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Yosemite Valley To Reopen After Closure Due To Fire and Smoke

8:19am August 11, 2018

by Ezra Romero

Yosemite Valley is scheduled to reopen next week while firefighters continue to fight the Ferguson fire. Still, climate scientists and forest managers say change is at hand for the iconic National Park.

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Paul Manafort Trial Continues Next Week

8:19am August 11, 2018

The trial of Paul Manafort is expected to continue into next week. NPR's Scott Simon talks to former federal prosecutor Tim Belevetz about what to expect.

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How Separation Affected A Migrant Family

8:19am August 11, 2018

The Trump administration reunited some migrant families, but many are still healing from the separation. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Mircy, a woman who fled Guatemala and was reunited with her son.

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Charlottesville Marks One Year Since Deadly White Supremacist Rally

8:19am August 11, 2018

by Debbie Elliott

Across Charlottesville, Va., people are remembering last year's violent and deadly rally organized by white nationalists. Students, community leaders and others are marking the occasion with vigils.

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On The Front Lines Of 'Zero Tolerance'

8:19am August 11, 2018

by Julie Small

Border Patrol agents are on the front lines, tracking down and arresting migrants crossing the border illegally.

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Man Steals Airplane From Seattle Airport, Crashes On Island

8:19am August 11, 2018

by Austin Jenkins

A man stole an airplane Friday night from Sea-Tac airport. Planes in the area were grounded and two F-15s responded from Portland before the plane crashed on a nearby island.

One of the many abandoned homes outside Ogallala, Neb.

Rural America Faces A Crisis In 'Adequate Housing'

8:19am August 11, 2018

by Kirk Siegler

Small towns have their own version of the housing crisis: not enough homes being built, plus a lack of move-in ready homes. Local leaders say it's hard to expand the tax base without more homes.

White nationalists, neo-Nazis, KKK and members of the "alt-right" demonstrated during last year's "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va.

After Charlottesville, Alt-Right Groups Splinter, Distance From White Supremacy

6:02am August 11, 2018

One year after the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., experts who monitor domestic extremism in the United States are taking stock of where the far-right movement stands.

Alaska Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Sea-Tac International Airport Friday evening, Aug. 10, 2018, in SeaTac, Wash.

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Man Steals Plane And Crashes After 'Unauthorized Takeoff' From Seattle Airport

4:45am August 11, 2018

by James Doubek

A 29-year-old man stole a plane from Seattle's airport, flying for about an hour before crashing on a nearby island. No one else was on board, the airline said.

Plaintiff Dewayne Johnson, shown on July 9, listening to his attorney speak about his condition during the Monsanto trial in San Francisco. On Friday, a jury awarded Johnson $289 million in damages after ruling that Monsanto intentionally concealed the he

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Jury Awards Terminally Ill Man $289 Million In Lawsuit Against Monsanto

10:04pm August 10, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

After three days of deliberation the San Francisco jury sided with Dewayne Johnson, a former school groundskeeper who regularly used the popular herbicide Roundup.