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Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a roundtable meeting on sanctuary cities hosted by President Trump earlier this month.
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Sessions orders ‘zero tolerance’ policy for border crossers

His one-page order lacks specifics on how the policy will be carried out.

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Physical therapist Ingrid Peele coaches Kim Brown through strengthening exercises to help her with her chronic pain, at the OSF Central Illinois Pain Center in Peoria. (Kyle Travers/WFYI)
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For chronic pain, a change in habits can beat opioids for relief

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his use of taxpayer funds for security and travel along with scrutiny of his ties to industry lobbyists.
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AP reports EPA’s Pruitt spent millions on security, travel

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Jacinta Morales learned she was pregnant after she was processed into ICE detention. (Liz Jones/KUOW)
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Pregnant and detained

Dozens of members of Congress have called for a thorough investigation.

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(Rob Dobi for NPR)
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College waitlists often waste would-be students’ time

What should students do once they've been wait-listed?

8 years ago

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25 percent of U.S. teachers wish they’d chosen another profession

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

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San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, (right), of Puerto Rico speaks on a panel at Carnegie Mellon University alongside Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and CMU Interim Provost Laurie Weingart. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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Mayor from Puerto Rico aims to rebuild a new, modern grid

Six months after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, 200,000 residents still lack electricity.

8 years ago

Anti-abortion-rights demonstrators stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014 after oral arguments over buffer zones around abortion clinics. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
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Courts & Law

What free speech has to do with skim milk, condoms and corporate political spending

Below are a few of the cases from the 21st century that highlight what the right to free speech has come to embody.

8 years ago

Protesters hold signs aloft as they attend the March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control in Washington, D.C., last month. (Cliff Owen/AP)
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Politics & Policy

How the NRA worked to stifle gun violence research

The 1996 law only prohibits the CDC from advocating for gun control, but it does not block research altogether.

8 years ago

Surgeon General Jerome Adams is recommending that more Americans be prepared to save people from opioid overdoses.
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Surgeon General urges more Americans to carry opioid antidote

The medicine is now available at retail pharmacies in most states without a prescription.

8 years ago

In this undated image provided by nonprofit advocacy and legal group Equally American, John Fitisemanu, an American Samoan and the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the United States seeking full U.S. citizenship, poses for a photo in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Katrina Keil Youd/Equally American via AP)
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Residents of U.S. territory American Samoa sue for citizenship

American Samoa, a U.S. territory since 1900, is a cluster of islands 2,600 miles southwest of Hawaii perpetually stuck in a legal loophole.

8 years ago

After cleaning up the beach, students create a smiling octopus and other ocean artwork during the 24th annual Kids Ocean Day beach cleanup at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles Thursday, May 25, 2017. Some 4,000 children from Los Angeles-area elementary schools took part, the culmination of a year-round program by the Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education, which seeks to tell children how pollution affects the ocean. (Reed Saxon/AP Photo)
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Americans believe the kids will be all right

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

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(Hansi Lo Wang/NPR)
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Politics & Policy

Census Bureau releases 2020 Census questions, including one on citizenship

For the national headcount, all U.S. households will encounter the question: "Is this person a citizen of the United States?"

8 years ago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions at a roundtable meeting on sanctuary cities hosted by President Trump earlier this month.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
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Courts & Law

Sessions pushes to speed up immigration courts, deportations

The attorney general may also limit when judges can grant continuances, and who qualifies for asylum in the United States.

8 years ago

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., arrives for a news conference on sexual harassment in the workplace in December on Capitol Hill. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
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All 22 women senators call for Senate to address sexual harassment

All 22 women in the Senate are calling for their fellow lawmakers to do something about sexual harassment.

8 years ago

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