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Many older workers retired after the pandemic gave them time to rethink priorities

Older workers have not returned to the workforce at the same rate as the under-55 set. Many college-educated older workers in particular are financially secure enough to retire.

In this aerial photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, damage from Hurricane Ian is seen on the causeway leading to Sanibel Island from Fort Myers, Fla., on Sept. 30. The causeway has reopened with temporary repairs.

The Sanibel Island causeway washed out by Hurricane Ian has reopened

The causeway linking the island to the Florida mainland reopened with temporary repairs just three weeks after it was washed out by the hurricane. The reopening will help recovery work on the island.

A vehicle drives by an almond orchard in Firebaugh, Calif., last year. City manager Ben Gallegos told NPR he doesn't want small cities like his to be overlooked as California prepares for a potential megastorm, a weather event made more likely by climate change.

This city manager wants California to prepare for a megastorm before it's too late

Ben Gallegos, the city manager of Firebaugh, Calif., believes a megastorm could wipe out his city. He's urging state and federal officials to invest more proactively in flood prevention measures.

A new audit of autopsies conducted under David Fowler's tenue "will determine whether independent experts agree or disagree with the [the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's] determination of cause and manner of death, whether such experts believe the OCME's determinations were based on adequate investigations," the panel's said.

Maryland officials order the reinvestigation of about 100 deaths in police custody

The review follows an audit of police-involved deaths under the tenure of former Chief Medical Officer David Fowler, who testified that George Floyd's death was caused by heart disease and drug use.

This mural is on the wall of the Child and Adolescent Health Center at Grant Middle School in Michigan.

A high school student's mural angers parents over what they say are hidden messages

Debate over the mural's meaning became heated during a school board meeting last week. Parents say the painting contains anti-Christian and demonic messages, while also being pro-LGBTQ.

Lately, more and more people have been getting axolotls as pets.

It seems like everyone wants an axolotl since the salamander was added to Minecraft

The axolotl has captured hearts thanks to TikTok and the popular video game Minecraft. More and more people have been getting them as pets, which is impacting how they're bred and sold.

The newest national monument was once a combat training site for World War II

Colorado has a new national monument. Camp Hale was a World War II winter combat training site. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on Oct. 15, 2022.)

Out-of-state patients cross into Colorado for legal abortions

Surrounded by states with abortion bans, Colorado is seeing a record number of patients seeking abortion care.

Black vets were excluded from GI bill benefits — a bill in congress aims to fix that

In 1944, the GI Bill lifted a generation into the middle class — but excluded Black vets who served their country at war and came home to segregation. A bill in Congress aims to fix that.

The office of the California Employment Development Department is seen in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Facing as much as $2 b billion in fraud, the EDD is near the top of California lawmakers fixit list as they prepare to return to the state Capitol in the new year.

A special task force is investigating claims and freezing accounts to determine who legitimately qualifies for the relief money. About $20 billion in unemployment money was stolen by criminals.

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