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Undocumented immigrants often can't get routine dialysis care and have to wait until their condition worsens to get emergency care.

Another Cause of Doctor Burnout? Being Forced To Give Immigrants Unequal Care

7:08pm May 21, 2018

by Jake Harper

Undocumented patients with kidney disease often can't get treatment unless they are in a state of emergency — this bothers clinicians who want to treat all patients equally.

People walk through a flooded street in in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2015. The city is eyeing $500 million in infrastructure upgrades, installing 80 new pumps over a decade to redirect floodwaters back to the ocean.

Foreign Investors Shrug Off Miami's Rising Sea Levels

7:05pm May 21, 2018

by Roben Farzad

Sea-level rise is so acute in South Florida that local governments are eyeing hundreds of millions in spending to mitigate floodwaters. But wealthy foreign investors don't seem fazed.

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Marc-Andre Fleury, winner of multiple Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, had been cast off to Vegas when a younger player took his spot as starting goalie. Now in goal for the Golden Knights, he's four wins away from adding his name yet again to t

For Vegas Oddsmakers, Home Team's Fairy Tale Season Becomes A Frightfest

6:31pm May 21, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The odds of the Vegas Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup hovered as high as 500-to-1 last fall. Now, the team has made the final in its first season — and some bettors stand to win big.

Abdul Aziz Sheikh (center), the father of Sabika Sheikh, a victim of a shooting at a Texas high school, shows a picture of his daughter in Karachi on Saturday.

'We Were Expecting That She Will Return Alive': Family Mourns Slain Pakistani Student

5:48pm May 21, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

Sabika Sheikh's family was aware of U.S. school shootings, but didn't think it would happen to their daughter. "We were confident that Sabika will be very much safe there," her great-uncle tells NPR.

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Santa Fe Community Mourns Those Killed In Texas School Shooting

4:20pm May 21, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Across Texas people stopped for a moment of silence Monday to honor those killed and injured in Friday's school shooting in Santa Fe. While there are many questions about that day, many are asking, why?

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Family Of Pakistani Exchange Student Killed In Shooting Says She Wanted To Be A Diplomat

4:20pm May 21, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

One of the victims of the school shooting last Friday was a Pakistani exchange student. She came from a country where militants have attacked schools and killed students. And so her killing in the U.S. shocked many people in Pakistan.

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Richard Goodwin (left) worked for John F. Kennedy, first on his presidential campaign and then in the White House. He also wrote influential speeches for President Lyndon Johnson. Goodwin is seen here with Ted Sorensen (center) and Myer Feldman.

Richard Goodwin, Crafter Of Johnson's Famous 'We Shall Overcome' Speech, Dies

4:09pm May 21, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Speechwriter Richard Goodwin, a driving force in American politics during the upheavals of the 1960s and the husband of Doris Kearns Goodwin, has died at age 86.

Jenn Wilmot shows a picture of George after his accident. He was thrown free from the gunner's turret as his Humvee tumbled off a cliff in Iraq. He survived, but with a brain injury, PTSD and a left arm that still looks sewn-on.

VA's Caregiver Program Still Dropping Veterans With Disabilities

3:19pm May 21, 2018

by Quil Lawrence

An NPR investigation last year revealed that a number of VA centers were ejecting hundreds of caregivers from the program. The VA promised reform, but a year later few have returned to the program.

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Lava flows from fissures near Pahoa, Hawaii, on Saturday.

Hawaii Volcano's Lava Spews 'Laze' Of Toxic Gas And Glass Into The Air

2:11pm May 21, 2018

Lava from the Kilauea volcano is pouring into the Pacific Ocean, generating a plume of "laze" — hydrochloric acid and steam with fine glass particles — into the air.

U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and Color Guard march past the space shuttle Enterprise at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on April 19, 2012, in Chantilly, Va.

Trump Hints At Plan To Create 'Space Force' As Sixth Military Branch

1:38pm May 21, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

While the Pentagon opposes the measure, the military has conducted operations in space for 50 years.