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A voting line trails outside of a precinct on Election Day 2016 in Durham, N.C. The county's polling places were plagued by malfunctioning equipment to check in voters that day, and it was later revealed that the vendor behind that equipment had been targ

Federal Government To Inspect North Carolina Election Equipment Over Hacking Fears

1:01pm June 05, 2019

by Pam Fessler

The federal government has agreed to conduct a forensic analysis of election equipment that was provided to Durham County, N.C., by a vendor targeted by Russian hackers in 2016.

Restraint and seclusion are most often used on students with disabilities or special needs.

Desperation And Broken Trust When Schools Restrain Students Or Lock Them In Rooms

11:06am June 05, 2019

Restraint and seclusion are controversial practices in public schools. They are most often used on students with disabilities, and parents say they take an emotional toll.

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Vicki Christiansen, the chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, stands outside of her office in Washington, D.C.

1 Billion Acres At Risk For Catastrophic Wildfires, U.S. Forest Service Warns

10:09am June 05, 2019

by Kirk Siegler

Chief Vicki Christiansen says the danger is now year-round, thanks to hazardous conditions in forests, rampant home development and the changing climate.

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Ex-Florida Deputy Faces 11 Charges After Not Intervening In School Shooting

8:23am June 05, 2019

Former sheriff's deputy Scot Peterson faces charges after not taking action during the 2018 Parkland school shooting. NPR's Noel King talks to Celeste Higgins of the University of Miami School of Law.

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A View From Both Sides Of The Border On Planned U.S. Tariffs On Mexico

6:56am June 05, 2019

U.S. and Mexican negotiators are meeting, less than a week before tariffs are set to take effect on all imports from Mexico. President Trump wants Mexico to crack down on Central American migrants.

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Va. Gov. Northam Asks Lawmakers To Try To Tighten Gun Laws

6:32am June 05, 2019

by Ben Paviour

After a mass shooting in Virginia last week, Republicans say they don't plan to work with Gov. Ralph Northam on gun control. Political resistance also followed the shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007.

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N.Y. Court Hearing To Examine Motives Behind Census' Citizenship Question

5:49am June 05, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

A federal judge in New York is set to hear allegations Wednesday that the Trump administration concealed the real reason it wants to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

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Climate Change Adds New Urgency To U.S. Navy's Arctic Strategy

5:49am June 05, 2019

by Zachariah Hughes

As the polar ice cap recedes because of warmer weather, more countries are interested in developing the region. That's forced the U.S. Navy to shift its attention north.

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Tourists who have just disembarked from a cruise liner tour Havana, Cuba, on Tuesday. The Trump administration has imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to the island by U.S. citizens.

Trump Administration Clamps Down On Travel To Cuba, Bans Cruise Ships

8:46pm June 04, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The changes, which bar "people-to-people" tours, are intended to further squeeze the Cuban economy while keeping U.S. dollars "out of the hands" of the communist government.

Griselda, a domestic longhair already declawed when she was surrendered by her owner for adoption, plays inside her enclosure at the Animal Haven pet shelter in New York on Tuesday. The New York Legislature has passed a bill that would make the state the

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New York Is One Step Closer To Becoming First State To Ban Cat Declawing

7:40pm June 04, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Both houses of the state egislature voted on Tuesday — Animal Advocacy Day in the state capital — to make it illegal to perform the controversial procedure.