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National

In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. (J. David Ake/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump EPA rolls back Obama rule on coal-fired power plants

With coal miners at his side , Trump signed an order in March 2017 directing the EPA to scrap the Obama rule. It was one of the first acts of his presidency.

7 years ago

Iesha Harper, (right), answers a question during a news conference as she is joined by her fiancee Dravon Ames, (left), at Phoenix City Hall, Monday, June 17, 2019, in Phoenix. Ames and his pregnant fiancée, Harper, who had guns aimed at them by Phoenix police during a response to a shoplifting report, say they don't accept the apologies of the city's police chief and mayor and want the officers involved to be fired. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community
The Philadelphia Experiment

Making communities safer takes more than changing policing

What can a 4-year-old do that would make police pull guns on her pregnant mother?

7 years ago

In this July 1, 2014 file photo, Orthodox Jewish girls walk to waiting buses after summer day camp in Kiryas Joel, N.Y. Kiryas Joel is a tightly packed Hasidic enclave surrounded by suburbia in the Hudson Valley. As a measles outbreak stretches toward summer camp season, New York counties with a concentration of Orthodox Jewish camps are requiring vaccinations for campers and staff. (Mike Groll/AP Photo)
Health

Summer camp is newest front in battle with measles outbreak

The battle to contain the worst U.S. measles outbreak in 27 years has a new front: summer camp.

7 years ago

Demonstrators rally outside the Supreme Court in April as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship question to 2020 census forms.
(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Emails connect census official with GOP strategist on citizenship question

A high-ranking Census Bureau official privately discussed the citizenship question issue with GOP redistricting strategist Thomas Hofeller in 2015

7 years ago

Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain are photographed in 2016. Attorneys unveiled a plan Friday morning which they say would move the nation closer to a global settlement of lawsuits stemming from the deadly opioid crisis. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Architecture for landmark nationwide opioid settlement unveiled

Such a deal could funnel billions of dollars to American communities struggling with the addiction crisis while restoring stability to one of America's biggest industries.

7 years ago

The York 2 Energy Center in Peach Bottom Township, York County is an 828 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant co-located with the 565 megawatt York Energy Center. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Money
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Nation’s largest power grid operator grapples with carbon pricing

PJM Interconnection manages the flow of wholesale electricity in all or part of 13 Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states and the District of Columbia.

7 years ago

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders conducts a news briefing at the White House in April 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to leave the White House

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving the White House, President Trump tweeted on Thursday.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., answers questions during a presidential forum held by She The People on the Texas State University campus Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Houston. (Michael Wyke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Good news/bad news for Booker in Monmouth University Poll

A closer look at the numbers reveals what Booker strategists say is the strength of the campaign: Booker’s positive message.

7 years ago

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), speaks during a news conference at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), 2019 Spring meetings in Baltimore, Md.,Tuesday, Jun 11, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
Community

U.S. Catholic Bishops approve measures to police themselves

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to implement several measures following last year's sweeping Pa. grand jury report on clergy sex abuse.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a Polish-American reception with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday June 12, 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Trump wants to collude with foreign spies for new campaign dirt: ‘I think I’d take it’

No wonder Trump's lawyers were terrified to let their client flap his yap under oath. It's not just his serial lies, it's his instinctive lawlessness.

7 years ago

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., says the Justice Department has agreed to release some information related to the special counsel report on Russian election interference. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House Democrats to get some Mueller report material, but contempt vote is still on

Nadler wants to keep the door open to a contempt action if Barr and the Justice Department don't continue to play ball.

7 years ago

Linda Fairstein, seen at an event in New York City in 2004, parlayed her fame as a prosecutor into a prolific run as a crime novelist. (Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Linda Fairstein, former ‘Central Park 5’ prosecutor, dropped by her publisher

News of the separation comes just days after the release of the Netflix-produced, Ava DuVernay-helmed miniseries When They See Us.

7 years ago

In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 file photo, activists dressed as characters from 'The Handmaid's Tale' chant in the Texas Capitol Rotunda as they protest SB8, a bill that would require health care facilities, including hospitals and abortion clinics, to bury or cremate any fetal remains whether from abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth, and they would be banned from donating aborted fetal tissue to medical researchers in Austin. Tissue left over from elective abortions has been used in scientific research for decades, and is credited with leading to lifesaving vaccines and other advances. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
Science

Scientists feel chill of crackdown on fetal tissue research

The Trump administration is cracking down on fetal tissue research with new hurdles for government-funded scientists working on a range of health threats.

7 years ago

Michael McGarrity, FBI Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division; Calvin Shivers, FBI Deputy Assistant Director in the Criminal Investigative Division; and Elizabeth Neumann, an assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, answer lawmakers' questions on Tuesday about the Trump administration's response to far-right extremism. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

5 takeaways about the Trump administration’s response to far-right extremism

Lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee questioned senior FBI and Homeland Security officials this week about their response to white supremacist violence.

7 years ago

Floodwaters from the Arkansas River line either side of a road in Russellville, Arkansas, engulfing businesses and vehicles. (Nathan Rott/NPR)
NPR
Community

‘We all owe Al Gore an apology’: More people see climate change in record flooding

A string of natural disasters has hit the U.S. in recent weeks. While none of these events can be directly attributed to climate change, for many the connection seems clear.

7 years ago

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