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Ruth Infante (second from left), a single mother of three, and her classmates donned traditional flowing dresses for their <em>Cumbia</em> dance performance at a "care block" center in Bogotá, Colombia. The class is one of the free services offered to anyone in the neighborhood who is an unpaid caregiver for their family.

How Bogotá cares for its family caregivers: From dance classes to job training

More than a million women in Bogotá, Colombia, do unpaid family caregiver work full-time. The country has launched a groundbreaking program called "Care Blocks" to ease their burden.

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Secretary of State Blinken will head to the Middle East again. President Biden to tout clean energy jobs in Colorado. How the U.S. will be impacted if global warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Philadelphia 76ers' James Harden gives his sneakers to John Hao after Game 4 in an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals playoff series, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Philadelphia. Harden invited Hao, a student severely wounded in a Feb. 13 mass shooting at Michigan State University, to view the game.

76ers player James Harden invited a Michigan State shooting victim to a playoff game

Harden contacted John Hao after learning he was a Philadelphia 76ers fan. Hao was paralyzed in a February shooting at Michigan State University that left three people dead and five injured.

Judge heard arguments about when Trump's classified documents trial should begin

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and his aide Walt Nauta were in a Florida courtroom Tuesday. It's the first pre-trial hearing on classified documents ahead of their federal trial.

Five years after one of the worst wildfires in American history, Paradise, California is slowly being rebuilt.

A California town wiped off the map by wildfire is still recovering 5 years on

Five years after of one of America's worst wildfires, slow and expensive recovery continues in Paradise, Calif., which could be a portent for what's ahead on fire-stricken Maui.

Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies to Congress on Hunter Biden charges

Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before Congress since Justice Department prosecutors brought federal charges against President Biden's son, Hunter.

Almanac - Monday 3/7/22

Today is Cereal Day...

How Palestinians in the occupied West Bank view Israel's military strikes on Gaza

Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep broadcasts from the West Bank, the other big Palestinian area which Israel occupied in a war more than 50 years ago. Palestinians there called for a general strike.

House Republicans will hold first impeachment hearing into President Biden next week

The House Oversight Committee is preparing to convene its first hearing on an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. There are some big differences between this inquiry and past impeachment cases.

First Americans and other foreign nationals leave besieged Gaza

It's the first time people have been allowed to exit the Palestinian territory since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Ambulances took dozens of seriously wounded people to hospitals in Egypt.

What to expect in the third Republican primary debate tomorrow

Republican presidential candidates gather in Florida for their third primary debate Wednesday night. Former President Trump is holding a competing rally just miles away from the site of the debate.

Former Mossad official says to secure Israel, you have to destroy Hamas

Zohar Palti, former Director of Intelligence of the spy agency the Mossad, talks about how this war started and how it ends.

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