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Justice Department Raises Questions About Jail Where Epstein Died

7:29am August 13, 2019

by Greg Myre

Jeffrey Epstein died at the Metropolitan Corrections Center in Manhattan. The federal facility has housed drug lords and Mafia bosses but most inmates are too poor to afford an attorney.

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Brad Ryan And His Grandma Joy Tour National Parks Together

7:03am August 13, 2019

Brad Ryan was talking to his grandmother when she said she'd never seen a mountain range. That led to their first trip to a national park: the Great Smoky Mountains. They've been to 29 parks so far.

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There's something strange with our economy.

Is Our Economy In The Upside Down?

6:30am August 13, 2019

by Greg Rosalsky

Ten years after the financial crisis, it's like we're in another economic dimension. The old rules don't apply. Textbooks are being thrown out the window. It's time to talk about secular stagnation.

News Brief: Immigration Rule, Jail Conditions, Hong Kong Protests

6:21am August 13, 2019

The U.S. issues a new rule that could dramatically reshape the country's immigration system. Examining the conditions at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. Protests resume at Hong Kong's airport.

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Ashley Tabaddor, a federal immigration judge in Los Angeles, is the President of the National Association of Immigration Judges.

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Trump Administration Seeks Decertification Of Immigration Judges' Union

9:17pm August 12, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The administration argues that immigration judges are managers who are barred from forming a union. The leader of the union says the administration wants the judges to speed up deportation cases.

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How The Opioid Epidemic Has Ravaged Walker County, Ala.

7:55pm August 12, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with reporter Melissa Brown of the Montgomery Advertiser about her reporting on Walker County, Ala., which was flooded with tens of millions of opioid pills.

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Onlookers in Dayton, Ohio, mourn the nine people who died when a gunman opened fire on a crowd outside a popular bar in the city's Oregon District this month.

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Feds: Dayton Gunman's Friend Helped Hide Body Armor And Ammo From Shooter's Parents

7:03pm August 12, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Authorities say Ethan Kollie did not help plan the massacre but that he allegedly bought and hid items the gunman used in the shooting.

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Former Federal Prosecutor Discusses The Logistics Of Conducting ICE Raids

6:14pm August 12, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Joyce White Vance, former U.S. attorney in Alabama, about why she chose not to pursue an ICE raid similar to the one in Mississippi during the Obama administration.

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Mississippi Food Processing Company Is Looking For Workers After ICE Raids

5:42pm August 12, 2019

by Debbie Elliott

In the wake of immigration raids that resulted in nearly 700 people being arrested, Mississippi held a job fair to hire more workers for food processors on Monday.

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How Much Do Presidential Candidate Visits To Iowa's State Fair Actually Help Voters?

5:42pm August 12, 2019

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The Iowa State Fair attracts nearly all presidential candidates every four years. As always, it's been a big media spectacle this year, so what have voters actually gotten out of it?

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