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Ohio's Special Congressional Election Still Too Close To Call

6:05pm August 08, 2018

by Mara Liasson

A special congressional election in Ohio remains too close to call. But since some Republicans think it should have been a "slam-dunk," there's plenty of anxiety over what it means for the GOP this fall.

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Immigration Lawyer Discusses Future Of DACA Program

5:59pm August 08, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Karen Tumlin, legal director for the National Immigration Law Center, about what Wednesday's hearing in Texas means for recipients of the program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.

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What 1 Journalist Learned From Researching The Causes Of The Opioid Epidemic

5:59pm August 08, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with journalist Beth Macy about her new book Dopesick, after she spent the last three years digging into the causes of the opioid epidemic, from rampant overprescribing of painkillers to stigma of heroin addiction in white suburban communities.

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Beach goers wade in the surf at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz , Calif. Public access to some beaches in California may be at risk with legal challenges to the California Coastal Act

New Challenges To Californians' Beach Access

5:59pm August 08, 2018

by Stephanie O'Neill

Californians have long treasured public access to all state beaches. But now private land owners are raising new challenges to the landmark California Coastal Act which enshrines beach access for all.

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Rashida Tlaib (shown in 2008) served as a Michigan state legislator for six years. On Tuesday, Democrats picked her to run unopposed for the congressional seat held by former Rep. John Conyers for more than 50 years. Tlaib would be the first Muslim woman

Detroit's Rashida Tlaib Poised To Become First Muslim Woman In Congress

5:45pm August 08, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Tlaib, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, won the Democratic nomination for former Rep. John Conyers' seat in the House. She'll be running unopposed in November and likely making history.

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A Look At The National Picture Of Gun Violence In The U.S.

4:22pm August 08, 2018

More than 70 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, and yet the city doesn't have the highest homicide rate in the U.S. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Harvard Kennedy School's Thomas Abt about the national picture of gun violence.

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How The White Nationalist Movement Has Changed Since The Charlottesville Rally

4:22pm August 08, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project about the status of white nationalism in the U.S. one year after the violent "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va.

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Work Has Begun To Identify Possible Remains Of U.S. Serviceman

4:22pm August 08, 2018

North Korea made the largest unilateral transfer of what are believed to be remains of U.S. servicemen. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. John Byrd, chief scientist of the Department of Defense, about the challenge of identifying those remains.

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Special counsel Robert Mueller's office is negotiating with the White House about a prospective interview between investigators and President Trump.

Giuliani: New Offer To Mueller May Be 'Last, Best Chance' For Trump Interview

4:10pm August 08, 2018

by Tamara Keith

President Trump's legal team says it's continuing to negotiate the terms of a potential contact between Trump and investigators looking into the Russian attack on the 2016 election.

An appeals court has ruled in favor of the family of José Antonio Elena Rodríguez, who was shot on the Mexican side of the border at Nogales by an American agent who was on the U.S. side of the border.

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Federal Court: Border Agent Doesn't Have Immunity In Teen's Killing At Mexican Border

3:42pm August 08, 2018

by Bill Chappell

It would be "bizarre," the majority opinion states, for a border agent to be granted qualified immunity on the grounds that the teenager was not a U.S. citizen.