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An October vigil is held one week after the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Newly unsealed documents reveal details of the early stage of the investigation.

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Documents Reveal Second Person Of Interest In Las Vegas Shooting

1:08pm February 01, 2018

by Leila Fadel

A man named as a second person of interest in affidavits from the early days of the police investigation into the Las Vegas shooting in October says the gunman bought ammunition from him and left.

Ex-CIA Director Hayden Weighs In On Republican Surveillance Memo

10:22am February 01, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to Gen. Michael Hayden, ex-CIA director, about the clash between the FBI and White House over the release of a secret memo regarding FBI surveillance of a Trump campaign member.

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A report from the Human Rights Watch makes the case that federal law enforcers, police, and local prosecutors are concealing the origins of evidence and intelligence in scores of criminal cases, especially drug arrests.

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Report Alleges Police Use Secret Evidence Collected By Feds To Make Arrests

10:07am February 01, 2018

by Eric Westervelt

A Human Rights Watch report raises questions about the legality of some investigative tactics federal, state and local police are allegedly using to mask sources of evidence in criminal cases.

Leah Sarris (center) is the head chef and program director at the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine at Tulane University. She teaches healthy cooking techniques and educates people about the significant role that food plays in preventing and managing

Can Cooking Classes Keep Chronic Heart Failure Patients Out Of The Hospital?

10:00am February 01, 2018

by Lela Nargi

At Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans, researchers are teaching heart disease sufferers what makes a healthy meal — and how to cook one. The program will monitor how this affects readmission rates.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen waits for a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 29, 2017.

With Focus On Unemployment, Yellen Led Fed Through Tough Balancing Act

9:00am February 01, 2018

by John Ydstie

As she leaves the Fed's top job, Janet Yellen gets high marks for the way she resisted calls to raise interest rates as the economy began recovering. Instead, she was determined to boost job growth.

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A California judge said "we swipe left, and reverse" a lower court's ruling.

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'We Swipe Left' On Tinder's 'Discriminatory' Pricing, Court Says

8:33am February 01, 2018

by James Doubek

A California appeals court said Tinder had to stop charging more for people age 30 and over to use its Tinder Plus premium service, saying it was discriminatory.

Kean, Subway Sandwich Artist by Shauna Frischkorn

From Sandwich Shops To Cotton Mills, Art That Honors The American Worker

8:07am February 01, 2018

by Susan Stamberg

A Subway employee, a cleaning woman and a 1908 child laborer are all part of a National Portrait Gallery exhibition called "The Sweat Of Their Face."

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2020 Census Will Ask Whites More About Their Ethnicity

8:02am February 01, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Census Bureau says people who mark "white" as their race will be asked to write in their origins in countries such as Germany. Some white people say they're not sure how to answer that question.

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Student Journalists Launch Website After They Say School Censored Their Paper

7:26am February 01, 2018

by Steve Inskeep

Two Utah high school journalists take matters into their own hands when their school removed a story from the school paper's website. The students started digging into the story in November.

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U.S. Renews Temporary Protected Status For Some Syrians

6:09am February 01, 2018

by Deborah Amos

Syrians who have been allowed to live in the U.S. since 2016 under Temporary Protected Status are permitted now to register for another 18 months because of the continuing war there.