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Supreme Court Weighs In On Vaccines And Planet Money Talks, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, the state supreme court decides on vaccine requirements, the office of miners health and safety releases its findings about recent accidents and money talks on Planet Money.  ...

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Encore: Our Common Nature With Yo-Yo Ma, Inside Appalachia

This week, "Our Common Nature" is a new podcast from WNYC. It features cellist Yo-Yo Ma and producer Ana González, as they explore America and talk to folks like West Virginia coal miners. We follow Yo-Yo and his team as they venture into Appalachia. And we talk with González about meeting people where they are. 

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Third Adult Charged In Death Of Taylor County Child 

Prosecutors say a 29-year-old man should have called authorities to help an 11-year-old girl before she died of malnourishment last year.

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False Election Filings Case Can Move Forward, State’s High Court Rules 

The state Supreme Court of Appeals handed down a ruling Friday that finds a five-year statute of limitations applies to a case of alleged falsifying of elections filings.

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