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Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor says she has been diagnosed with
NPR
Courts & Law

Sandra Day O’Connor says she has dementia, withdraws from public life

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor says she has been diagnosed with "the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer's disease," in an open letter.

7 years ago

Robert Hill surveys the damage within his living room on Wednesday at Tyndall Air Force Base after Hurricane Michael hit the base last week. Support personnel from Tyndall and other bases were on location to support Airmen returning to their homes to assess damage and collect personal belongings. (Kelly Walker/U.S. Air Force)
NPR
Community

‘It will be years’ before life at Tyndall Air Force base returns to normal

The eye of the Category 4 storm cut straight through the base on Wednesday, October 10, causing catastrophic destruction.

7 years ago

When one of Jose Nuñez' retinas was damaged by diabetes in 2016, the Los Angeles truck driver expected his Medicaid managed care policy to coordinate treatment. But Centene, the private insurer that manages his policy gave him the runaround, he says, and he lost sight in that eye. (Heidi de Marco/KHN)
NPR
Health

Private medicaid plans receive billions in tax dollars, with little oversight

Some experts are asking if insurance companies — which receive hundreds of billions in public money — are earning their Medicaid checks?

7 years ago

In this June 3, 2017, file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer stands in the distance in Juliette, Ga. (Branden Camp/AP)
NPR
Science

EPA boasts of reduced greenhouse gases, even as Trump questions climate science

The Trump administration is celebrating a drop in the nation's greenhouse gas emissions last year while the president remains skeptical of climate science.

7 years ago

Women gather for a rally and march at Grant Park on Saturday in Chicago to urge voter turnout ahead of the midterm elections. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Voter turnout could hit 50-year record for midterm elections

The 2018 elections could see the highest turnout for a midterm since the mid-1960s, another time of cultural and social upheaval.

7 years ago

Seth Frotman, former student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, poses at NPR headquarters in September. Frotman and his team reviewed thousands of complaints about the questionable practices of student loan companies. (Cameron Pollack/NPR)
NPR
Money

Why Public Service Loan Forgiveness is so unforgiving

This is the story of Seth Frotman, the mangling of the program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and what it says about America's student loan industry.

7 years ago

This Aug. 9, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shows a scene from a tour of South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)
Courts & Law

New deal keeps open facility that detains immigrant families

The U.S. government has quietly reached a new agreement to keep open a 2,400-bed detention facility used to detain immigrant mothers and children.

7 years ago

NPR
Health

CDC investigates cases of rare neurological ‘mystery illness’ in kids

Possible causes being considered include viruses that affect the digestive system called enteroviruses, and possibly strains of rhinoviruses.

7 years ago

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures while speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Elizabeth Warren is distracting Democrats and wasting our time

Leave it to the Democrats — one Democrat in particular — to muddy their campaign message on the eve of the most crucial midterm elect ...

7 years ago

Just outside the tiny town of Tornillo, Texas, is a temporary shelter for migrant children. It opened in June and last month the federal government announced it was expanding the shelter's capacity to 3,800 beds — making it the largest shelter in the system for kids who cross the border alone. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services via AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. plans to expand tent camp in Texas for unaccompanied migrant children

Reporters got a rare glimpse inside the facility on Friday.

7 years ago

A large contingent of immigrants from Mexico and other Spansih-speaking countries participate in a May Day march in Philadelphia focused on President Donald Trump's immigration policies. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Proposed U.S. change on evaluating green card, visa applications could impact Philly kids

The proposal calls for looking at use of food stamps, federal medical assistance and housing assistance when weighing an immigration application.

7 years ago

In this June 24, 2016, file photo, a man walks by the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. (Richard Drew/AP Photo, File)
Money

U.S. stocks jump after two days of sharp losses; tech leads

U.S. stocks are climbing Friday after two days of sharp losses.

7 years ago

In this April 6, 2017, file photo, Queen Latifah speaks during the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center in New York.  (Richard Drew/AP Photo, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Queen Latifah ‘unable to accept’ Marian Anderson Award for personal reasons

Past winners have included Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou and Quincy Jones.

7 years ago

In this Nov. 20, 2008, file photo, the execution chamber at the Washington State Penitentiary is shown with the witness gallery behind glass at right, in Walla Walla, Wash. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo, File)
NPR
Courts & Law

Washington state strikes down death penalty, citing racial bias

"We are confident that the association between race and the death penalty is not attributed to random chance," the justices wrote in a majority opinion.

7 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks to the Senate floor for a vote on Thursday. (Alex Brandon/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

McConnell warns of ‘scary prospect’ if GOP loses Senate control in midterms

McConnell called activists opposing Kavanaugh a "mob" and criticized Democrats for encouraging their actions.

7 years ago

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