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Immigration Lawyers, Judges Deal With Extreme Burnout As Migration Crisis Continues

5:28pm July 11, 2019

by Noel King

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Morning Edition host Noel King, who has been reporting from the Texas-Mexico border about the impacts of the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy.

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A volunteer with the Chicago Herpetological Society known as Alligator Bob sets out in his canoe to find an alligator on the loose in a Chicago lagoon this week.

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An Alligator Surfaces At A Chicago Lagoon And A City Snaps To Attention

4:58pm July 11, 2019

by Amy Held

The alligator was spotted in a city park on Tuesday but has so far managed to evade capture, despite the efforts of a local wrangler known as Alligator Bob.

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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Weighs In On Expected ICE Raids

4:28pm July 11, 2019

Houston is one of ten cities preparing for ICE raids this weekend. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner about how the raids could affect his city.

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Mississippi Politician Refuses To Let Female Reporter Travel Alone With Him

4:28pm July 11, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mississippi Today reporter Larrison Campbell about being denied a ride along with gubernatorial candidate Robert Foster without a male colleague present.

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Tropical Storm Barry is predicted to become a hurricane before making landfall along the Louisiana coast Saturday morning.

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Tropical Storm Barry Forms In Gulf; Louisiana Goes Into State Of Emergency

3:57pm July 11, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Barry is now predicted to become a Category 1 hurricane shortly before making landfall Saturday, with maximum winds of 75 mph.

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Reporter Who Helped Expose Conditions At The Border Says Little Has Changed

2:14pm July 11, 2019

by Dave Davies

NY Times reporter Caitlin Dickerson has been documenting the impact of the Trump administration's policies on migrants — and on the workers who deal with the large number of people held in detention.

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Janelle Menzel is a high school math teacher in Brainerd, Minn. After contacting her loan servicer repeatedly, trying to find a way to appeal, a call center worker told her, "Look, you just need to give up."

Broken Promises: Teachers Sue U.S. Over Student Loans That Weren't Forgiven

1:35pm July 11, 2019

by Chris Arnold

One of the biggest U.S. teachers unions is suing the Department of Education, alleging a loan forgiveness program for millions of public service workers violates federal law and the Constitution.

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Federal agents escort former Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration head Ángela Ávila-Marrero, who was arrested on Wednesday as part of a corruption investigation that resulted in an indictment against six defendants.

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FBI Arrests Former Top Puerto Rico Officials In Government Corruption Scandal

12:01pm July 11, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

The charges come at a politically sensitive time for the island's government, which is projecting a polished image to Congress as island leadership expect billions of dollars in recovery aid.

Supplies sit on a check-in desk at a model of a hypothetical injection site in San Francisco, pictured here in September 2018. Local leaders from San Francisco are among a dozen local officials urging a federal court to allow an effort to open a supervise

Leaders From 13 States Urge Federal Court To Allow Supervised Injection Sites

10:20am July 11, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

The Justice Department has mounted a legal challenge to block the effort, claiming such a site violates federal drug laws and would enable opioid users.

Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski at Justice Department headquarters. He oversees more than 600 prosecutors and the others who work in the criminal division.

Opioids, El Chapo, Ransomware And Mueller: 1 Year Atop DOJ's Criminal Division

9:14am July 11, 2019

by Carrie Johnson

Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski kept clear of the special counsel investigation and stepped up enforcement to fight the addiction epidemic — and says more of that is coming.