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Medicare's coverage for long-term care is very limited, while Medicaid generally requires people to impoverish themselves before it picks up the tab.

Washington state retools first-in-nation payroll tax plan for long-term care costs

The WA Cares Fund would help alleviate the financial burden of long-term care by providing workers a lifetime benefit of $36,500. The program was delayed while lawmakers addressed equity issues.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Friday that Cameroon would be granted Temporary Protected Status for 18 months.

The U.S. designates Temporary Protected Status to Cameroon for 18 months

The designation comes amid extreme violence between Cameroon's forces and separatists as well as a significant rise in attacks from Boko Haram, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

#NPRPoetry: A former Poet Laureate of Philadelphia shares his latest collection

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with poet Raquel Salas Rivera for National Poetry Month.

A chess grandmaster takes on 30 opponents in a simultaneous exhibition

Chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani led her team at Saint Louis University to the collegiate national championship after taking on the Iranian government. Today, she took on another new challenge.

How Black American Jews incorporate their food traditions into their Passover Seders

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with chef and author Michael Twitty and Rabbi Sandra Lawson about Black American cuisine and the Seder plate.

Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are at the U.S.-Mexico border hoping for asylum

Hundreds of refugees from Ukraine have arrived in the U.S. via Mexico. Many have stayed at a shelter in Tijuana, waiting for permission to cross the border.

In Paris, an art collector paid $1.2 million for a receipt

The receipt dates back to an exhibition in the 1950s. French artist Yves Klein charged money to see his so-called invisible art. He later sold the art for gold and gave receipts.

Prime farmland in Ontario, Calif., is being overtaken by warehouses

East of Los Angeles, giant warehouses and distribution centers are replacing farms in an area known as the Inland Empire. The logistics industry is changing what was once an agricultural landscape.

The RNC is severing ties with the nonprofit that runs presidential debates

The Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates, calling the organization biased.

Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd, is working with the organization Confront Art to release 9,000 non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, on mintNFT.com on April 15 in a campaign to raise funds for various charities. Here, he speaks at the unveiling of sculptures of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and the late Rep. John Lewis in New York City on Sept. 30, 2021.

9,000 digital art NFTs are being released to raise funds in George Floyd's memory

In the fight to get justice for his brother's murder, Terrence Floyd has turned to the unlikeliest corners to do just that: NFTs — or non-fungible tokens.

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