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Ecologist Chelsea Rochman (left) and researcher Kennedy Bucci dig through washed-up debris along Lake Ontario. They're looking for small particles of plastic that make their way into oceans, rivers and lakes.

Beer, Drinking Water And Fish: Tiny Plastic Is Everywhere

Plastic trash less than 5 millimeters long is in the things we eat and drink, and the air we breathe. Scientists are just beginning to study where it comes from and how it might affect our health.

What Happens When The Government Shuts Down? Ex-Chief Of Staff Has Answers

Steve Inskeep talks to former White House chief of staff Denis McDonough, who served under President Obama, during the two-week government shutdown in 2013.

'Game Of Thrones' Begins Its 6th Season On HBO

Season 5 of the HBO series ended with a lot of cliffhangers. The sixth season is the first one that goes beyond the realm of the books that the show is based on.

Lucy Liu (right) plays Irene, a Chinese-American immigrant mother to Joe (Lawrence Shou, left) in Eric Lin's Rosemead.

Lucy Liu challenges mental health taboos in 'Rosemead'

In Rosemead, Lucy Liu plays the role of an ailing mother who takes drastic measures to try to protect her troubled teenage son from himself. Liu also produced the film, based on a true story.

Second victim of 2025 beating in Cortez dies; hearing set in lawsuit over Dollar General store

A Cortez man charged with murder in the brutal death of a 40-year-old man in Veterans Park last summer may face a second murder charge. And a hearing on the lawsuit between Leaf Properties and the Montezuma County commissioners has been set for May 21 at 2 p.m. in District Court.

In lawsuit, Leaf Properties seeks broad decision about validity of county land use code

A lawsuit over whether a Dollar General store should be built just off of Highway 145 is moving forward.

Members of the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 Board of Education meet April 21, 2026, during a regular board meeting where members voted on district memberships and other governance matters. Screenshot via Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 YouTube livestream.

Cortez school board’s new majority cuts ties with two education groups

The Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school board voted to end ties with ERBOCES and CLAS, continuing governance changes under its new majority.

Fresh produce pilot program launches for regional food pantries; Dolores library board terminates director

The Pantry Produce Share Program will provide fresh, locally grown produce to food pantries in Montezuma and Dolores counties and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Nation. In Dolores, the library district board has voted to terminate Executive Director Sean Gantt’s contract after discussing a third-party workplace assessment.

Before issuing a statement to the press shortly after 8 p.m. the day of the shooting, Vice President George H.W. Bush conferred with top Reagan administration advisers.

Revisiting The Reagan Shooting In 'Rawhide Down'

In Rawhide Down, journalist Del Quentin Wilber offers new information about the March 1981 day that President Ronald Reagan was shot in Washington, D.C. Wilber and Jerry Parr, the head of Reagan's Secret Service detail at the time of the shooting, speak with NPR's Ari Shapiro.

Pope Francis shares a meal with guests and volunteers of the "Palace of the Poor."

Pope Francis Turned A Vatican Palazzo Into 'Palace Of The Poor' For Homeless People

"If you sleep on the ground covered in cardboard and have to wake up at 5 a.m. before the police come to shove you away, and then you find a place like this, what more do you want?" a new guest says.

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