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Four-year-old Violet (right) supervises as her mom Margaret Siebers pours a first-ever spoonful of honey for 1-year-old Frances to try. Siebers spent much of the end of her pregnancy with Frances confined to bed rest at her home in Milwaukee.

Research indicates bed rest does not improve birth outcomes and can be risky for the mom. So why is it still prescribed by many doctors and midwives for about 20 percent of pregnant women in the U.S.?

A Lifetime Of Finding Peace, Purpose And Voice In The Pages Of Comics

Stephanie Williams discovered comics young, drawn early to X-Men, which she saw as an allegory for the persecution of black Americans. An adult now, she co-hosts a podcast about black superheroines.

Research shows that people taken to an emergency room after a suicide attempt are at high risk of another attempt in the next several months. But providing them with a simple "safety plan" before discharge reduced that risk by as much as 50 percent.

A Simple Emergency Room Intervention Can Help Cut Suicide Risk

ER workers helped patients who arrived after a suicide attempt develop a tailored "safety plan" that included coping strategies of what to do and whom to call if the urge arose again.

President Trump speaks to the 2017 Value Voter Summit on Friday in Washington, D.C.

Trump To Values Voters: In America 'We Don't Worship Government, We Worship God'

The president became the first sitting president to address the Values Voter Summit, an annual D.C. gathering of religious conservatives, as he solidifies his ties to the GOP's evangelical wing.

Trump Tells NATO Allies They're Delinquent On Military Spending

President Trump began the NATO summit by accusing members of not paying their share for defense spending. Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Christopher Coons of Delaware about Trump's rhetoric.

Flathead Lake in Montana's Flathead Valley is fed by the glaciers in Glacier National Park. Here in rural northwest Montana, there is postelection unease in some communities about far-right extremist views entering the mainstream.

In Montana, An Unease Over Extremist Views Moving Out Of The Woods

The remote woods of the Northwest have long been a haven for far-right extremists. After Donald Trump's election, some in communities here worry about extremists entering the mainstream.

Godsmack Rocker Sully Erna’s New Solo Song Fights Opioid Addiction

"Different Kind of Tears" is part of an awareness campaign to fight opioid addiction. It was created in partnership with the Recovery Centers of America and the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation.

What Would Rorschach Tell You About You?

The Rorschach inkblots are ubiquitous throughout culture. They've inspired visual artists from Warhol to Alan Moore, from Gnarls Barkley to Jay Z, to the…

Off Road Bar y Burger World, propiedad de María Sánchez-Cruz, en Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican Business Owner Prepares For Maria, While Still Reeling From Irma

Two weeks after Irma pounded the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on Wednesday.Lea esta historia en español.Maria Sanchez-Cruz lost…

Teachers Press DeVos; Questions About Koch Brothers' Gifts To Universities

Plus an education-related settlement in the Philadelphia Starbucks controversy, in our weekly education roundup.

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