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How typing sentences by simply thinking is now possible

For decades, researchers have worked to find and create more direct connections between the human brain and computers. New groundbreaking technology may now help improve the lives of people who are paralyzed or experience severe limb weakness due to illness such as ALS. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports.

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Local Media Can Shine A Light On Funding-Plagued Nonprofit Voices
Local Media Can Shine A Light On Funding-Plagued Nonprofit Voices
Federal support for organizations that bolster the social safety net is waning. Here’s what news sites can do
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California increased paid family leave payments. Now more parents are taking advantage
California increased paid family leave payments. Now more parents are taking advantage
More Californians are using paid family leave benefits to care for a child after a new state law that increased payments for parents went into effect in January, according to new state data.
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‘Do You Want Help?’: Inside Orange County’s Bet on Voluntary Mental Health Care
‘Do You Want Help?’: Inside Orange County’s Bet on Voluntary Mental Health Care
While the 2022 law gives judges authority to force people into treatment, Orange County decided early on that its program would be utterly voluntary, leaning on the tenets of relentless outreach to coax, rather than coerce, people into care.
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Zohran Mamdani jolted progressives. Can California candidates replicate his success?
Zohran Mamdani jolted progressives. Can California candidates replicate his success?
For California progressives, Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral bid offers something of a formula to follow.
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