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What Happened At This Educator's Sentencing Is Still Raising Questions A Year Later

12:17pm July 31, 2019

by Todd Bookman

A New Hampshire educator pled guilty to sexually assaulting a student. But what happened at her sentencing is still raising questions about child safety and free speech a year later.

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Democratic Voters In Iowa React To First Night Of Presidential Debate

11:49am July 31, 2019

by Kate Payne

Democratic voters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, react to the first night of the presidential debate.

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Kentucky Miners Block Railroad In Demand For Pay After Blackjewel Coal Bankruptcy

11:49am July 31, 2019

by Sydney Boles

In Kentucky, a group of miners is staging a protest: blocking a railroad. The miners haven't been paid since Blackjewel filed for bankruptcy, so they're preventing a coal train from leaving the plant.

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Southern California Voters React To 1st Night Of Democrats' Debate

11:49am July 31, 2019

by Libby Denkmann

Democratic voters in Los Angeles react to the first night of the presidential debate.

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Federal Reserve Expected To Cut Interest Rates

11:49am July 31, 2019

The Fed chairman will likely announce a cut in the federal funds rate, a reversal after more than a decade. Steve Inskeep speaks with economics commentator David Wessel about what the shift signals.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (left) looks on as U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks with and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Shanghai on Wednesday.

No U.S.-China Trade Deal Yet; Talks To Resume In September

10:30am July 31, 2019

by Avie Schneider

The White House called the brief talks in Shanghai this week between top U.S. and Chinese officials "constructive" and said negotiations are expected to pick up again in early September.

"It's time to get to work to make sure everyone participates in the census," says Yatziri Tovar, a spokesperson for Make the Road New York, an immigrant rights organization based in New York City that successfully sued to block Trump administration plans

Push For A Full 2020 Count Ramps Up After Census Citizenship Question Fight

9:38am July 31, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Immigrant advocacy groups are trying to encourage noncitizens to take part in the national head count while many remain skeptical after the Trump administration's failed citizenship question push.

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Kentucky's Turnaround On Prosecuting Minors For 'Status Offenses' Like Truancy

7:35am July 31, 2019

by Cheryl Corley

For years, Kentucky aggressively prosecuted minors for breaking curfew or underage drinking. The state is now taking a different approach that may help keep kids out of the criminal justice system.

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President Trump Defends Incendiary Tweets

8:49pm July 30, 2019

President Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his recent incendiary tweets about Baltimore and Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings. Trump spoke as he was leaving the White House.

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100 Million People In The U.S. Affected By Capital One Data Breach

8:16pm July 30, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Robert Knake of the Council on Foreign Relations about a Capital One data breach that compromised personal information of nearly 100 million Americans.

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