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Traffic backed up on Interstate 75 near the Florida/Georgia state line as people fled Hurricane Irma on Sept. 8, 2017, in Jennings, Fla.

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Lessons From Hurricane Irma: When To Evacuate And When To Shelter In Place

8:29am June 01, 2018

by Greg Allen

As the 2018 hurricane season begins, experts and emergency managers have been studying last year's evacuations before Hurricane Irma. Nearly 7 million people left Florida to escape the hurricane.

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Champion Crowned At Scripps National Spelling Bee

7:26am June 01, 2018

Fourteen-year-old Karthik Nemmani won with the word "koinonia," referring to Christian fellowship or communion. All three finalists hail from Texas.

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Navy Ad Campaign Hopes To Attract New Generation Of Young, Tech-Savvy Recruits

7:09am June 01, 2018

by Tom Bowman

All the armed services are confronting a challenging environment for adding numbers to their ranks. The U.S. is near full employment and fewer young people physically qualify.

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A pink umbrella peeks through a collapsed tent home on L.A's Skid Row.

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Women Of LA's Skid Row Tell Their Stories Through The Anger, Despair On Their Faces

7:02am June 01, 2018

by Gloria Hillard

One 51-year-old woman has been living on the streets for two years. "I've been raped, I've been stabbed, it's been hard out here for me," she says.

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Arquette: After Rejecting Weinstein, 'I Had A Completely Different Career'

11:13pm May 31, 2018

Rosanna Arquette, one of the first actresses to come forward regarding a sexually abusive encounter with movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, says the charges against him aren't the result of a "witch hunt."

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As awareness grows about the environmental toll of single-use plastics, retailers and regulators alike are finding ways to decrease their use. And straws have become a prime target.

Last Straw For Plastic Straws? Cities, Restaurants Move To Toss These Sippers

8:34pm May 31, 2018

by Sara Kiley Watson

As awareness grows about the environmental toll of single-use plastics, U.S. retailers and regulators alike are finding ways to decrease their use. And straws have become a prime target.

Paul Smith says he wanted "take a page from the Russian playbook" to influence a California congressional campaign.

Inspired By Russia, He Bought Influence On Facebook

8:33pm May 31, 2018

by Aarti Shahani

In California, a political novice is helping shape a hotly contested Democratic congressional primary by buying influence on Facebook. He says he wanted to "take a page from the Russian playbook."

Trump Administration Plans To Extend Steel And Aluminum Tariffs To Canada, Mexico And EU

6:18pm May 31, 2018

by Scott Horsley

The Trump administration is extending steel and aluminum tariffs to Canada, Mexico, and the European Union Thursday. The move is likely to trigger retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports.

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President Trump Pardons Conservative Commentator Dinesh D'Souza

6:18pm May 31, 2018

President Trump issued a full pardon for conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza Wednesday. D'Souza pleaded guilty in 2014 to making illegal campaign contributions. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Mark Osler, a former federal prosecutor, who now runs a commutation clinic at the University of St. Thomas Law School, about the decision.

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National Park Service Finds Permanent Home For Cremains Left At Vietnam Veterans Memorial

6:18pm May 31, 2018

The National Park Service announced Wednesday that it has found a permanent home for the cremains that had been left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It has arranged for a veterans group to have them interred at a cemetery in Virginia.

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