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Conservationists In New Mexico Are Concerned About A Border Wall's Impact

10:32am February 20, 2019

by Mallory Falk

The Department of Homeland Security is able to waive environmental regulations for national security reasons. Environmentalists worry about the impact on flood plains and wildlife migration patterns.

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Pope Francis has called Catholic leaders from around the world to the Vatican this week for a meeting about clergy sexual abuse.

As Pope Holds Sex Abuse Summit, U.S. Catholics Not Hopeful For 'Bold Moves'

9:42am February 20, 2019

by Tom Gjelten

American Catholics have become disappointed as Pope Francis described the meeting as featuring "prayer and discernment" — hardly an ambitious vision for what could have been a momentous event.

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Mark Schand scoops ice cream at his Sweetwater smoothie cafe in New Britain, Conn. This business is meant to reboot a career Schand says was stolen from him at the age of 19 when he was wrongfully convicted of a crime and was imprisoned for 27 years.

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Plotted From A Prison Cot, Wrongly Accused Man Whips Smoothie Dream Into Reality

5:03am February 20, 2019

by Karen Brown

As an exoneree, Mark Schand did not qualify for job training, tuition help or other re-entry services offered to people on parole. But he did fight for, and receive, monetary compensation.

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A full-scale mockup of a high-speed train on display at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., in 2015. The Trump administration is planning to cancel a $929 million federal grant for the project.

Trump Threatens To Cancel California's $929 Million High Speed Rail Grant

10:16pm February 19, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The president is in a Twitter war with California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the rail project and the president's emergency declaration to build a border wall.

On Tuesday, USA Gymnastics appointed Li Li Leung as its new president and CEO.

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Seeking To Bounce Back From Nassar Fallout, USA Gymnastics Names New President

9:29pm February 19, 2019

by Amy Held

Li Li Leung, a former gymnastics competitor, will now head an organization in turmoil, as USA Gymnastics seeks to recover from its widespread sex abuse scandal.

The safety director at Grand Canyon National Park says people may have been exposed to radiation from three buckets of uranium ore that sat for years in a museum collection building. Whether the amount of exposure was unsafe has not been determined.

Uranium Ore Stored At Grand Canyon Park Museum Unlikely To Have Been Dangerous

9:08pm February 19, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

A safety director issued a public warning that buckets of ore may have exposed employees and tourists to unsafe radiation. But being near natural uranium ore is unlikely to cause an unsafe dose.

Burberry Apologizes For Nooselike Knot On Fashion Hoodie

8:30pm February 19, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

A runway model who objected to the impression made by the drawstring says she was initially told to "keep it to yourself."

In 1949, Ku Klux Klan members ride down a street in Gadsden, Ala., as part of an 18-car parade.

Publisher Of An Alabama Newspaper Calls For The KKK To 'Clean Out' Washington

7:56pm February 19, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

"We'll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them," said Goodloe Sutton, publisher of the Democrat-Reporter, after admitting he wrote an incendiary editorial.

The Air Force is in charge of some military space activities, such as an X-37B experimental robotic space plane, shown here as it was launched by a rocket.

Trump Pushes Ahead With 'Space Force' Despite Hurdles

7:07pm February 19, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

It would be under the umbrella of the Air Force to try to simplify the process. This represents a shift; Trump had stated that he wanted a space force that is "separate but equal" from the Air Force.

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National Security Analyst Discusses Diverting Military Funds For Border Wall

6:15pm February 19, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with national security analyst Mackenzie Eaglen of the American Enterprise Institute about why she thinks diverting military construction funding to a border wall is a mistake.

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