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  • In Good Health: Are We Solving Hearing Loss?

    In Good Health: Are We Solving Hearing Loss?
    2026/10/14
    For those experiencing hearing loss, being able to discern the speech of other people in noisy environments can be frustrating. And hearing aids often don’t convey sound in every situation.

    Hearing loss affects 37.5 million adults in this country. And rates of hearing loss increase with age. Some 10 percent of those over the age of 55 have hearing loss that qualifies as a disability. And just over half of all people over the age of 75 have disabling hearing loss.

    In this edition of “In Good Health,” we talk about the health issues that most affect us and put your questions to the experts. This time, we tackle hearing loss.

    Here are some resources shared by our experts during this discussion:

    - HearAdvisor.com – a hearing aid comparison and review site
    - Hear & Beyond by Shari Eberts and Gael Hannan – a guide to navigating hearing loss
    - Hearing Number app – a free smartphone app by Johns Hopkins University for measuring how much sound you can hear

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  • Money: What Rising Diesel Prices Mean For You

    Money: What Rising Diesel Prices Mean For You
    2026/10/15
    A new report released yesterday shows inflation is on the rise.

    Prices were up 3.7 percent in September over last year, the highest annual rate since May. The rising cost of fuel, specifically diesel, was a major factor in that jump.

    Why are these prices so high? And what does that mean for businesses and for you?

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  • The News Roundup For September 25, 2026

    The News Roundup For September 25, 2026
    2026/09/25
    President Donald Trumpbanned television networks he deemed adversarial from the White House press pool this week. Following a lawsuit, a judge issued a 14-day stay, temporarily restoring White House access to CNN, MSNow, and POLITICO.

    New reporting indicates that the ICE agent who shot a Venezuelan man in Austin, Texas, last Sunday was issued a body camera for use in the field,but wasn’t wearing it at the time of the encounter.

    And a poll finds that President Trump’s approval ratings have sunk to another low —diving to 32 percent.

    And, in global news, The81st United Nations General Assembly opened in New York City this week. President Donald Trump threatened to annihilate Iran, the Israeli delegation walked out during a speech by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the leader of the Palestinian Authorityaddressed the assembly via video after being denied a U.S. visa.

    Pomp, pageantry and grand displays of friendship. But was there substancein the Trump – Xi Summit in Washington?

    Leaders in the Tigray region of Ethiopiasay they’re mobilizing their military against the country’s federal government and a 2022 ceasefire falls apart. And as the Ebola virus continues to surge in Congo, the World Health Organization iswarning that there may be a shortage of aid workers to staff treatment centers.

    We cover the most important stories from around the world in the News Roundup.

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  • 'If You Can Keep It': How The Midterms Will Run

    'If You Can Keep It': How The Midterms Will Run
    2026/09/28
    The midterms are just five weeks away. Ballots are already in the mail and in person voting is underway in some states. Meanwhile, the federal government’s role in this election is still being hashed out in the courts.

    This month, the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to give the U.S. Postal Service greater control over mail in ballots. Then on Friday, it revived a federal citizenship-check system that a lower court had found illegal. And three separate lawsuits have been filed in recent weeks to keep armed federal agents away from polling places.

    The White House says its push to federalize elections is about protecting the integrity of the vote. But a new NPR, PBS News, and Marist poll found that 75 percent of voters trust their state or local government to run a fair and accurate election.

    Amid all the false claims and efforts to confuse, how are elections running for the midterms?

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  • Policy: ICE And The Pregnant Women It's Detaining

    Policy: ICE And The Pregnant Women It's Detaining
    2026/09/29
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests reached record highs this summer. And the full scope is just coming into focus. Some 43,000 people were arrested in June, more than 49,000 in July, and almost 51,000 in August —an agency record.

    The Republican-controlled House of Representatives last June passed a $70 billion package tofund ICE and the Border Patrol through the end of President Donald Trump’s second term. As ICE became the best funded law enforcement agency in the country, its tactics changed. Instead of high-profile operations centralized in one location – like the operations in Minnesota, Chicago, and Los Angeles last year – they’re focusing on quieter, everyday arrests throughout the country.

    And more details are being released about a record number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests of pregnant women last fall.A September report by The Guardian revealed that ICE placed more pregnant immigrants in detention last fall and winter than at any time over the previous year.

    ICE data from February reveals that 86 pregnant women were in ICE custody — more than 10 percent were detained in their third trimester. Nearly 400 women who were pregnant, postpartum, or nursing were deported from January 2025 to February 2026, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

    We sit down and get into how pregnant women are being affected by the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.

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  • Economy: Managing Your Money Ahead Of The Midterm Elections

    Economy: Managing Your Money Ahead Of The Midterm Elections
    2026/09/30
    Gas. Groceries. Housing. Almost everywhere you look in the U.S. economy right now, prices are up – and people are feeling the squeeze.

    As of July, six in ten Americans say Trump’s economic policies have worsened economic conditions in the country, according to a survey from Pew Research. That’s up from roughly 53 percent who said the same last fall.

    While the U.S. economy is strong on paper — with relatively low unemployment and shrinking inflation — voter concerns about affordability are expected to factor heavily into the midterm elections.

    So, how should you manage your money right now? And what financial decisions are you weighing that you’d like a second opinion on? We put your questions to a panel of experts.

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  • Midterms: The Connection Between Civics And Democracy

    Midterms: The Connection Between Civics And Democracy
    2026/10/01
    In five weeks, more than 100 million people will vote as part of the 2026 midterm elections.

    In New Hampshire and across the country, that means that voters will go to the polls to choose representatives, senators, governors, state legislators, city councilors, school board members, and more.

    So, what do we know about the basic nuts and bolts of our elections? Do we know who’s on our ballot and understand the positions we’re being asked to vote on? Do we understand how our election system works — especially since that system is the target of baseless allegations from the president?

    What’s the connection between a good civics education and a functioning political system?

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