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Powerful Snowstorm Makes Travel Treacherous In North Carolina

8:41am December 10, 2018

by Keri Brown

A major storm has been hammering parts of the South, including North Carolina, where the governor declared a state of emergency. The National Guard is assisting stranded drivers.

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Officials Assess Response To Camp Fire In Northern California

5:58am December 10, 2018

by Jeremy Siegel

Many residents of Paradise say they didn't receive warnings about the fire, and once they fled, they faced traffic gridlock. A month later, officials reflect on emergency responses.

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She Lives In Mexico. Her High School Is Across The Border.

5:30pm December 09, 2018

by Michel Martin

President Trump's talk about closing the U.S. border would severely disrupt lives, including that of 17-year old Guadalupe, who crosses every day from Mexico to attend high school in San Diego.

The entrance to Highland, the former plantation once owned by James Monroe, America's fifth president. The descendants of the African-Americans once enslaved on the plantation have become part of the story given out by guides.

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A Former Plantation Begins To Tell A Fuller Story Of Slavery In America

5:30pm December 09, 2018

by Jordy Yager

At a plantation once owned by James Monroe, America's fifth president, descendants of slaves owned by Monroe have become part of the story for the first time in 225 years.

A snow plow moves on a snowy Durham, N.C., street on Sunday. Weather Prediction Center forecaster David Roth told NPR this could be a "historic storm" for southwest Virginia and western North Carolina.

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Not Time To 'See The Winter Wonderland': N.C. Governor Says To Stay Off Roads

4:52pm December 09, 2018

by Cat Schuknecht

Up to a foot of snow is expected to fall across the southern Appalachians and nearby foothills in North Carolina and Virginia through Sunday night.

Robert Mueller leaves a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 21, 2017.

All The Criminal Charges To Emerge So Far From Robert Mueller's Investigation

3:16pm December 09, 2018

by Jason Breslow

President Trump has called the Russia investigation a "witch hunt," but more than 30 people have been charged. Many of those who've been accused, however, may never go to trial.

A young man washes a windshield as motorists wait at a red light in October in Baltimore.

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Annoyed Baltimore Drivers Want City To Crack Down On 'Squeegee Kids'

7:57am December 09, 2018

by Rebecca Ellis

An estimated 100 kids in Baltimore scrub car windshields for quick cash. It is not strictly legal, and many drivers wish the city would crack down on the practice.

Asylum Seekers Rely On Ad Hoc Group Of Migrant Coordinators

7:57am December 09, 2018

by Emily Green

The thousands of Central American migrants in limbo in northern Mexico are relying on an ad hoc group of organizers among them to keep lists of asylum seekers and look after their conditions.

New Wisconsin Bill Undercuts Incoming Governor's Power

7:57am December 09, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Wisconsin State Representatives Jim Steineke and Amanda Stuck about the recent bills passed by the state legislature to limit the powers of the incoming governor.

Political Moves In Wisconsin And Michigan Reminiscent Of Marbury Vs. Madison Debate

7:57am December 09, 2018

The moves in Wisconsin and Michigan aren't new. In some ways they reopen the debate that was settled in Marbury vs. Madison. The American Enterprise Institute's Norman Ornstein gives us a lesson.