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A nurse holds a tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough vaccine in 2016. Physician Judith Guzman-Cottrill tells NPR that she has met many families who hesitate to give their children vaccines.

Unvaccinated Boy, 6, Spent 57 Days In The Hospital With Tetanus

7:10pm March 08, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

It was Oregon's first pediatric case in more than 30 years. "It was difficult to take care of him, to watch him suffer," says Judith Guzman-Cottrill, an infectious-disease specialist.

Satellite Images Show North Korea May Be Preparing A Missile Or Rocket Launch

6:50pm March 08, 2019

by Geoff Brumfiel

Satellite imagery suggests North Korea is preparing an intercontinental ballistic missile or satellite rocket launch at one of its test sites.

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Nebraska County Owes $28.1 Million After Wrongfully Imprisoning Six People For Murder

5:55pm March 08, 2019

Gage County, Neb. owes $28.1 million to six people who were imprisoned in 1989 for another man's murder. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Lincoln Journal Star reporter Chris Dunker about the case.

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Trump Visits Alabama After Tornadoes Wreaked Havoc And Killed 23 People

5:29pm March 08, 2019

by Russell Lewis

President Trump visited Alabama today to see the destruction caused by Sunday's tornadoes, which killed 23 people. The president pledged that the federal government would offer help.

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The Changing U.S. Strategy For Defeating ISIS

5:29pm March 08, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Brett McGurk, a former U.S. envoy to the coalition fighting ISIS, about the changing U.S. policy and strategy for defeating ISIS.

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The members of the U.S. women's national soccer team filed a lawsuit Friday against U.S. Soccer, accusing it of gender discrimination. The starting 11 are seen here before playing Brazil earlier this week in Tampa, Fla.

U.S. Women's Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer For Gender Discrimination

5:29pm March 08, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The lawsuit argues that U.S. Soccer has a policy of paying the women's team less than the men's. "We deserved to be paid equally for our work, regardless of our gender," says player Alex Morgan.

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Cal Poly architecture students focused on reimagining and rebuilding Paradise, Calif., by presenting models, renderings and updated concepts during a community forum in Chico, Calif.

'Reimagining Paradise' — Making Plans To Rebuild A Town Destroyed By Wildfire

4:16pm March 08, 2019

by Kirk Siegler

Residents of Paradise, Calif., are being given reassurances that their town — almost completely destroyed by last fall's Camp Fire — will be rebuilt. But will the new town be too expensive for many?

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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, shown here at a 2017 hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, has said she plans to resign.

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U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson Plans To Resign

4:04pm March 08, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Pentagon sources say that Trump's hopes for a space force produced tensions between Wilson and the White House, who saw her as delaying the process. She plans to go into academia.

Mike Weirsky, a New Jersey man who left his $273 million jackpot-winning Mega Millions lottery ticket at the store where he bought it, says he's going to reward whoever returned it.

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Good Samaritan Returns Lost Lottery Ticket. The Man Who Bought It Wins Jackpot

4:04pm March 08, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

A New Jersey man is basking in the good fortune of a $273 million lottery jackpot win that wouldn't have happened without the kindness of a stranger. He's trying to find that person to reward them.

From left: Janaki Ammal (1897-1984), a botanist who developed a sweeter type of sugar cane; Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941), a Hungarian-Indian artist who loved painting traditional Indian customs; and Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to go in

3 Indian Moms Went Looking For Role Models For Their Daughters

3:47pm March 08, 2019

by Kamala Thiagarajan

And they ended up writing a children's book highlighting 51 women, past and present. It's called The Dot That Went For A Walk.