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Oct 17, 2019
Chicago teachers will hit the picket line Thursday morning. The teachers' union voted to go on strike after delegates rejected the school district's contract proposals.
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Oct 17, 2019
Negotiations are underway as the drug industry scrambles to avoid a high profile national opioid trial set to begin on Monday.
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Oct 17, 2019
Vice President Pence is meeting with Turkey's President Erdogan in Ankara, trying to convince him to stop the assault on the Kurds in Syria. Also, a look at the history of Gordon Sondland.
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Oct 17, 2019
David Correia, who was listed as one of four defendants in a grand jury indictment issued last week, has surrendered to authorities after returning to New York following a trip to the Middle East.
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Oct 16, 2019
The system will detect the beginning of a quake and send out alerts warning residents that they have a few seconds to prepare for a possibly deadly temblor.
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Oct 16, 2019
For the second time in seven years, Chicago Public Schools teachers will be on strike starting Thursday, walking out of class, they say, in the name of better schools.
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Oct 16, 2019
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell briefed his caucus on what a Trump impeachment trial could look like in the Upper Chamber. It could last weeks, and begin after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Oct 16, 2019
Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will replace a faulty power regulator on the International Space Station. Only 15 women have participated in spacewalks, and all were accompanied by men.
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Oct 16, 2019
The United Automobile Workers and General Motors have reached a tentative agreement that is subject to a vote by the full membership.
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Oct 16, 2019
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Dr. Yoram Unguru, a hematologist and oncologist in Baltimore, about a shortage of vincristine, a drug used to treat childhood cancer.
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Oct 16, 2019
The president said his meeting with the parents of 19-year-old Harry Dunn "was beautiful in a certain way," before arguing that driving the wrong way in Europe "happens to a lot of people."
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Oct 16, 2019
Trump said his meeting with the parents of 19-year-old Harry Dunn "was beautiful in a certain way," before arguing that driving the wrong way in Europe "happens to a lot of people."
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Oct 16, 2019
The Census Bureau is gathering records on people's U.S. citizenship status as part of Trump administration efforts to produce data that a GOP strategist said could politically benefit Republicans.
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Oct 16, 2019
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Wednesday that she expects the teachers union to move ahead with their strike after a contract agreement wasn't reached.
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Oct 16, 2019
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Wednesday that she expects the teachers union to move ahead with their strike after a contract agreement wasn't reached.
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Oct 16, 2019
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Wednesday that she expects the teachers union to move ahead with a strike after a contract agreement wasn't reached.
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Oct 16, 2019
Michael McKinley is the latest Trump official to testify before the House committees leading the impeachment inquiry. In a surprise move last week, McKinley quit his job at the State Department.
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Oct 16, 2019
When the UAW's GM national council reviews the deal's terms Thursday, it will decide whether nearly 50,000 workers should remain on strike or if they should go back to work immediately.
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Oct 16, 2019
When it comes to surviving the warming climate, scientists are finding that some plants and animals have an edge. The hope is that these "super adapters" can help preserve their species.
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Oct 16, 2019
The fatal shooting of Atatiana Jefferson in her home has renewed questions about why some police officers seem too quick to shoot, and why the issues continue, despite efforts to improve training.
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Oct 16, 2019
China is considered the motherland of aquarium goldfish, bred over centuries into rare forms. Now tariffs have some U.S. sellers of these goldfish in a tailspin.
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Oct 16, 2019
As more people identify themselves as neither categorically male or female, some employers are making changes to neutralize references to gender in everything from name tags to bathrooms.
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Oct 16, 2019
Schools are so fed up with students vaping on campus that they're suing e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs. They argue Juul has taken a page from Big Tobacco by marketing to teenagers.
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Oct 15, 2019
A new study estimates that the opioid epidemic has cost the U.S. economy about $631 billion due to health care costs and the unrealized lifetime earnings of people who died of overdoses.
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Oct 15, 2019
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to end a nearly two-decade long limit on logging in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Local officials have pushed for looser restrictions to boost the economy.
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Oct 15, 2019
A new bar in St. Louis isn't charging by the drink, but by the hour. The all you can drink concept is raising concerns about excessive drinking. But two weeks in, the vibe is anything but wild.
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Oct 15, 2019
Surveillance footage shows a young man casually walking away with the $20,000 work, one in a series that's seen as poking fun at both Pablo Picasso and the Spanish tradition of bullfighting.
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Oct 15, 2019
Relations between police and community members are once again being tested in Texas, after a Fort Worth police officer shot and killed a resident in her own home.
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Oct 15, 2019
Former White House aide Fiona Hill told impeachment investigators on Monday that she and former Trump adviser John Bolton were troubled by actions by the president's private lawyer.
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Oct 15, 2019
Former White House aide Fiona Hill told impeachment investigators on Monday that she and former Trump advisor John Bolton were troubled by actions by the president's private lawyer.
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Oct 15, 2019
Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was shot and killed in the confines of her own home by police officer Aaron Dean, who resigned Monday. Dean has been charged with murder.
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Oct 15, 2019
Eileen and David Connors say they accidentally crossed the U.S.-Canada border while vacationing. The couple and their 3-month-old son have been in a federal immigration facility since Oct. 3.
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Oct 15, 2019
The Trump administration blocked the nation's top consumer protection agency from digging into problems with a program designed to help police, firefighters and other public service workers.
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Oct 15, 2019
The largest-ever federal action related to the U.S. opioid crisis is on the cusp of its first trial next week — and it's complicated. So here's a brief(ish) explainer breaking it all down.
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Oct 15, 2019
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Betsy Price, mayor of Forth Worth, about the incident in which a former police officer, who's white, shot and killed a black woman in her home on Friday.
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Oct 15, 2019
Recent reports and studies suggest that the outsized political power of hospitals is a big reason why American health care is so expensive.
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Oct 15, 2019
A Massachusetts pop-up gym aims to strengthen the bodies and spirits of LGBTQ clients, who haven't always been made to feel comfortable in other workout spaces.
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Oct 15, 2019
Idaho's potato industry — which supplies more than 30% of the country's spuds — is in jeopardy. Cold weather has hit the region and not all of the potatoes have been harvested.
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Oct 15, 2019
The U.S. imposes sanctions on Turkey for its Kurdish offensive. An ex-Fort Worth officer is charged in the fatal shooting of a woman in her home. And, a Democratic presidential debate tonight in Ohio.
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Oct 14, 2019
Aaron Dean fired through the window of Atatiana Jefferson's home and killed her after responding to a call that a neighbor placed about an open front door, authorities say.
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Oct 14, 2019
By the 1980s, fewer than 50 Hawaiians under age 18 could speak their language. A handful of second-language speakers took it upon themselves to start a school where everything is taught in Hawaiian.
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Oct 14, 2019
The chief of police in Fort Worth, Texas, says the white policeman who shot and killed a black woman in her home early Saturday has resigned from the department.
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Oct 14, 2019
As the climate warms, many U.S. lakes are seeing more algal blooms, low oxygen levels and stressed out fish species. One team in Oregon hopes that pumping oxygen into the water can help.
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Oct 14, 2019
Early Saturday morning, a white officer in Fort Worth, Texas, shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson inside her home. A worried neighbor had called to report that the door to Jefferson's home was open.
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Oct 14, 2019
More and more places in the United States are dropping Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, but the shift isn't happening without some pushback.
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Oct 14, 2019
Fiona Hill, a British-born American foreign affairs expert, resigned as the president's top Russia analyst just days before the president's controversial call with his Ukrainian counterpart.
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Oct 14, 2019
Fiona Hill, a British-born American foreign affairs expert, resigned as the president's top Russia analyst just days before the president's controversial call with his Ukrainian counterpart.
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Oct 13, 2019
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Susan Rice, former National Security Adviser and U.N. ambassador, about U.S. strategy in Syria after President Trump's decision to withdraw troops.
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Oct 13, 2019
Democratic presidential contender, Sen. Cory Booker, sits down with NPR's Ari Shapiro and two undecided voters to answer their most pressing questions about his run for the White House.
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Oct 13, 2019
Combining skills of unprecedented difficulty with flawless execution, the 22-year-old surpassed Vitaly Scherbo's record 23 world medals won in the 1990s. Biles copped five golds at the championships.
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Oct 13, 2019
Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was shot early Saturday morning after police in Texas responded to a neighbor's non-emergency call upon seeing her front door open. Community activists are demanding answers.
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Oct 13, 2019
The Customs and Border Protection agency says it is doing its best to reduce impact to the environment and tribal citizens. Conservationists and Native Tribes in the area are not appeased.
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Oct 13, 2019
The state that gave birth to modern skateboarding is home to concrete playgrounds that are works of art in the eyes of photographer Amir Zaki: "They become more imaginative and open as spaces."
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Oct 12, 2019
Since Reconstruction, Virginia has only elected two African-American Republicans to the legislature. This year, two young black men are running against Democrats to try to change that.
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Oct 12, 2019
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Nicholas Burns, a former ambassador and professor at Harvard's Kennedy School, about Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch's prepared remarks to Congress.
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Oct 12, 2019
Philadelphia is trying to convince residents to drink tap water. But national studies show low-income and minority groups are less likely to trust public water.
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Oct 12, 2019
Firefighters are battling several wildfires in California, including the Saddleridge fire in Los Angeles County, which has burned more than 7,500 acres.
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Oct 12, 2019
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to two former Watergate special prosecutors, Richard Ben-Veniste and Philip Lacovara, about their op-ed on mounting evidence for President Trump's impeachment.
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Oct 12, 2019
Wildfires in Southern California have burned over 47,000 acres and forced tens of thousands to evacuate. High winds and dry conditions are causing the fires to spread quickly.
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Oct 12, 2019
Joe Biden has a big lead among black voters, the core of his strength in the Democratic primary. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is appealing to African American voters with her message of economic justice.
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Oct 12, 2019
Syrian Kurdish families in San Diego are angry about President Trump's decision to pull troops from northern Syria. They say they feel betrayed after Kurdish fighters led efforts against ISIS.
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Oct 12, 2019
A year after Hurricane Michael slammed Panama City, Fla., the city is struggling to recover, with housing and sewer systems taking a beating. Nearly a quarter of the town's population has left.
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Oct 12, 2019
This weekend marks the end of the Dixie Classic Fair in North Carolina. After decades, the Dixie name will no longer be associated with the fair because it evokes images of slavery and segregation.
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Oct 12, 2019
Joseph Sciorra of Queens College tells NPR's Scott Simon why some Italian Americans have an emotional connection to Columbus Day.
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Oct 12, 2019
As she leads free walking tours through Harlem, Katie Merriman highlights the ways in which the history of Muslims is part of the history of New York City.
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Oct 12, 2019
More than $6 million so far have been raised to help the victims of the August massacre. On Saturday, One Fund El Paso is hosting a community resource fair to help those who qualify.
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Oct 11, 2019
Farrow tells NPR powerful media executives went to great lengths to kill his story on sexual assault allegations, to the point where he thought, if it didn't see light, "more people would get hurt."
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Oct 11, 2019
With all 737 Max jets grounded, the board voted to strip CEO Dennis Muilenburg of his dual role. Two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people, when an automated flight system malfunctioned.
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Oct 11, 2019
Two of the planes crashed, killing hundreds. The review panel finds that Boeing withheld critical details about a flawed new automated system, and the regulators lacked expertise to find the problem.
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Oct 11, 2019
McAleenan "wants to spend more time with his family and go to the private sector," President Trump tweeted. He's the latest casualty at the massive agency responsible for protecting U.S. borders.
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Oct 11, 2019
Wildfires in Southern California have burned dozens of homes overnight and are forcing mandatory evacuations. They're being fueled by dry conditions and fanned by 70 mph winds.
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Oct 11, 2019
The intentional blackout in northern California is now in its third day. The longer it lasts, the harder it is for residents, businesses, and governments to cope.
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Oct 11, 2019
Under the rule, officials would weigh whether a green card applicant will be self-sufficient. The rule had been set to go into effect on Oct. 15. It's now blocked by a preliminary injunction.
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Oct 11, 2019
Under the rule, officials would weigh whether a green card applicant will be self-sufficient. The rule had been set to go into effect on Oct. 15. It's now blocked by a preliminary injunction.
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Oct 11, 2019
Under the rule, officials would weigh whether a green card applicant will be self-sufficient. The rule had been set to go into effect on Oct. 15. It's now blocked by a preliminary injunction.
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Oct 11, 2019
Under the rule, officials would weigh whether a green card applicant will be self-sufficient. The rule had been set to go into effect on Oct. 15. It's now blocked by three preliminary injunctions.
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Oct 11, 2019
"This is a very dynamic fire," Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Ralph Terrazas said Friday morning . Some 100,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders.
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Oct 11, 2019
"This is a very dynamic fire," Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Ralph Terrazas said Friday morning . Some 100,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders.
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Oct 11, 2019
A mass shooting there this spring that left 12 dead has put the issue into sharp focus. Democrats — bolstered by large cash infusions from gun control groups — hope to flip the state legislature blue.
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Oct 11, 2019
First responders in Los Angeles County are gathering at a staging area at Hansen Dam to coordinate how to keep the fires from creeping into neighborhoods.
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Oct 11, 2019
The new proposal is being criticized for not proactively replacing lead service lines across the nation. It also keeps the same threshold for lead in drinking water that the U.S. currently has.
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Oct 11, 2019
Bernie Feldstein created "Amnesty Day," a tradition he started so his kids could confess anything without punishment. "I just wanted you to feel that you could share anything with me," he told them.
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Oct 11, 2019
President Trump's border wall is going up between Arizona and Mexico, and it's generating controversy because of its proximity to the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and Native Americans lands.
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Oct 11, 2019
Planned power outages in Northern California are entering their third day. People who depend on electricity for medical devices are struggling to cope.
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Oct 11, 2019
Planned power outages in Northern California are entering their third day. People who depend on electricity for medical devices are struggling to cope.
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Oct 11, 2019
In 2016, Democrat Stephanie Murphy was elected in a Florida congressional district long-held by a Republican. She's hearing from constituents about her support of the House impeachment investigation.
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Oct 11, 2019
Advocacy groups are trying to help immigrants navigate the Trump administration's rule change that says legal immigrants will be less likely to be able to stay in the U.S. if they use public benefits.
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Oct 10, 2019
"This month, we will reach the deepest deficit of the decade," the Secretary-General warned. If countries don't pay soon, the U.N. will struggle to pay staff and hold meetings, and will limit travel.
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Oct 10, 2019
Michael Drejka was sentenced Thursday. Surveillance video from July 2018 shows Drejka shooting and killing Markeis McGlockton, who was unarmed. The men were arguing over a handicapped parking space.
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Oct 10, 2019
Michael Drejka was sentenced Thursday. Surveillance video from July 2018 shows Drejka shooting and killing Markeis McGlockton, who was unarmed. The men were arguing over a handicapped parking space.
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Oct 10, 2019
Sen. Mitt Romney, often a critic of President Trump, told reporters Thursday that asking Ukraine and China to investigate Joe Biden was wrong and Trump's decision to pull out of Syria was "tragic."
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Oct 10, 2019
Voters in Montgomery, Ala., have elected the city's first-ever black mayor. Steven Reed will now lead Alabama's capital city that was once known as the cradle of the Confederacy.
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Oct 10, 2019
The card was labeled "homicide at midtown Marriott," and it contained 39 images and 12 videos depicting a strangulation. Police say it helped them make an arrest linked to a violent death.
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Oct 10, 2019
The card was labeled "homicide at midtown Marriott," and it contained 39 images and 12 videos depicting a strangulation. Police say it helped them make an arrest linked to a violent death.
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Oct 10, 2019
The White House wanted sweeping changes on legal immigration. Congress didn't bite. Now critics say the administration is using "backdoor" rules and regulations to keep low-income immigrants out.
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Oct 10, 2019
PG&E says the decision to unplug some customers' power "was based on forecasts of dry, windy weather including potential fire risk." California is currently at the peak of its wildfire season.
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Oct 10, 2019
PG&E says the decision to unplug some customers' power "was based on forecasts of dry, windy weather including potential fire risk." California is currently at the peak of its wildfire season.
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Oct 10, 2019
PG&E says the decision to unplug some customers' power "was based on forecasts of dry, windy weather including potential fire risk." California is at the peak of its wildfire season.
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Oct 10, 2019
Biles surpassed Vitaly Scherbo with a dominant performance Thursday. She now stands alone with 26 medals on the world championship stage.
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Oct 10, 2019
Biles got closer to surpassing Vitaly Scherbo on the all-time list with a dominant performance Thursday. She could pass him this weekend.
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