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Monday
Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween. Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images hide caption
After a dose of ketamine, special video games that offered a depressed player positive feedback, in the form of smiling faces or encouraging words, seemed to boost the length of time the drug quelled depression. akinbostanci/Getty Images hide caption
Visitors pose for photos outside the Disney Resort theme park in Shanghai in June. Chen Si/AP hide caption
3 personal safety tips to help you protect yourself on a night out
Platen Heilmethode 1894. Grafissimo/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Olha Abakumova, an opera singer from western Ukraine, came to the U.S. with her daughter. (Her husband was not able to migrate.) Olha brought her most treasured sheet music for Ukrainian arias. "They connect me with my motherland, culture and my roots," she says. "When I'm singing, I see pictures in front of my eyes," she says. "The words and music move through me and take me back to Ukraine." Jodi Hilton for NPR hide caption
Joe Arrigoni is the full-time caretaker for his wife Joani who has early onset Alzheimer's disease. Joe Arrigoni hide caption
A woman struggling with early-onset Alzheimer's got a moment of grace while shopping
Friday
Dr. Benjamin Black in front of the Gondama Referral Center in Sierra Leone, where he worked during the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2016. The center treated children and women in urgent need of obstetric and gynecological care. As the outbreak exploded, the center decided to stop admitting pregnant women, a decision that still weighs on Black. Courtesy of Benjamin Black hide caption
A poll worker handles ballots for the midterm election, in the presence of observers from both Democrat and Republican parties, at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Elections Center in Phoenix on Oct. 25. Olivier Touron/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
False information is everywhere. 'Pre-bunking' tries to head it off early
Supporters of then-President Donald Trump gather on the steps of the state Capitol on Jan. 5, 2021, in Harrisburg, Pa. Laurence Kesterson/AP hide caption
State legislative races are on the front lines of democracy this midterm cycle
Thursday
Diagnosed with cancer five years ago, Monica Reed of Knoxville, Tennessee, was left with nearly $10,000 in medical bills she couldn't pay. Medical debt is more prevalent among the Black community in Knoxville, than among whites. Jamar Coach for KHN and NPR hide caption
Why Black Americans are more likely to be saddled with medical debt
Karla Renée was 18 weeks into her pregnancy when she and her husband Sam learned that the fetus had a serious genetic anomaly that could lead to severe physical and mental disabilities. They were faced with an enormous and pressing decision. In North Carolina, where they live, the current law forbids abortion after 20 weeks gestational age. Max Posner/NPR hide caption
At 18 weeks pregnant, she faced an immense decision with just days to make it
Injured black kites at Wildlife Rescue, a clinic run by brothers Nadeem Shehzad and Muhammad Saud in Delhi. Over the past 12 years, they've treated nearly 26,000 of the raptors. The brothers are featured in a new prize-winning documentary, All That Breathes, which was just nominated for an Oscar and is premiering on HBO on Feb. 7. Javed Dar/Xinhua via Getty Images hide caption
Addiction activist Ryan Hampton holds a rally in Spokane, Wash., where many of the people in the crowd were in recovery from drug or alcohol use. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption