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Why The Allied Pilots Association Still Has Confidence In Boeing's 737 Max 8 Jets

5:20pm March 13, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Captain Dennis Tajer of the Allied Pilots Association about why the group of 15,000 American pilots maintains confidence in the Boeing 737 Max 8 after recent crashes.

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Federal Government Grounds All Boeing 737 Max 8 Jets As Investigation Continues

5:20pm March 13, 2019

by Scott Horsley

President Trump called it a difficult decision to ground the Boeing plane involved in the deadly crash in Ethiopia. As the biggest U.S. exporter, Boeing carries a lot of weight in Washington.

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U.S. Will Join Other Nations In Removing Boeing 737 Max 8 Jets From Service

5:20pm March 13, 2019

by Camila Domonoske

President Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. will ground all flights of the Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9. Other countries had already grounded the plane following a deadly crash in Ethiopia.

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How Fairness Is Defined In Today's Hyper-Competitive College Landscape

4:29pm March 13, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Natasha Warikoo, professor at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, about what is and isn't acceptable when applying for admission to elite colleges.

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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, pictured in 2016, was sentenced on Wednesday in a federal criminal case in Washington, D.C.

Paul Manafort Sentenced To 3.5 More Years In Prison; New State Indictment Announced

3:16pm March 13, 2019

Donald Trump's former campaign chairman was ordered to serve some of his time concurrently with a 4-year term handed down last week, making his sentence a total of 7.5 years.

College Bribery Scandal Exposes Flaws In Admissions System

11:28am March 13, 2019

Alia Wong, staff writer at The Atlantic, talks to NPR's David Greene about the legal ways that wealthy parents have essentially tried to buy their kids' way into selective schools.

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FAA Insists There's No Basis To Ground Boeing's 737 Max 8 Aircraft

11:19am March 13, 2019

A growing number of countries are either grounding Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft or banning them from their airspace. The FAA is standing firm, allowing U.S. airlines to continue to fly the aircraft.

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Electric scooters are pictured on a sidewalk in Paris in June 2018. Multiple companies offer the small vehicles for rent by the minute in cities around the world, including many in the U.S.

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Who Charges All Those Electric Scooters? Follow A Nocturnal 'Juicer'

10:44am March 13, 2019

by Camila Domonoske

Bird and Lime offer electric scooters for rent in cities across America. The companies pay a few dollars a pop to an army of people who prowl the streets for the scooters and take them home to charge.

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Graduation rates are changing in the U.S.

College Completion Rates Are Up, But The Numbers Will Still Surprise You

10:28am March 13, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

To unlock the benefits of going to college, you need to earn a degree. But average completion rates in the U.S. are surprisingly low and can vary widely depending on what type of school you attend.

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New Mexico Lawmakers Aim For Carbon-Free Energy By 2045

7:39am March 13, 2019

by Nathan Rott

New Mexico lawmakers are set to pass what could be the country's most aggressive push for 100 percent clean energy. It's happening even as the state is in the middle of a record-setting oil boom.

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