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Feds Alter Policies To Ease Overcrowding In Migrant Shelters

11:26am December 19, 2018

by John Burnett

After an unexpected policy change, the Department of Health and Human Services plans to speed the vetting of sponsors so that more migrant children can be released from custody.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a celebration for scientists and engineers who contributed to the nation's latest nuclear test.

Open Scientific Collaboration May Be Helping North Korea Cheat Nuclear Sanctions

11:26am December 19, 2018

New research shared exclusively with NPR suggests that Pyongyang is refining its weapons technology through open scientific research. China leads the way in scientific collaboration with North Korea.

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Los Angeles County firefighters, from left: Brian Knutson, Jay Colvin, Adam Young and Marcus Carballo. Knutson lives in the community and says this is the worst fire any of them can ever remember. "It's always hard to talk to someone that's lost their hou

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Biker Bar In The Malibu Hills Serves As Bedrock For A Fire-Ravaged Community

10:01am December 19, 2018

The Rock Store, run by the Savko family for more than 50 years, is one of the few structures still standing after last month's Woolsey Fire. There, amid the destruction, locals found help and hope.

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The initial test for hepatitis C is an inexpensive blood test to check for antibodies that indicate the person's been exposed to the virus. If that antibody test is positive, a second test is done to see if the virus is circulating in the bloodstream —

Why Aren't More Users Of Opioids Or Meth Screened For Hepatitis C?

9:24am December 19, 2018

by Michelle Andrews

As the number of people who inject drugs and share needles has soared, the rate of infection with hep C has climbed, too. Yet many drug treatment patients aren't tested for the liver-damaging virus.

Tax That Funds Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Is Set To Expire

7:32am December 19, 2018

by Becca Schimmel

Thousands of coal miners who are suffering from an advanced stage of black lung disease fear that, if Congress doesn't act, a government fund set up to help them won't have enough money.

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Peter Brown was held by the county sheriff at the direction of Immigration Customs Enforcement because the agency erroneously identified him as a Jamaican who was here illegally and flagged him for deportation. In fact, Brown was born in Philadelphia, rai

ICE Detained The Wrong Peter Brown

7:15am December 19, 2018

by Greg Allen

In the Florida Keys, a U.S. citizen is suing the sheriff's office for detaining him on behalf of federal immigration authorities, who mistakenly identified him as a criminal alien.

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Thief In Wisconsin Walks Off With Cardboard Cutout Of Police Chief

6:59am December 19, 2018

The life-size replica of the Green Bay police chief was warning against shoplifting, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette. Chief Andrew Smith says over all, shoplifting is down 5 percent.

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Bay Area Woman Commutes 90 Miles One Way For Work

5:59am December 19, 2018

by Sam Harnett

Commutes for Americans are getting longer. Nowhere is that more true than near big cities with expensive housing. One Bay area woman commutes 90 miles one way for jobs in the city.

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News Brief: Justice Bill, Migrants' Release, Pyongyang Cheats Sanctions

5:59am December 19, 2018

Senate approves bipartisan criminal justice bill. Several thousand migrant children in U.S. custody could be released soon. Open scientific collaboration may be helping North Korea cheat on sanctions.

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Former coal miner Danny Smith and his family used to ride their ATVs and go camping on this reclaimed strip mining site in Pike County, Ky. But Smith is no longer able to do such things because of his advanced black lung disease.

An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It

9:44pm December 18, 2018

More than 2,000 miners in Appalachia are dying from an advanced stage of black lung. NPR and Frontline have found the government had multiple warnings and opportunities to protect them, but didn't.

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