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For seniors with hoarding disorder, a support group helps with stigma and isolation
NewsConcern is growing about the prevalence of hoarding disorder among seniors, and the lack of access to effective treatments. Some have found coping strategies — and community — in a support group.
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10 essential books about Jimmy Carter
NewsThroughout his lifetime, Jimmy Carter took on many titles: 39th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner, philanthropist, humanitarian, artist – and writer.
Four years after the Capitol riot, why QAnon hasn't gone away
NewsQAnon followers played an outsized role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. While the online conspiracy community is less prominent now, it still draws attention from GOP politicians.<br><br>
Bird flu Q&A: What to know to help protect yourself and your pets
NewsEach week some revelation about bird flu seems to flutter through the news cycle. Here's what the latest research is saying about how it is spreading and how to keep yourself and your pets safe.
2024 in photos: NPR station photographers share memorable moments
NewsNPR's member and affiliate station photographers share memorable moments from throughout 2024.
![China's then-paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and President Jimmy Carter sign historic diplomatic agreements between the United States and China in 1979.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1101x826+58+0/resize/1101x826!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2Ff6%2F30f36ce64c2bbe051cabef53e4b6%2Fcarter.jpg)
Carter made the decision to establish relations with China
NewsCarter helped make ties between Washington and Beijing, ushering in an era of engagement that brought China out of isolation and underpinned its meteoric economic rise.
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At least 3 migrants die trying to cross the English Channel
NewsThis latest incident comes as 2024 is named the deadliest year on record for small boat crossings along the perilous migration route.
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These were the most-borrowed books from public libraries in 2024
NewsMany of the most-borrowed books in 2024, including 'romantasy' titles and memoirs, also appeared on public library lists in 2023.
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A look back at Jimmy Carter's presidency
NewsFormer President Jimmy Carter served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, with a focus on human rights-centered policies.
![Carter shovels peanuts on a peanut farm in the 1970s. When his father died in 1953, Carter left his Navy career to run the family peanut farm in Georgia.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/06/07/1805422_10-ec3a5e33b5e18f23652733c584952226763e32c5.jpg?s=12&c=100&f=jpeg)
Carter's single White House term still stirs controversy after more than 40 years
NewsJimmy Carter was a former one-term governor from Georgia, almost unknown nationally, when he broke through in Iowa and New Hampshire early in 1976 and rode that momentum all the way to Washington.
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