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Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy unveiled his budget to the legislature last February, but the year's expenditures were greater than income. Connecticut's leaders voted to cut hospital funding to help close the gap.

Connecticut Governor Targets Hospital Funds To Close Budget Gap

When Gov. Dannel Malloy pushed to tax hospitals in 2012, he said the money would come back to the institutions through state funding. Now he's reneging, and the hospitals are threatening a lawsuit.

Bonnie Schaan talks to her daughter Cheyeanne Fitzgerald, 16, as she cries at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, Ore., on Thursday, November 19, 2015.

#NPRreads: 3 Stories To Linger Over This Weekend

After a mass shooting, a 16-year-old survivor struggles to heal. A white woman grapples with her indebtedness. And sports writers think back to when they discovered the darkness in the beautiful game.

French President Francois Hollande, right, French Foreign Minister and president of the COP21 meetings Laurent Fabius, second right, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, left, and UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon join hands after the final adoption of an agreement at the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change.

Nearly 200 Nations Adopt Climate Agreement At COP21 Talks In Paris

"History is here. All the conditions are met. The decisive agreement for the planet is now," French President Francois Hollande said Saturday.

It's a three-hour class, once a week for 15 weeks. A mentor (center) leads the teen boys in a discussion.

How To Get Boys To A Class That Tells Them To Be Nice To Girls: #15Girls

That's the way some groups hope to change the lot of women in India, who face some of the world's highest rates of sexual violence and domestic abuse.

Saudi Arabia's Misunderstood Relationship With Extremism

Saudi Arabia has been blamed for exporting a kind of religious extremism that's allowed groups like ISIS to flourish the region. The US embassy in Saudi Arabia says that's not true.

France Election Results Will Play Into Three Major issues

The French are voting in regional elections. Voting last week put the far-right party, National Front, in the lead. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with French political scientist Nicole Bacharan.

A Turkish boat (in the foreground) escorts the Russian naval destroyer Smetlivy, in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, in July 2012.

Russian Destroyer Fires Warning Shots At Turkish Ship In Aegean Sea

The Russian Defense Ministry said it used small arms fire after the Turkish ship failed to change course despite visual signals and flares. Russia summoned Turkey's military attaché over the incident.

NIU Holds December 2015 Commencement (Photos)

Northern Illinois University hosted its December commencement ceremonies last weekend. Hundreds of students gathered in the Convocation Center for…

French far-right National Front party leader Marine Le Pen makes a statement after her party lost the second round of France's regional elections on December 13, 2015, in Henin-Beaumont, France. The party achieved record gains in the first round.

Far-Right National Front Falls Short In French Elections

The anti-immigration party took the lead in the first round of elections. But the Socialist party strategically withdrew some candidates, and the final vote left the far-right controlling no regions.

Local Environment Groups Protest Oil Pipeline

A small group of protesters walked along Lincoln Highway and stopped at the Kishwaukee River that runs along the road to protest against the Enbridge oil…

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