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How High Heat Can Impact Mental Health

10:51am September 04, 2019

by Nora Eckert

A new NPR probe found low-income areas in dozens of major U.S. cities are more likely to be hotter than wealthier ones, and people with severe mental illness are impacted by that increase in heat.

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Santa Barbara Remembers Victims Of Diving Boat Disaster

8:38am September 04, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

In California, at Santa Barbara's harbor, mourners left candles and flowers to remember the 34 people who are presumed dead following a fire on a commercial diving boat.

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News Brief: Hurricane Damage, British Election, Walmart Ammunition Sales

6:31am September 04, 2019

Hurricane Dorian causes catastrophic damage to the Bahamas. Britain's prime minister calls for a snap election after conservatives suffer a key parliamentary defeat. Walmart curbs ammunition sales.

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Search Ends For Victims Of California Diving Boat Disaster

6:22am September 04, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to National Transportation Safety Board member Jennifer Homendy, who leads the investigation into the deadly fire in California aboard the dive boat Conception.

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As Politics Become More Divided, State Recall Efforts Gain Popularity

6:22am September 04, 2019

by Bente Birkeland

Nineteen states allow voters to try to recall elected state officials for a number of reasons, and those efforts have increased exponentially. Including in Colorado where there were six in 2019.

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Residents wade through a street flooded with water brought on by Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Bahamas, on Tuesday. The storm spent most of Monday and into the morning Tuesday essentially stalled out over the Bahamas, relentlessly pounding the islands wit

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Dorian Weakens To A Category 2, But Is 'Growing In Size'

11:15pm September 03, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Dorian is roughly 105 miles off the shore of Fort Pierce, Fla. It has maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour. Officials in the Bahamas say there are at least five storm-related deaths.

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As Rising Heat Bakes U.S. Cities, The Poor Often Feel It Most

11:10pm September 03, 2019

Hotter neighborhoods tend to be poorer in dozens of major U.S. cities. That extra heat can have serious health effects for those living there.

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Workers break ground on new border wall construction about 20 miles west of Santa Teresa, N.M., last month. The Trump administration has started the arduous process of canceling $3.6 billion in military construction projects to fund its plans to build mor

Trump Administration Diverts $3.6 Billion From Military Projects To Border Wall

8:34pm September 03, 2019

by Claudia Grisales

Defense Secretary Mark Esper began notifying lawmakers which projects will be canceled in their districts. "It is a slap in the face to the members of the Armed Forces," Sen. Chuck Schumer said.

Walmart Curbs Ammunition Sales, Calls For Stronger Background Checks

5:42pm September 03, 2019

by Alina Selyukh

Walmart will phase out handgun and short-barrel rifle ammunition. It's also restricting "open carry" in stores. A month ago, two shootings happened at two Walmarts in one week.

Kimberly Teehee is being nominated by Cherokee National Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. as a delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Cherokee Nation Names First Delegate To Congress

5:22pm September 03, 2019

by Graham Lee Brewer

Former Obama adviser Kimberly Teehee is being appointed as the tribe's first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. The position is outlined in an 1835 treaty but had never been filled.