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Exercise Wins: Fit Seniors Can Have Hearts That Look 30 Years Younger

Why develop an exercise habit now? Because 75-year-olds who’ve been doing it for decades may have the cardiovascular systems of people in their 40s and the muscles of 20-somethings, researchers found.

She Lives In Mexico. Her High School Is Across The Border.

President Trump’s talk about closing the U.S. border would severely disrupt lives, including that of 17-year old Guadalupe, who crosses every day from Mexico to attend high school in San Diego.

Not Time To ‘See The Winter Wonderland’: N.C. Governor Says To Stay Off Roads

Up to a foot of snow is expected to fall across the southern Appalachians and nearby foothills in North Carolina and Virginia through Sunday night.

How A Shorter Sea Ice Season Is Changing Life In The Arctic

Climate change is so dramatic in northern Alaska that the effects on hunting and erosion are very real to people who’ve lived their whole lives there.

Annoyed Baltimore Drivers Want City To Crack Down On ‘Squeegee Kids’

An estimated 100 kids in Baltimore scrub car windshields for quick cash. It is not strictly legal, and many drivers wish the city would crack down on the practice.

A Tradition Of Passing Down Decorations From One Family To Another

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro explores holiday decorations passed on from one homeowner to another.

Asylum Seekers Rely On Ad Hoc Group Of Migrant Coordinators

The thousands of Central American migrants in limbo in northern Mexico are relying on an ad hoc group of organizers among them to keep lists of asylum seekers and look after their conditions.

Rep. Jamie Raskin Gives InSight On Latest Events In Russia Investigation

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin, member of the House Oversight and Judiciary committees, about the latest court filings by prosecutors and the special counsel.

New Wisconsin Bill Undercuts Incoming Governor’s Power

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Wisconsin State Representatives Jim Steineke and Amanda Stuck about the recent bills passed by the state legislature to limit the powers of the incoming governor.

Political Moves In Wisconsin And Michigan Reminiscent Of Marbury Vs. Madison Debate

The moves in Wisconsin and Michigan aren’t new. In some ways they reopen the debate that was settled in Marbury vs. Madison. The American Enterprise Institute’s Norman Ornstein gives us a lesson.

How 2 New York Women Erased $1.5 Million In Medical Debt For Hundreds Of Strangers

Judith Jones and Carolyn Kenyon discuss their fundraising efforts that resulted in $1.5 million medical bill debt forgiveness for New York strangers.

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