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Bolton's Exit Leaves U.S. Without A Permanent National Security Adviser

6:46am September 11, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Brett McGurk, who served in national security roles in the Obama and Trump administrations, about President Trump firing John Bolton as national security adviser.

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News Brief: Bolton's Exit, Guantánamo Probe, Netanyahu's Vow

6:11am September 11, 2019

John Bolton is out as national security adviser. A whistleblower alleges waste at the military court in Guantanamo Bay. Israel's prime minister plans to annex part of the West Bank if he is reelected.

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George Tyndall, pictured in July, voluntarily surrendered his medical license last week. He was arrested and charged with 29 criminal felonies for alleged professional misconduct and sexual battery by fraud, among other charges.

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Ex-USC Doctor Accused Of Sexually Abusing Hundreds Of Women Surrenders Medical License

8:46pm September 10, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

"On behalf of California consumers, the Board achieved the highest level of patient protection with the surrender of [George] Tyndall's license," the California Medical Board executive director said.

Rob Van Vleet secures a wind turbine blade on to an oversize truck at the Kimball Wind Farm in southwest Nebraska.

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Unfurling The Waste Problem Caused By Wind Energy

8:31pm September 10, 2019

by Christina Stella

While wind energy is marketed as the future's green energy solution, turbines last only about 20 years, and disposing of their behemoth fiberglass blades is both complicated and costly.

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One of the Plastic Army Women that toy company BMC Toys will be introducing next year after a six-year-old girl from Arkansas wrote a letter to the company wondering why there were no female soldiers.

Her Own Toy Story: How A 6-Year-Old Girl's Letter Launched 'Plastic Army Women'

7:27pm September 10, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

A handwritten letter to BMC Toys sent by a 6-year-old girl from Arkansas wondering where the female toy solders are prompted soul-searching and eventually a new contingent of Plastic Army Women.

Acting NOAA head Neil Jacobs, seen here at far right as President Trump watches a briefing on Hurricane Dorian, is defending his agency's response to Trump's claim that Dorian had been predicted to hit Alabama hard.

NOAA Head: 'No One's Job Is Under Threat' Over Trump's Disputed Tweets About Alabama

5:50pm September 10, 2019

"There is no pressure to change the way we communicate forecast risk in the future," acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs said at the National Weather Association's annual meeting in Huntsville, Ala.

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FEMA Official Accused of Taking Bribes While Rebuilding Puerto Rico

5:24pm September 10, 2019

by Adrian Florido

Federal corruption charges have been filed against a top FEMA official who oversaw reconstruction of Puerto Rico's power grid after Hurricane Maria.

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Trump Announces Ousting Of National Security Adviser John Bolton

5:24pm September 10, 2019

President Trump announced on Twitter that he has fired National Security Adviser John Bolton. The announcement comes days after Bolton prevailed on Trump to not hold a summit with the Taliban.

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Lawrence, Mass., has struggled to find its economic base since the decline of manufacturing. While the city is witnessing pockets of investment, as of August 2019, one-third of Lawrence's children lived in poverty, 36 percent of residents received aid und

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U.S. Census Bureau Reports Poverty Rate Down, But Millions Still Poor

5:11pm September 10, 2019

by Pam Fessler

While the poverty rate finally fell to prerecession levels in 2018, the number of people without health insurance increased, and about one in eight Americans still lived below the poverty line.

National security adviser John Bolton talked to reporters outside the White House. The hawkish former U.N. ambassador is stepping down.

Trump Fires John Bolton In Final Break After Months Of Internal Policy Division

4:57pm September 10, 2019

by Philip Ewing

The national security adviser caught the president's attention for his aggressive stance as a Fox News commentator but strayed from favor after pushing too hard against Trump's wishes.