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9-Year-Old Pushes For Free Access To Parks

8:33am April 06, 2019

Lily Kay, a 9-year-old from Texas, is pushing for legislation that would enable more than 417,000 fifth-graders in the state, and anyone in the vehicle with them, to enter state parks at no charge.

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A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane sits on the assembly line on March 27, in Renton, Wash. Boeing is slowing production of its grounded Max airliner while it works on fixing flight-control software in the wake of fatal crashes.

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Boeing To Slow Production Of 737 Max Jets As It Works On Flight Control Software Fix

9:36pm April 05, 2019

The company says it isn't planning layoffs. In recent months, two 737 Max planes have fatally crashed, as the pilots struggled to pull the jets out of nose dives.

An Apple store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Two students in Oregon allegedly defrauded the company out of nearly $900,000, according to a criminal complaint.

Two Students Allegedly Cheated Apple Out Of Nearly $900,000 In Fake iPhone Scheme

9:30pm April 05, 2019

Prosecutors say it was an elaborate deception that involved roping in friends and family, while using nonsensical pseudonyms and a slew of mailing addresses. The plot seems to have come from China.

Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor (center) departs federal court in Boston in January. The criminal trial of Kapoor and four other executives from the company wrapped up on Friday.

Criminal Trial Of Opioid-Peddling Drug Company Execs Goes To The Jury

9:19pm April 05, 2019

by Gabrielle Emanuel

The 10-week trial of five executives from Insys Therapeutics wrapped up in Boston on Friday. The executives are accused of bribing doctors and deceiving insurance companies to boost opioid sales.

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President Trump listens as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the census, speaks at the White House. Ross approved including in the 2020 census the question, "Is this person a citizen of the United States?"

Trump Administration's Census Citizenship Question Plans Halted By 3rd Judge

8:42pm April 05, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Plans to use the 2020 census to ask about U.S. citizenship status suffered another major blow. A ruling in Maryland joins earlier ones in New York and California blocking the citizenship question.

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Lawrence Bartley Creates Print Magazine To Bring The 'News Inside' Prisons

7:45pm April 05, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Lawrence Bartley, who spent 27 years in state prison, about why he's creating a print publication called News Inside to distribute in prisons across the country.

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The new standard in Kansas, which took effect on Monday, lifts the cap on beer alcohol levels, but only to a degree. The new maximum is 6 percent alcohol by volume.

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The End Is Near For 3.2 Beer

6:23pm April 05, 2019

by Frank Morris

The end of a Depression-era alcohol has brewers happy to see the stuff go. "It was just a pain in the posterior, you know, for everyone," says one brewer.

Things in Venezuela are so bad that patients who are hospitalized must bring not only their own food but also medical supplies like syringes and scalpels as well as their own soap and water, a new report says.

Researchers Are Surprised By The Magnitude Of Venezuela's Health Crisis

6:13pm April 05, 2019

by Melody Schreiber

A report from Johns Hopkins University and Human Rights Watch finds an alarming decline in the quality of health care across the country.

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Calexico Mayor Lewis Pacheco Discusses Trump's Visit To California Border Town

5:31pm April 05, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Calexico Mayor Lewis Pacheco about President Trump's trip to the California border town on Friday to tour the border with Mexico.

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NYC's Historic White House Tavern Could See Changes Under New Owner

5:31pm April 05, 2019

by Alejandra Salazar

The White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village has a new owner. Fans worry the storied literary watering-hole is going to change.

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