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National

The Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Money

Sports betting likely to give Atlantic City’s casinos a revenue boost

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing all states to have legalized sports betting could help Atlantic City casinos generate additional revenue.

8 years ago

 The former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove and present day Horsham Air Guard Station is shown Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Horsham, Pa. The military is checking whether chemicals from firefighting foam might have contaminated groundwater near its bases nationwide. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

White House feared PR ‘nightmare’ over agency’s stricter chemical limits, emails show

Emails show that the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Control is planning to publish recommendations that EPA officials warned would fuel public alarm.

8 years ago

In this April 14, 2016, file photo, a son, (at right), holds his mother's hand at her nursing home in Michigan. Most young adults haven’t given much thought to their own needs as they get older, but a significant number are already providing long-term care for older loved ones, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.   (Carlos Osorio/AP Photo, File)
Health

Poll: Young adults feel stress of long-term care

According to the poll, a third of American adults under age 40 have already provided care for an older relative or friend.

8 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court  (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
PBS News Hour
Money

Sanctuary cities could get boost from sports betting ruling

The Justice Department declined to comment on the decision.

8 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)
Education

Amid #MeToo, more colleges host women as graduation speakers

This graduation season, the podium is all hers.

8 years ago

In this Friday, April 13, 2018 photo, Sara Dhamija, (right), listens to a teacher during an anti-bullying class at the On Lok 30th Street Senior Center in San Francisco. Nursing homes, senior centers and housing complexes for the elderly have introduced programs, training and policies aimed at curbing spates of bullying, an issue once thought the exclusive domain of the young. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)
Lifestyle

Nursing homes, senior centers find bullying has no age limit

"It's like 'Mean Girls,' but everyone is 80."

8 years ago

Dr. Paul Marik (left) discusses patient care with medical students and resident physicians during morning rounds at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in 2014 in Norfolk, Va. (Jay Westcott for The Washington Post/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Can a cocktail of vitamins and steroids cure a major killer in hospitals?

Scientists have launched two large studies to test a treatment that could have an enormous impact on the leading cause of death in American hospitals — sepsis.

8 years ago

President Trump is looking to overhaul to federal workforce by, in part, cutting retirement benefits (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Federal employees face cuts to retirement benefits, pay freezes

Federal employees can be forgiven for feeling whiplashed by the Trump administration.

8 years ago

A Chicago man has been charged with mail fraud and mail theft after allegedly changing UPS's corporate mailing address to the address of his own apartment. Here, mail is sorted at Chicago's main post office in 2006. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Man allegedly used change of address form to move UPS HQ to his apartment

As federal crimes go, this one seems to have been ridiculously easy to pull off.

8 years ago

CIA nominee Gina Haspel testifies before the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday. Alleged Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed says he has information that could be relevant to her nomination. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
NPR
Politics & Policy

Sept. 11 architect wants to tell senators about torture but says Haspel classified it

Many senators believe she did not oppose torture strongly enough, and they pressed her on what her role was in the CIA's interrogation program.

8 years ago

Kanye West recently praised President Donald Trump.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Did Kanye really help Trump’s approval rating?

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

8 years ago

Listen 6:07
Michael Cohen leaves federal court in New York on April 26. (Seth Wenig/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Were Trump lawyer Cohen’s actions legal?

As with most Trump-related controversies, it leaves questions.

8 years ago

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Homeland Security Secretary defends separating families of illegal border-crossers

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

8 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, accompanied by accompanied by Environmental Protection Agency Chief Financial Officer Holly Greaves, (left), testifies on the EPA FY2019 budget at a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Democrats, a few Republicans team up to press for oversight of Trump administration

The GOP controls both chambers of Congress, which means they wield the gavels and are able to control hearing schedules and the witness lists — vital tools for oversight.

8 years ago

Listen 5:42
The House bill calls for $65 million in loans and grants, administered by the USDA, to establish
NPR
Politics & Policy

Farm Bill could undo part of the Affordable Care Act

Tucked deep inside the House version of the massive bill is a provision that could help provide farmers with cheaper health insurance than plans.

8 years ago

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