is a captivating murder mystery — and a high-wire balancing act

Based on a series of novels by best-selling author Patricia Cornwell, Scarpetta follows two different mysteries from two different timelines. It's structurally complicated — but it all holds up.

FA: TV Review: Scarpetta

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