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NPR Protests State Department Decision To Bar Reporter From Pompeo Trip To Ukraine

6:25pm January 28, 2020

by David Folkenflik

The State Department has denied NPR's diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen permission to fly with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on a trip to Ukraine. NPR is protesting that decision in a letter.

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President Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow rides an elevator to the Senate chamber for the impeachment trial Tuesday.

Impeachment Recap: As Defense Rests, Focus Shifts To Witnesses Fight

6:18pm January 28, 2020

by Philip Ewing

President Trump's attorneys closed their arguments on Tuesday with a rejection of Democrats' case and a warning about the peril to future chief executives if he is removed for this.

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Bust Times In A Former Wyoming Coal Boomtown

6:15pm January 28, 2020

by Cooper McKim

Gillette, Wyo. once produced 40% of all U.S. coal, but is now losing half its jobs as coal demand plummets. A nearby town survived a bust in the 1950s and offers lessons.

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Willie O'Ree (left) and Howie Young (center) of the Los Angeles Blades talk during warm ups before their game at the Los Angeles Sports Arena during the 1963-64 season in Los Angeles, Calif. O'Ree became the first black player in the National Hockey Leagu

Black Hockey Players Celebrated In NHL's Mobile History Museum

6:15pm January 28, 2020

by Ryan Delaney

The National Hockey League was the last major sports league to integrate, and is still the least diverse, with a lot to do to develop talent and build goodwill in minority communities.

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Travelers wait at the ride-share pickup location at Sacramento International Airport. Uber is allowing drivers at three California airports to set their own fares.

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Due To New California Law, Uber Allows Some Drivers To Set Their Own Rates

5:58pm January 28, 2020

by Scott Rodd

The experiment underway at three airports comes in reaction to a recent state law that makes it harder to classify people as contract workers rather than as employees.

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Harvard Chemistry Professor Arrested And Accused Of Lying About Ties To China

5:58pm January 28, 2020

by Ryan Lucas

The U.S. government charged two Boston-area academics with lying about their contacts with the Chinese government, and a third with allegedly attempting to smuggle biological research out of the U.S.

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An FBI affidavit that lays out the case against Charles Lieber includes what federal prosecutors say is a contract between the Harvard researcher and a university in China.

Acclaimed Harvard Scientist Is Arrested, Accused Of Lying About Ties To China

5:51pm January 28, 2020

by Bill Chappell

An FBI agent says China's deal with Charles Lieber, the chair of Harvard University's chemistry department, paid him up to $50,000 monthly, along with another $150,000 per year.

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Self-Defense Classes Help Indigenous Women Face Kidnapping Threat

4:56pm January 28, 2020

by Quincy Walters

Indigenous women are being kidnapped and killed at an alarming rate in the U.S. So some are teaching each other to fight back.

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What The Museum of Chinese In America Lost In A Fire

4:56pm January 28, 2020

Nancy Yao Maasbach, president of the Museum of Chinese in America, talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the many items in their permanent collection destroyed by a fire last week.

The Singing Snowplow Driver Of Bozeman, Mont.

4:56pm January 28, 2020

by Rachel Cramer

Snowplow drivers spend long, dangerous hours behind the wheel. A Bozeman, Mont. driver singing about his travails on YouTube has gone Montana-viral — in part because sings choir and opera as a hobby.