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Workers at a Wold Energy Partners well pad in Wyoming place gravel where oil tanks will soon stand. A spike in drilling in the state is getting a boost from new lease sales on public land.

Trump Push For 'Energy Dominance' Boosts Drilling On Public Land

7:48pm November 25, 2018

by Cooper McKim

The Trump administration is offering millions of acres of federal land for oil and gas drilling. It's a boon for some states, but is fueling battles with environmentalists.

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U.S. military and border agents secure the United States-Mexico border at the San Ysidro border crossing south of San Diego, Calif. on Nov. 25.

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U.S. Agents Spray Tear Gas At Migrants, Briefly Close Tijuana Border Entry

7:14pm November 25, 2018

by Clare Lombardo

Many migrants have come to seek asylum in the U.S. — but the process for approval is slow, and resources in a makeshift shelter in Tijuana are running low.

Staff Sgt. Tom Frame, the author's father, stands at right in this 1968 snapshot from Vietnam.

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'They Are My Men': A 50-Year Veterans Reunion Helped My Dad Process A Brutal Battle

5:24pm November 25, 2018

by Kara Frame

To mark five decades since his unit fought in the Battle of Ben Cui in Vietnam, NPR video producer Kara Frame's father got the guys together. It was more than a reunion; it was a way to heal.

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Alabama Police Now Say Black Man Killed By Officer Wasn't The Gunman In Mall Shooting

5:24pm November 25, 2018

Alabama police fatally shot 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. after claiming he was a suspect in a mall shooting. Police now say that the actual gunman is still at large.

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Victims Of Charlottesville Vehicle Attack To Testify In Court

5:24pm November 25, 2018

by Sandy Hausman

Two women recall when a man drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters after a white supremacist rally that resulted in the death of Heather Heyer. They will be in court Monday to testify.

40 Years After Assassination Of First Openly Gay Elected Official In California

4:38pm November 25, 2018

by Scott Shafer

This week marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of gay rights leader and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone.

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A search and rescue dog searches for human remains at the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif.

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Search For The Missing In California Wildfires Continues

2:28pm November 25, 2018

by Bobby Allyn

Dozens of disaster workers from across the country are coming to Paradise, Calif., to help search for the missing in the aftermath of a wildfire that devastated the town.

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Los Angeles City firefighters Omar Velasquez, center, sleeps as Cory Darrigo, left, and Sam Quan rest in the backyard of home they were protecting after fighting the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018 in Westlake Village, Calif.

Understaffed And Overworked: Firefighters Exhausted By Severe California Fires

1:59pm November 25, 2018

by Amanda Morris

As major wildfires increase in California, some firefighters are being pushed to the point of exhaustion — and overtime costs are soaring.

Volunteers search for remains at a mobile home park in Paradise, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 23. The Camp Fire destroyed the town.

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Northern California Camp Fire Contained

1:58pm November 25, 2018

by Clare Lombardo

It was the deadliest and most destructive in the state's history. On Sunday, crews continued to search for remains from the blaze, which began more two weeks ago, and has killed at least 85 people.

The border fence separating Nogales, Ariz. from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. In 2012 a Mexican teenager was shot and killed by a border patrol agent shooting through the fence. Last week, the agent was found not-guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

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A Not-Guilty Verdict Absolves Border Patrol Of Cross-Border Killing

1:47pm November 25, 2018

by Ana Adlerstein

A Border Patrol agent was found not-guilty of involuntary manslaughter, raising questions about when and where use of excessive force is allowed in defending the U.S. border with Mexico.