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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

In this Aug. 11, 2019 photo, children of mainly Latino immigrant parents hold signs in support of them and those individuals picked up during an immigration raid at a food processing plant in Canton, Miss., following a Spanish Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Canton, Miss. Trump administration rules that could deny green cards to immigrants if they use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance are going into effect. (Rogelio V. Solis./AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

New rules can deny green cards for immigrants on food stamps

Trump administration rules that could deny green cards to immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance are going into effect.

6 years ago

This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

The new normal: Trump accuses a predecessor of murder

Granted, conspiracy theorists on the left claim, also without evidence, that it was Trump who got Epstein whacked.

6 years ago

Then-candidate Chrissy Houlahan during a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Sept. 21, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP)
Politics & Policy

Sentries, not ‘squad’: Moderate Dems ones to watch for 2020

This is a story about a different kind of squad.

6 years ago

People light candles during a prayer and candle vigil organized by the city, after the recent shooting at a WalMart in El Paso, Texas.
(Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

From pain to purpose: 5 ways to cope in the wake of trauma

There are strategies to counter the fear — and move forward.

6 years ago

A ULA Atlas V rocket carrying a U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center mission launched Thursday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
(Walter Scriptunas II/Courtesy United Launch Alliance)
NPR
Science

With Congressional blessing, Space Force is closer to launch

The House and the Senate have both proposed plans for Space Force in their versions of the annual defense bill.

6 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Courts & Law

Cosby appeal tests other accusers’ testimony in #MeToo era

The review of Cosby's sexual assault conviction comes as movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and other accused predators await trial.

6 years ago

This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein has died while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. (AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

Jeffrey Epstein dead from apparent suicide at Manhattan jail

The New York City Medical Examiner's office confirms to NPR News that the wealthy financier and sex offender was found dead early Saturday morning.

6 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is resisting calls for the Senate to return from August recess to take up gun reform measures after deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, last weekend.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Senate will discuss gun proposals in September, McConnell says

"What we can't do is fail to pass something," McConnell told WHAS radio in Kentucky, adding, "the urgency of this is not lost on any of us."

6 years ago

Protesters angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro-immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport.
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia officials urge support for refugees amid reports of impending ‘ban’

Philadelphia officials are urging action, amid reports that the Trump administration could lower refugee arrivals to nearly zero in 2020.

6 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence listens as President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Will Republicans finally disown Trump’s incendiary racism?

At this point we should probably be grateful whenever a few Republicans wake up and smell their party's white supremacist stench.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump says he wants stronger gun checks but gives no details

President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as "barbaric" attacks and crimes "against all humanity."

6 years ago

Mourners gather at a vigil following a nearby mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. Multiple people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
Community

Police: Shooter killed 9 in Ohio, including his sister

Nine people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said.

6 years ago

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