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It's been a tumultuous few months for parts of Chicago. Parents are doing their best to help their children understand what's happening and how their families and communities can move forward.

Allison Janney has been nominated for Emmys for her roles on Masters of Sex and Mom. She says her relationships with her mother and her brother, who was an addict, helped inform her characters.

Although important strides have been made, a children's rights expert says the world has a long way to go before Malala Yousafzai's vision of meaningful education for all is realized.

The chicken-size sage grouse is as much a part of America's Western range as antelopes and cowboys. The birds nest beneath sagebrush, and as it disappears, so do the grouse. Biologists hope to protect the bird without starting a 21st century range war.

As the nation's roughly 78 million baby boomers move into old age, the need for long-term care will soar. But when it comes to long-term-care insurance, relatively few sign up. The policies can be expensive and some big insurance companies have stopped offering them.

During lockdown, gyms were out of the question. But some people felt more comfortable exercising at home, and companies hope to keep attracting new users by making VR apps more addictive and fun.

To combat the threat of roadside bombs in Iraq, U.S. military units are using mine sweepers called "buffalos" and other tools to try to find and disarm the explosives. But some soldiers remain frustrated by the limited options for fighting "improvised explosive devices."

NPR remembers the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ten years later.

The rates of premature birth in the U.S. are high, especially in certain states. Experts worry that states restricting abortion have fewer maternal care providers than those with abortion access.

Parents are struggling to find day care for their children — yet, day care centers are having a hard time staying open. Our Planet Money team looks at America's broken day care system.