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Though the VA provides veterinary benefits for service dogs assigned to people with physical disabilities, it does not currently recognize psychiatric service dogs for treatment.

John Powers, Fresh Air critic at large, weighs in on the trends of 2007: political campaigns, Iraq movies failing at the box office, HBO's The Sopranos, stories about hitting the road, the TMZing of America, jocks gone wild, hip sentimentality, the nightly ideological news, atheist chic and the writers strike.

Montana's Rep.-elect Greg Gianforte was sentenced to community service and anger management on Monday for assaulting a journalist the day before a special congressional election last month.

North Carolina ranks high in the nation for human trafficking incidents, and many nonprofits and governments are working to raise awareness and prevent human trafficking in the state.

Andy Carvin (andycarvin.com, @acarvin on Twitter) leads NPR's social media strategy and is NPR's primary voice on Twitter, and Facebook, where NPR became the first news organization to reach one million fans. He also advises NPR staff on how to better engage the NPR audience in editorial activities in order to further the quality and diversity of NPR's journalism.

U.S. and Pakistani intelligence operatives captured the Taliban's second-in-command. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar effectively ran the organization, U.S. officials say, directing Taliban military strategy in Afghanistan and controlling the group's finances.

Robert Siegel sits down with a group of students from Tel Aviv University for a conversation about their expectations for the future. The students are politically divided, but they agree that their main concern, even more than security, is the Israeli economy.

The number of Democrats citing abortion rights as a top priority for the federal government to address jumped from less than 1% in 2021 to 13% in a new poll.

NPR has once again been named the Harris Poll EquiTrend News Service Brand Of The Year, NPR was also the Most Loved Brand Based on the 2019 Harris Poll EquiTrendⓇ Study

People are turning to video streaming and online gaming, while companies scramble to make sure their systems can handle remote workers.