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There's a myth that if you pick up a crying baby too often, you will spoil it. Cheryl investigates.

Even after years of research showing that spanking has no positive outcomes for kids, people still argue in favor of using it.

Marriages don't just work because you love each other. You must nurture them.

Title IX is in the national spotlight right now because of a proposal by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to roll back policy enforcement related to how sexual assault and harassment are investigated. Outside of those complex issues, Title IX also impacts the amount of resources provided to women's athletics because it prohibits sex discrimination in education. In our latest segment of Time and Place , local historian Alicia Barber takes a look back at the early years of women's athletics at the

More than one in five adults in Nevada live with a disability. Yet, most of them looking for work are unable to find a job. Reno Public Radio’s Noah Glick explores the barriers to employment for people with special needs and what’s being done to help.

The City of Reno is considering controversial vagrancy ordinances that prohibit specific behaviors. Critic argue that the new rules would target the homeless. Our News Director Michelle Billman spoke to our contributor Bob Conrad of ThisisReno to learn more.

The City of Reno has given tentative approval to a project that would create a pipeline of treated effluent to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center which houses companies like Tesla and Switch. Our News Director Michelle Billman spoke to our contributor Bob Conrad if ThisisReno to learn more. The water is needed for Switch, Tesla and other businesses at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC). Switch brought heavy-hitter “water czar” Pat Mulroy, formerly of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, to

For the first time in Northern Nevada, thousands of employees at three Reno casinos have access to an onsite clinic. Reno Public Radio’s Anh Gray checks out what this type of healthcare looks like.

During the Burning Man Festival, which wrapped this week, a huge temporary city is erected where there are only two things can use money for, ice and coffee. Everything else of value within the city’s limits is gifted, especially food. Paul Boger followed a camp gifting hot food to the denizens of Black Rock City.

Reno violinist Oliver Leitner, 17, has won numerous regional awards for his craft and is now expanding his reach to a national audience with a performance on NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley . He spoke with KUNR host Danna O’Connor about how he made the cut and what he’ll be playing. The event is on Sunday at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts and it’s a live taping of the program. Learn more here . Leitner will be performing with a handful of other teen prodigies for the