U.S. home prices have far outpaced paychecks. See what it looks like where you live (www.kpbs.org)
Millions of Americans are already shut out of buying a home, and the cost of buying one continues to rise....
Poland's judiciary was a tool of its government. New leaders are trying to undo that (www.kpbs.org)
When the right-wing Law and Justice party was voted into office eight years ago, it controlled the Polish government’s legislative and executive branches. The only branch left standing in the way of its political agenda was the judiciary....
Americans who live alone report depression at higher rates, but social support helps (www.kpbs.org)
People living alone are more likely to report feeling depressed compared to those living with others, according to a new study by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. And that effect is particularly stark for people living alone who say they have little or no social and emotional support....
Utah is pushing back against ever-tightening EPA air pollution standards (www.kpbs.org)
When it comes to its chronically poor winter air, Salt Lake City already has topography working against it. Steep mountain ranges on either side of the city create a giant bowl, where dreaded winter temperature inversions trap cold air that stagnates with dust, factory smoke, and diesel exhaust from the city’s expanding web of...
Tennessee law denied Allie Phillips an abortion. So she's now running for office (www.kpbs.org)
The path to Tennessee politics for Allie Phillips began last year in her doctor’s office. She was 19 weeks pregnant when she got the devastating news about her unborn daughter: only two of the four chambers in her heart were formed....
'Hot droughts' are becoming more common in the arid West, new study finds (www.kpbs.org)
Take a period of limited rainfall. Add heat. And you have what scientists call a ‘hot drought’ – dry conditions made more intense by the evaporative power of hotter temperatures....
Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump rallies opposition (www.kpbs.org)
A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated compromise....
California, Illinois and NYC succeeded in getting 2020 census numbers double-checked and increased (www.kpbs.org)
Illinois is adding tens of thousands of people to its population total, and California is getting misplaced sailors on an aircraft carrier put in the right location after successfully asking for a review of their 2020 census figures....
Kenneth Smith could be the first person executed with nitrogen gas. He spoke with NPR (www.kpbs.org)
Alabama has already tried once to execute Kenneth Smith. On the evening of Nov. 17, 2022, Smith lay on a gurney as workers tried for an hour to insert needles into the veins of his hand, arms and collarbone so they could put him to death by lethal injection. Just before midnight, the execution was called off....
The FAA is tightening oversight of Boeing and will audit production of the 737 Max 9 (www.kpbs.org)
The Federal Aviation Administration says it will increase its oversight of Boeing and its suppliers, and will re-examine the longstanding practice of allowing company employees to perform some safety analysis of its planes....
No turning back: The largest dam removal in U.S. history begins (www.kpbs.org)
The largest dam removal in U.S. history entered a critical phase this week, with the lowering of dammed reservoirs on the Klamath River....
Taiwan's election was a vote for continuity, but adds uncertainty in ties with China (www.kpbs.org)
The election on Saturday of Taiwan’s vice president and candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Lai Ching-te, to be the island’s next leader highlights Taiwanese voters’ support for political continuity, but may add fresh uncertainty into already frosty relations with China....
Cities with soda taxes saw sales of sugary drinks fall as prices rose, study finds (www.kpbs.org)
Sales of sugary drinks fell dramatically across five U.S. cities, after they implemented taxes targeting those drinks – and those changes were sustained over time. That’s according to a study published Friday in the journal JAMA Health Forum....
Respiratory illnesses are on the rise after the holidays (www.kpbs.org)
In most U.S. states, respiratory illness levels are currently considered “high” or “very high,” according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
From Austin to Anchorage, U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums (www.kpbs.org)
The city council in Austin, Texas recently proposed something that could seem like political Kryptonite: getting rid of parking minimums....
