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Toronto Public Library has extended through the end of June its exhibition of Seneca School’s developmentally disabled students’ abstract artwork at its accessible Richview branch.

Flowers placed at the memorial. On the first non-rainy day in recent memory, the family members of the victims of American Airlines Flight 587 gathered at the memorial on Beach 116th Street to remember their loved ones. This Saturday, Nov. 12, marked the 21st anniversary of the tragic crash, which killed all 260 souls on

So I had some writer's block this week. Not that it was anything further from a slow news week, it's not every day (or even every year) that there is a contentious election that is so close we have to wait a full week to get the results. I wrote a few weeks ago about

Side Effects Public Media Rudy Papakee, the director of the Meskwaki Health Center, has been at the center of the Meskwaki Nations COVID-19 response, coordinating testing and vaccinations and advising the tribal council on restrictions. In the waiting room of the Meskwaki Tribal Health Center in Tama County, Iowa, Genesis Ramirez gripped a digital timer, her legs swinging in a chair. The 17-year-old just got her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, but she didn’t do it just to keep ...

Listen to the story In the waiting room of the Meskwaki Tribal Health Center, Genesis Ramirez gripped a digital timer, her legs swinging in a chair. The 17-year-old just got her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, but she didn’t do it just to keep herself safe. The Meskwaki Health Center has been hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinics since December. It offers those who get vaccinated a free t-shirt, mask, and reusable shopping bag. Credit Natalie Krebs/Iowa Public Radio News "My family...

IPR Rudy Papakee, the director of the Meskwaki Health Center, has been at the center of the Meskwaki Nations COVID-19 response, coordinating testing and vaccinations and advising the tribal council on restrictions. The number of Iowans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 is still far below what experts say is needed for herd immunity, and demand for the vaccine is decreasing. State officials say 88 of Iowa’s 99 counties have recently declined all or part of their vaccine allocation. B...