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This Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, image provided by NASA shows a view of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean. (NASA/AP)
NPR
Science

Hurricane Dorian’s path shifts towards Carolinas, could avoid direct hit on Florida

Forecasters say the category 4 hurricane will bring life-threatening storm surge and hurricane force winds to the southeast United States.

6 years ago

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Opioid settlement would use a formula to split the money

The formulas would take into account the number of people in a given jurisdiction who misuse opioids, the number of overdose deaths and other factors.

6 years ago

(GDA via AP Images)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

A sign of weakness: Trump is fuming about Fox News

The dictionary defines ingratitude as "a lack of a proper appreciation or thanks for a kind or helpful act." What better way to describe Trump's fulminations about Fox News?

6 years ago

A makeshift memorial of flowers and a photo of victim Heather Heyer sits in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 13, 2017. Heyer died when a car rammed into a group of people who were protesting white supremacists who had gathered in the city for a rally. (Steve Helber/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

Charlottesville victims use post-slavery KKK law to go after hate groups

A rally in Charlottesville exposed the violence of the nation's white nationalist movement. Now, victims of that violence want the courts to hold the organizers accountable.

6 years ago

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma negotiating settlement worth a reported $12B

Under the settlement, the Sackler family would give up ownership of the company and Purdue Pharma would supply its addiction treatment drugs free to the public.

6 years ago

The outside of the Berks Family Residential Center. Non-authorized personnel are not permitted on the grounds. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

What the Trump administration’s latest immigration move might mean for Pa.

A detention center in Berks County has been operating in a licensure ‘limbo’ that could be resolved under the administration’s proposal.

6 years ago

Straphangers wait for an L Train in New York City as it pulls into the First Avenue station. A bill under consideration might bar New York from replacing these cars with Chinese-made ones. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
NPR
Money

Congress mulls ban on use of federal grants to buy subway trains, buses from Chinese-owned manufacturer

The company has successfully won bids for transit agencies in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2011, file photo former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Walsh, a former Illinois congressman, says he'll challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020. The tea party favorite argues that Trump is unfit for the White House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Politics & Policy

Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh to challenge Trump in 2020 GOP primary

"Somebody needs to step up and there needs to be an alternative" among Republicans, Walsh told ABC's "This Week," adding that "the country is sick of this guy's tantrum."

6 years ago

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
NPR
Courts & Law

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated again for cancer

The 86-year-old justice just wrapped up weeks of treatment after a new cancerous tumor was found on her pancreas. Doctors say there's no evidence of cancer elsewhere.

6 years ago

An FDA contract worker collects food and supplies from a food pantry in Baltimore. In the face of a Trump administration proposal that could cause 3 million people to lose federal food assistance, mayors from 70 cities are pushing back. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
NPR
Health

70 mayors reject Trump food stamp proposal, saying it puts kids at risk

Mayors from 70 cities send a letter to the Trump administration, saying a plan to push millions of people out of the food stamp program would punish some of the neediest.

6 years ago

The Sunrise Movement organized protests like this one in July 2019 in Philadelphia to pressure the Democratic National Committee to hold a primary debate focused on climate change. (Jeff Brady/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Activists push Democrats on climate change, a new priority for party’s base

The Sunrise Movement is holding rallies and registering voters, aiming to boost turnout among young voters.

6 years ago

Flowers and a Virgin Mary painting adorn makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, August 4, 2019. (Andres Leighton/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The myth of mental illness and gun violence

Despite research showing no link between mental illness and gun violence, the rhetoric coming from President Trump and other officials continues to connect the two.

Air Date: August 22, 2019

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Kevin Carducci is part owner and plant manager of Omni Recycling. He says it costs the business $1 million a year to get rid of the plastics that can't be recycled. (Rebecca Davis/NPR)
NPR
Science

More U.S. towns are feeling the pinch as recycling becomes costlier

At Omni Recycling, a materials recovery facility in Pitman, N.J., one can see firsthand the mess that plastic has become for recyclers.

6 years ago

Vaping has been linked to a cluster of hospitalizations in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. (sestovic/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

What’s behind a cluster of vaping-related hospitalizations?

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has confirmed 15 cases of patients who were admitted to Wisconsin hospitals with severe lung injury since July.

6 years ago

Unless a federal court intervenes, Planned Parenthood says it will formally withdraw from the nation's family planning program for low-income people. (Jeff Roberson/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Planned Parenthood to withdraw from Title X, unless court intervenes

Planned Parenthood says it will formally withdraw from the nation's family planning program for low-income people within days, unless a federal court intervenes.

6 years ago

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