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DOJ Still Looking To Add Census Citizenship Question

7:06am July 04, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The printing presses are rolling on the 2020 census, but the Justice Department says it has been instructed to find a new way to ask responders a controversial question about citizenship.

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News Brief: Trump's July 4 Speech, Census, Gaza Exodus

5:18am July 04, 2019

President Trump plans to speak on the National Mall during what has traditionally been a nonpolitical event. Also, we have the latest on the census citizenship question.

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The State Of The Nation's National Parks

7:20pm July 03, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Theresa Pierno, president and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association, about the state of the nation's parks.

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Luann McVey holds a sign before the start of a rally held in support of the Alaska university system on Feb. 13 in Juneau, Alaska.

University Of Alaska Readies For Budget Slash: 'We May Likely Never Recover'

6:44pm July 03, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy slashed $130 million, or 41%, from the budget of a university system that serves more than 26,000 students. Layoffs, elimination of programs and campus closures are likely.

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Courtney Irby is charged with misdemeanor trespassing in connection with guns owned by her estranged husband. A member of her family told local media that Irby had feared for her life.

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Woman Accused Of Turning In Husband's Guns To The Police Will Face Misdemeanor Charge

6:43pm July 03, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Courtney Irby had taken her husband's guns from his home, and given them to police. At the time he was under arrest for allegedly ramming her car with his.

A child holds a U.S. flag at a naturalization ceremony at the Wyckoff House Museum in Brooklyn, on June 14, in New York City.

DOJ Still Looking To Add Census Citizenship Question, Official Tells Court

5:51pm July 03, 2019

Amid tweets by President Trump that he still wants the 2020 census to ask about citizenship, an official says the Justice Department has been told to find a way to make that happen.

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U.S. Cities Look To Mexico City's Bus System As Possible Model

5:10pm July 03, 2019

by Zeninjor Enwemeka

The next big thing might be the old city bus — re-imagined. Bus rapid transit is already in use overseas and now Boston and other cities in the U.S. are testing it out.

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Texas Man Said He Was A Survivor Of The Santa Fe High School Shooting, He Was Lying

5:10pm July 03, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Alex Samuels, a reporter for The Texas Tribune, about a man who posed as a survivor of last year's Santa Fe High School shooting.

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Trial Of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher Comes To An End

5:10pm July 03, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former military judge Gary Solis about the sentencing of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher and the many turns the case has taken.

David Smith Jr. is the second tribal chief of Arctic Village, and continues to fight drilling in the national refuge despite Congress's legalization of it. "I believe everything is going to come out on top for us," he says.

As Oil Drilling Nears In Arctic Refuge, 2 Alaska Villages See Different Futures

4:53pm July 03, 2019

The Trump administration will soon let oil companies bid on land to drill in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Some Alaska Natives fear harm to migrating caribou, others see opportunity.

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