7-Year-Old Girl Dies In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
A 7-year-old girl who was detained by U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the border into New Mexico has died in custody. NPR talks to Nick Miroff, who covers national security for The Washington Post.
Scientists Are Fighting For The Stricken Pickle Against This Tricky Disease
Downy mildew, once just a nuisance, has evolved into a devastating adversary to the pickle, as it now quickly adapts to fungicides and pickle hybrids, and can lay waste to crops in a matter of days.
‘It’s Preventable’: Sandy Hook Parents Promote App For Reporting School Threats
“We just keep knocking head against wall, [saying] ‘the warning signs are there,'” says Mark Barden, who lost his son in the Sandy Hook shooting six years ago.
ACA Sign-Ups Have Lagged For 2019. But What Does That Mean?
The pace of enrollment in Affordable Care Act plans is slower than in past years. That could mean fewer people will have health coverage — or that more people are getting insurance via their work.
ACA ENROLLMENT
Open enrollment for insurance through the Affordable Care Act ends on Saturday. Sign-ups are down from last year, but there may be a complex set of reasons why.
‘The Dark Side Of The Railroad’: A Locomotive Engineer’s Fraught Legacy With The Rails
Barnie Botone’s grandmother cried when he told her he was a locomotive engineer because an ancestor had been forcibly relocated by train. “The irony, it was too much to bear,” he says at StoryCorps.
Mexico is Looking To The U.S. To Fund Their Migrant Marshall Plan
Mexico proposed a new so-called Marshall plan for Central America and it wants the U.S. to help pay for it. Critics say the new government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is being very naïve.
Congress Moves To Ban Cockfighting In Puerto Rico
Congress has voted to ban cockfighting in Puerto Rico, which has scores of cockfighting arenas. The practice is already banned in all 50 U.S. states.
News Brief: Trump’s Inaugural Committee, Border Wall, And A Ban On Cockfighting
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating President Trump’s Inaugural Committee. The U.S. military may be asked to build a border wall. And a ban on cockfighting in Puerto Rico is underway.
Flint Mayor Discuss The Cities Water Three Years After Declaring A State Of Emergency
Steve Inskeep speaks with Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, three years after she declared a state of emergency in her city over lead seepage into drinking water.
Pennsylvania Is Giving Out Free Naloxone To Combat Drug Overdoses
Pennsylvania is handing out free naloxone — a medication that reverses the effects of opioid overdose — at nearly 80 locations. The state has one of the nation’s highest fatal overdose rates.
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