Allison Hagan

2 days ago | wbur.org | Allison Hagan

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Your leg muscles ache. Your back is always stiff. Or maybe you’re battling a constant headache. If that sounds like you, you may be among the 20% of American adults living with chronic pain. But chronic pain is more than a physical problem.

6 days ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Allison Hagan |Peter O'Dowd |Wilder Fleming

In the next few days, a big chunk of a Soviet-era spacecraft will come crashing back into Earth. Kosmos 482 was bound for Venus in 1972 when it failed to escape Earth’s orbit. Bits of it have been doing loops around the planet ever since. Scientists predict the 1,000-pound landing capsule will hit Earth on Saturday between 52 degrees North and 52 degrees South latitude, which encapsulates half of the Earth’s population, said John Crassidis, space junk expert at the University at Buffalo.

1 week ago | wusf.org | Allison Hagan |Peter O'Dowd |Wilder Fleming

In the next few days, a big chunk of a Soviet-era spacecraft will come crashing back into Earth. Kosmos 482 was bound for Venus in 1972 when it failed to escape Earth’s orbit. Bits of it have been doing loops around the planet ever since. Scientists predict the 1,000-pound landing capsule will hit Earth on Saturday between 52 degrees North and 52 degrees South latitude, which encapsulates half of the Earth’s population, said John Crassidis, space junk expert at the University at Buffalo.

Oct 3, 2024 | wbur.org | Robin Young |Emiko Tamagawa |Allison Hagan

Ronan stars as a young woman struggling with alcoholism in the Orkney islands of Scotland.

Sep 11, 2024 | wbur.org | Scott Tong |Allison Hagan

This story is the third part of our series Asking Appalachia: Coal, Trump and the politics of Eastern Kentucky. Don't miss part one and part two. The American political map has shifted dramatically in the past generation. Once solid Republican states now pick Democrats, and vice versa. Kentucky went from blue to distinctly red in a generation. To explain what happened here, Republican activist Roger Ford takes us around eastern Kentucky to give his version.