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Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards Reflects On Her Decision to Step Down

5:39pm January 26, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

Planned Parenthood says the organization's president, Cecile Richards is stepping down after more than a decade with the organization. Her 12-year career at the organization was full of highs and lows.

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After Larry Nassar's Sentencing, Eyes Turn To Michigan State University

5:18pm January 26, 2018

by Rebecca Kruth

Following the sentencing of former doctor Larry Nassar for sexually abusing dozens of women and girls, people are turning to Michigan State University. There's anger at the university that's mainly directed at administrators, but students are also working to make positive change on their campus.

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The Case Of The Serial Stowaway, Marilyn Hartman

4:21pm January 26, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to writer Joe Eskenazi about the case of Marilyn Hartman, a 66-year-old woman, who habitually tries to sneak onto planes and fly without a ticket. Last week, she made it all the way to London Heathrow from Chicago.

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Why This East Village Bar Has A Ban On The Word 'Literally'

4:21pm January 26, 2018

The Continental, a bar in New York's East Village has a ban against customers using the word "literally," or what it says is "the most overused, annoying word in the English language and we will not tolerate it."

Elad Dvash-Banks (left) and his husband, Andrew, pose for photos with their twin sons, Ethan (right) and Aiden, in their Los Angeles apartment on Tuesday. Ethan is a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against the State Department that seeks the same rights as

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Same-Sex Couples Sue U.S. Government For Kids' Citizenship

3:49pm January 26, 2018

by Leila Fadel

The children were born to two married, same-sex couples with a U.S. citizen parent and foreign parent. The children were denied citizenship because they're genetically tied to only the foreign parent.

The revelation that a favorite uncle had died from a long-hidden drug habit shook Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky to his core. Last month Ostrovksy quit his job as Medicaid's chief medical officer and joined a group that's working to dispel the shame of addiction.

An Uncle's Overdose Spurs Medicaid Official To Change Course

3:44pm January 26, 2018

by Emmarie Huetteman

Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, until recently chief medical officer for Medicaid, quit his job to more directly fight the stigma of addiction — a stigma that made his beloved uncle afraid to ask for help.

A map shows the locations of the U.S. Census Bureau's regional offices for the 2020 census.

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2020 Census To Keep Racial, Ethnic Categories Used In 2010

3:40pm January 26, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

Census experts say the announcement about the 2020 national headcount suggests the Trump administration will not approve Obama-era proposals to change how the government asks about race and ethnicity.

The 1936 film You Can't Get Away With It about the FBI portrays a typical G-man of the era, complete with machine gun.

The Massive Case Of Collective Amnesia: The FBI Has Been Political From The Start

3:24pm January 26, 2018

by Ron Elving

The fact is, controversy about the FBI is anything but new. And political goals of one kind or another have been part of the reason for the agency since its inception.

Flu Season Rages On, Hitting Baby Boomers Unusually Hard

2:52pm January 26, 2018

Flu is widespread throughout the country, according to latest federal numbers. Those 65 and older are the most affected, but baby boomers are ending up in the hospital at an unusually high rate.

President Trump sought to fire the special counsel but acquiesced when the White House's top lawyer didn't go along. That doesn't mean Mueller is out of danger.

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If Trump Sought To Fire Mueller But Didn't, Does That Mean Mueller's Safe Now?

2:16pm January 26, 2018

by Philip Ewing

President Trump elected not to press the White House's top lawyer when he wouldn't go along with firing special counsel Robert Mueller. But none of Trump's legal options are closed.