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Before the sun comes up in Shreveport, Louisiana, Jeff Ferrell arrives at the city’s National Public Radio station and turns on the lights.  Ferrell is the news director of Red River Radio and its only full-time news employee. He’s also the on-air host, field reporter, writer and sound editor. Everything …

Update: President Trump announced the U.S. launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordo, on Saturday, June 21. Read the latest here.  Israel’s strikes against Iran have killed a number of its top nuclear scientists and battered its nuclear facilities, but complete destruction of Iran’s ability to make weapons-grade uranium is believed to …

More older adults in the United States are dying from unintentional falls, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics data brief out Wednesday, researchers found the death rate for falls in adults 65 and older increased with …