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What Is A Perjury Trap and Does It Apply To The Special Counsel's Investigation?

5:41pm August 10, 2018

President Trump's lawyers have said they fear special counsel Robert Mueller might be luring Trump into a "perjury trap." NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to former federal prosecutor Randall Eliason about what a perjury trap is and if it applies here.

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Face-Off Between U.S. And Turkey Escalates

5:41pm August 10, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

President Trump's ongoing battle with Turkey's president has two headstrong leaders taking an important alliance to the brink. It centers on on the case of a U.S. pastor in Turkey.

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Even Famous And Successful Black Women Can Encounter Serious Pregnancy Complications

5:41pm August 10, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine, about the fact that black mothers have a higher mortality rate than white mothers.

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More Than 360 Immigrant Children Still Separated From Their Parents

4:38pm August 10, 2018

by John Sepulvado

On Friday, a federal judge in San Diego heard from Justice Department lawyers and the ACLU on the government's plan to reunite migrant children with their deported parents.

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After Saudi airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen in 2015, people carry the body of a child uncovered from under the rubble. The United Nations has declared Yemen the world's worst humanitarian crisis. When Yemen's war began, Nageeb Alomari decided to bring his wife

A Yemeni-American Wanted To Bring His Family Home. Then Came The Travel Ban.

4:25pm August 10, 2018

by Kelly McEvers

Nageeb Alomari is an American citizen from Yemen. When the civil war started there, Alomari decided to bring his wife and daughters to the U.S. But then President Trump imposed the travel ban.

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Week In Politics: Paul Manafort's Trial And Ohio's Special Congressional Election

4:18pm August 10, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Michelle Goldberg, columnist for The New York Times, and Guy Benson, political editor of Townhall.com about the leaked recording of Rep. Devin Nunes, Paul Manafort's trial, and the impact of the special election in Ohio's 12th District.

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Bea and Doug Duncan outside their home in Natick, Mass. The coaching they got from the Community Reinforcement and Family Training program, they say, gave them tools to help their son Jeff stick to his recovery from drug use. He's 28 now and has been sobe

Families Choose Empathy Over 'Tough Love' To Rescue Loved Ones From Opioids

1:34pm August 10, 2018

by Martha Bebinger

Families are starting to adopt an approach that stresses compassion instead of harsh consequences for loved ones with addiction. Their goal? Keep them alive long enough to recover.

Heather Heyer was killed while protesting against white nationalists at last summer's "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville. Her supervisor, Alfred Wilson, and Heyer's mother, Susan Bro, talk about losing Heyer, during a StoryCorps interview.

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Loved Ones Of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer Cope With Their Loss Together

1:09pm August 10, 2018

"Grief is like standing in the shallows of the ocean, knee-deep in the water," Heyer's mother Susan Bro tells her daughter's former supervisor Alfred Wilson in a StoryCorps interview.

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Chicago Battles Its Image As Murder Capital Of The Nation

12:48pm August 10, 2018

by Cheryl Corley

Despite news about violence in Chicago, the city's crime rate is well below other cities. Even so, officials realize they still must fight the murder capital perception.

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Ziggy Torok and Starla Affatati watch helplessly Thursday as the flames of the Holy Fire close in on Torok's home in the Rice Canyon neighborhood of Lake Elsinore, Calif.

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It's 'All Gonna Burn': As Holy Fire Rages, Authorities Find A Human Suspect

11:04am August 10, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Forrest Gordon Clark, 51, faces a life sentence if convicted of igniting the Southern California blaze. The wildfire has forced more than 21,000 people to evacuate.