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FDNY Members Deploy in Support of Hurricane Florence.

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On The Anniversary of Sept. 11, FDNY Deploys To Hurricane Florence

8:39pm September 13, 2018

by Amanda Morris

A special task force of NYPD and New York Fire Department members are assisting in efforts to save people caught up in the wind and waters of Hurricane Florence. They left New York on Sept. 11.

A West Texas tent shelter for unaccompanied minor immigrants in Tornillo, Texas. The government announced this week that the camp is expanding from 1,200 to 3,800 beds to accomodate an increasing number of immigrants crossing the border.

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Shelters For Immigrant Teens Expanded As Record Numbers Continue To Cross

8:25pm September 13, 2018

by John Burnett

Over 12,000 immigrant teens are being held in shelters across the country. Record numbers continue to cross and the government is expanding shelter capacity to hold them.

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Suspected Gas Explosions In Massachusetts

8:05pm September 13, 2018

by Tovia Smith

There have been multiple "gas" explosions in the towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover. Massachusetts State Police says Columbia Gas company is shutting off power in those areas.

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North Carolina Coastal Development Policy

8:04pm September 13, 2018

The risk of hurricanes hasn't stopped developers from building along the state's coast. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to University of North Carolina's Institute of Marine Sciences Director Rick Luettich.

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What Hurricane Florence Tells Us About Climate Change

8:02pm September 13, 2018

by Christopher Joyce

Florence is wetter, wider — and maybe slower, due to climate change, according to new research. And flood insurance isn't keeping up with how climate change is altering hurricanes.

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U.S. Is Running Out Of Space For Separated Migrant Families

8:02pm September 13, 2018

by John Burnett

The government is running out of shelter space to put teenaged immigrants from Central America who are in its care, complicating the picture of how to handle unauthorized immigrants seeking asylum.

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Businesses Pulled Into Natural Disaster Preparations

8:02pm September 13, 2018

by Alina Selyukh

In preparing for a natural disaster like the impending Hurricane Florence, companies like Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Walgreens have become a major part of the nation's emergency planning process.

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Funeral Held For Botham Jean

8:02pm September 13, 2018

by Wade Goodwyn

Family and friends buried Botham Jean on Thursday. He was shot to death inside his apartment by a Dallas police officer who says she mistook his apartment for her own — but many questions remain.

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A Decade Later, America's Response To The Financial Crisis

8:02pm September 13, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Cardiff Garcia, host of the economics podcast The Indicator, about how people who lived through the financial crisis — and suffered from it — changed their behavior.

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File photo shows a patient receiving a "vampire facial" whereby platelet-rich plasma is isolated from the blood and then re-injected into the face.

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'Vampire Facial' Becomes Actual Horror As N.M. Spa Clients Face HIV Testing

6:40pm September 13, 2018

by Amy Held

After a client of an Albuquerque spa developed an infection, health officials conducted an inspection and urged others who received needle treatments to get tested for blood-borne diseases.