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House intelligence committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has cleared Donald Trump's presidential campaign of conspiring with Russia's attack on the 2016 election.

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House Intelligence GOP Releases Full Report Clearing Trump In Russia Imbroglio

11:55am April 27, 2018

by Philip Ewing

The heavily redacted report includes new background about the committee's investigation but found no conspiracy between Trump aides and Russian active measures.

In a 2009 StoryCorps interview, Charisse Spencer (right) shares with her son Myles Spencer-Watson her memories of growing up in Virginia during the 1960s civil rights movement.

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'We Were Representing Our Whole Race': A Mom Passes On Her Civil Rights Story

11:38am April 27, 2018

Charisse Spencer grew up in the country's largest black suburb during the 1960s. She tells her son about being one of the first African-Americans to integrate an all-white school in Virginia.

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Thick plumes of smoke rise from the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wis., which was hit by an explosion and a series of fires on Thursday.

Emergency Evacuation Finally Lifted After Huge Oil Refinery Fire In Superior, Wis.

9:39am April 27, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The evacuation zone had extended for miles. The Canadian-owned refinery processes crude from the Canadian tar sands in Alberta and from North Dakota's Bakken shale oil fields.

Analysts expected consumer spending growth to slow in the first quarter, curbing overall economic growth.

U.S. Economic Growth Slowed To 2.3 Percent

9:15am April 27, 2018

by John Ydstie

Consumers didn't keep up with the blistering pace of spending, which meant slower economic growth. But recently, growth has tended to pick up momentum later in the year.

Senegalese Army Gen. Amadou Kane (left) receives the 2016 Flintlock flag from U.S. Army Gen. Donald Bolduc during the inauguration of a military base in Thiès, Senegal, in February 2016, during a three-week joint military exercise between African, U.S. a

The U.S. Has No Clear Strategy For Africa. Here's Why It Really Needs One

8:47am April 27, 2018

by Donald C. Bolduc

The U.S. relies on a threat-focused approach, when the international community should also support economic and governance development in the region, argues the ex-special forces commander for Africa.

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Packages move down a conveyor system to the proper shipping area at the new Amazon Fulfillment Center in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 9. Amazon's profits, announced on Thursday, roughly tripled what analysts had been expecting.

Amazon Reports Huge Quarterly Profits, Hikes Prime Membership Fee

6:09am April 27, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Amazon's first quarter sales reached $51 billion, a 43 percent increase over last year. Its net income was $1.6 billion. Amazon also increased its annual Prime membership fee to $119 a year from $99.

Teachers Walk Out In Colorado

5:59am April 27, 2018

by Sam Brasch

Colorado's largest school districts will be closed Friday to accommodate further teacher walkouts. Teachers are asking for better pay, more school funding and a protected retirement plan.

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Cosby Convicted Of Sexual Assault

5:59am April 27, 2018

by Laura Benshoff

A Pennsylvania jury found Bill Cosby guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004. A previous trial on the same charges ended in a hung jury last year.

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Cosby Accuser Reacts To Verdict

5:59am April 27, 2018

Bill Cosby was found guilty of sexual assault on Thursday. NPR's David Greene speaks with Donna Motsinger. She accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1972.

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Flint Activist On Water Crisis

5:59am April 27, 2018

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to LeeAnne Walters, who recently won the Goldman Environmental Prize, about the current state of the water crisis in Flint, Mich.

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