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At Adult Detention Centers, 18-Year-Old Asylum-Seekers Advocate For Themselves

5:33pm March 09, 2019

by Beth Fertig

Eighteen-year-olds coming into the U.S. can be placed in adult detention centers, apart from their families. One young woman was denied entry while her mother and sister were allowed to seek asylum.

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Breaking Down The Latest Economy Numbers

5:33pm March 09, 2019

David Wessel, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, joins NPR's Michel Martin to discuss what the trade deficit and jobs numbers tell us about the state of the U.S. economy.

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Millennial Caregivers Balance Family And Ambition

1:11pm March 09, 2019

by Isabeth Mendoza

About 40 million people in the U.S. are family caregivers, providing assistance with everyday tasks for relatives. One quarter of them are millennials.

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Alabama Tornado Survivor On His Experience In The Storm

8:21am March 09, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mike Adams, a resident of Beauregard, Ala., who survived a tornado that killed 23 people.

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BrittLee Bowman competes during a recent cyclecross race. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and faced a decision on how to treat it.

Cancer Leads Athlete To Tough Choice

8:21am March 09, 2019

by Bradley Campbell

Cyclocross racer BrittLee Bowman chose a double mastectomy when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at 34.

School Funding Up In Teacher Protest States; Parkland Superintendent Keeps Job

7:00am March 09, 2019

Also in this week's education roundup: a new head for Federal Student Aid, and a California law aims to make charter schools more transparent.

An asylum-seeking boy Central American boy runs after arriving from an immigration detention center to a shelter in San Diego in December 2018.

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Judge Says Government May Have To Reunite More Migrant Families Separated At Border

11:26pm March 08, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

A federal judge rejects the government's argument that identifying and reuniting families separated before the zero tolerance policy was announced is too burdensome.

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Maryland Court Denies New Murder Trial For 'Serial' Convict Adnan Syed

9:23pm March 08, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The ruling is the latest in a protracted legal drama surrounding a 20-year-old murder case. Attorneys for the man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend say they haven't exhausted their legal options.

A satellite image taken Feb. 22 shows the Sanumdong research center near Pyongyang, North Korea

Activity At 2nd North Korean Missile Site Indicates Possible Launch Preparations

7:54pm March 08, 2019

by Geoff Brumfiel

Satellite imagery shows that vehicles and rail cars appeared in late February at Sanumdong, a facility where the North has built some of its largest rockets and missiles.

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Empire actor Jussie Smollett leaves Cook County jail following his release in Chicago last month.

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Jussie Smollett Indicted On 16 Felony Counts By Chicago Grand Jury

7:22pm March 08, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The charges expand the initial single count of filing a false police report. Now Smollett is charged with multiple counts tied to different aspects of his alleged false report about being attacked.