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Flood Waters Begin To Recede In Pacific Northwest

6:19am February 10, 2020

by Anna King

Heavy rain and melting snowpacks brought floods to the Pacific Northwest and prompted officials to call for evacuations. The area hadn't seen flood waters that high in a quarter century.

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Texas' Decision Not To Prioritize Census Could Come At A Financial Cost

6:07am February 10, 2020

by Ashley Lopez

Texas is growing but whether the 2020 census depicts that depends on how well the count goes. For political reasons, state leaders did not prioritize the effort and some worry that could backfire.

Fortitude Ranch is a development for doomsday preppers in a remote quarter of the Colorado Rockies.

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Preparing For The End Of The World, On A Budget

5:00am February 10, 2020

by Dan Boyce

Doomsday prepper properties designed to ride out societal collapse are growing in popularity. Fortitude Ranch in Colorado aims to make bunkers affordable for the middle class.

Climate Change Threatens Alaska Census Count

1:25am February 10, 2020

by Hansi Lo Wang

Rising temperatures are forcing some Alaska Native villages to consider relocating to higher ground. Climate change is also complicating an accurate count for the 2020 census more complicated.

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This photo provided by the Oregon State Police shows severe flooding on Interstate 84, a major freeway linking Idaho and Oregon, near Hermiston, Ore., on Feb. 7, 2020.

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Floodwaters Begin To Recede In Oregon, Washington

6:23pm February 09, 2020

by Wynne Davis

Heavy rains and snowmelt in January contributed to dangerous flooding conditions in the Pacific Northwest. Dozens of families evacuated their homes as the water rose.

S.F. Mayor On Decision To Endorse Bloomberg

5:34pm February 09, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with San Francisco Mayor London Breed on her decision to endorse Michael Bloomberg for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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An archival image of the SS Cotopaxi, taken in 1920.

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Wreck's Identification 95 Years After Ship's Disappearance Puts Theories To Rest

5:16pm February 09, 2020

by Hannah Hagemann

As it turns out, neither the Bermuda Triangle nor aliens are to blame for the Cotopaxi's sinking. It took Michael Barnette 15 years of research to identify the ship, which went down with 32 people.

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Black News Channel Is A Venue For Missing African American Voices, Co-Founder Says

5:15pm February 09, 2020

The Black News Channel is a 24-hour television news channel that launches on Monday. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the networks co-founder and chairman, J.C. Watts.

British Airways Flight 112 flew from New York to London in under five hours, setting a new record.

British Airways Sets Record, Crossing The Atlantic In Under 5 Hours In Strong Winds

5:10pm February 09, 2020

by Alina Selyukh

Propelled by the jet stream, Flight BA112 topped a ground speed of 800 mph, by one expert's estimate. It traveled from New York's JFK to London's Heathrow in 4 hours, 56 minutes overnight Saturday.

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Hollywood's A Big Business, And LA's Mayor Wants More Latinos Involved

8:01am February 09, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Eric Garcetti about a new jobs program aimed at doubling the employment of Latinos — more than half the city's population — in the film industry there.

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