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Person of interest identified in connection with deadly Brown University shooting as police gather evidence; Bondi Beach gunmen who killed 15 after targeting Jewish celebration were father and son, police say; Nebraska farmers get help from Washington for crop losses; Study: TX teens most affected by state abortion ban; Gender wage gap narrows in Greater Boston as racial gap widens.

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Debates over prosecutorial power, utility oversight, and personal autonomy are intensifying nationwide as states advance new policies on end-of-life care and teen reproductive access. Communities also confront violence after the Brown University shooting.

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Farmers face skyrocketing healthcare costs if Congress fails to act this month, residents of communities without mental health resources are getting trained themselves and a flood-devasted Texas theater group vows, 'the show must go on.'

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