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'National Enquirer' Publisher Looks To Sell Magazines

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A Look At The Legacy Dirk Nowitzki Is Leaving In Dallas After His 21-Year NBA Career

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British Drug Maker Indivior Indicted On Fraud And Conspiracy Charges In The U.S.

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Senate Approves Trump's Nominee To Be Ambassador To Saudi Arabia

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Climate Change Is Forcing Farmers In Guatemala To Leave Their Land For The U.S.

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Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo Defends Aid Cuts To Central America

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World War II Veteran Richard Cole, Of Doolittle Raid, Dies At 103

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A hero of the Second World War died yesterday. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Dick Cole was 103. He was the last of what were known as the Doolittle Raiders.

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Scrutiny Continues For Santa Anita Racetrack After 23 Thoroughbreds Die In 3 Months

By • Apr 9, 2019

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Mayor Of Beira, Mozambique, Wants Trump To See The Damage From Cyclone Idai

By editor • Apr 9, 2019

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Santa Anita Park in Southern California has been out of the headlines for a few days. That's welcome news at the famous horse racing track. Over the past three months, 23 thoroughbreds have died, mostly due to injuries from racing or training. The track was shut down for most of March, but it was open this past weekend for a major event. Still, the scrutiny from Congress to the LA County district attorney continues. And as NPR's Tom Goldman reports, throughout the racing industry, there's concern the future of the sport is at stake.

Susan Choi Takes Her Teenagers Seriously

By • Apr 9, 2019

The new novel Trust Exercise opens with teenagers attending an elite performing arts high school in the 1980s.

There, the theater kids form heartfelt friendships and relationships, and then sabotage them. Their semi-tyrannical drama teacher both inspires and manipulates them — with his "trust exercises."

Midway through, the book leaps forward in time and perspective. One of the students, Karen, is now an adult, re-thinking her past.

A Look At The Ongoing Battle For Libya's Capital

By editor • Apr 9, 2019

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Polls Have Closed In Israel — Here's What The Country's Election Day Shows So Far

By • Apr 9, 2019

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As Dunes Disappear, Fiber Rolls Protect Cape Cod Homes From Coastal Erosion

By Hayley Fager • Apr 9, 2019

Along the East Coast, spring typically means serious erosion caused by strong storms. This year, homeowners on Cape Cod, Mass., are bracing for the worst.

Laura Wing lives in a beachfront home in Sandwich. She inherited the house from her parents 40 years ago, but the beach has changed a lot since then.

"The dunes went much further out on the beach, so over all this time it's just eroded away to what it is now," she said.

How HHS Secretary Reconciles Proposed Medicaid Cuts, Stopping The Spread Of HIV

By & • Apr 8, 2019

In his State of the Union address this year, President Trump announced an initiative "to eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years."

The man who pitched the president on this idea is Alex Azar, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Government Watchdog Flips On Dollar Coin

By • Apr 8, 2019

Who says a dollar doesn't go as far as it used to?

When it comes to dollar bills, a new report from the federal government says they're lasting more than twice as long as they were at the beginning of the decade.

And that's upending an old argument about replacing the dollar bill with a $1 coin.

Mary Laura Philpott Discusses Her New Memoir 'I Miss You When I Blink'

By editor • Apr 8, 2019

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Every year, about 40,000 Americans contract HIV, and that number has not changed for years. President Trump wants to end this. Here's what he promised in this year's State of the Union address.

(SOUNDBITE OF 2019 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS)

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: To eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years.

Texas Congressman Will Hurd Reacts To Nielsen Resignation

By editor • Apr 7, 2019

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Behind The Departure Of Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen

By • Apr 7, 2019

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We're going to continue the conversation with NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Mara, Thanks so much for joining us.

MARA LIASSON, BYLINE: Happy to be here.

MARTIN: What does this mean?

Texas Congressman Reacts To Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen's Resignation

By editor • Apr 7, 2019

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Police Are Investing In New Technology. 'Thin Blue Lie' Asks, 'Does It Work?'

By • Apr 7, 2019

Updated at 10:23 p.m. ET

In 2014, Michael Brown, an 18-year old unarmed black man, was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo.

In the four months that followed, the stock price of the stun-gun maker Taser International, now known as Axon Enterprise, nearly doubled.

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