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Trump Meets With Democrats To Build Support For Tax Overhaul Plan

6:20pm September 13, 2017

by Scott Horsley

President Trump is engaged in a campaign to build support for a tax overhaul. It includes meeting with Democratic leaders. The details of a tax plan, though, are still weeks away.

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The lawmakers suggest that retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn might have advocated for the nuclear deal while serving as national security adviser.

House Dems: Michael Flynn May Have Lobbied For Nuclear Deal Inside White House

6:10pm September 13, 2017

by Philip Ewing

Retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn may have kept up contacts with the promoters of a vast Middle Eastern nuclear deal even as he was serving as national security adviser.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says the agency will close a loophole that lets drug manufacturers skip pediatric testing in some drugs intended for children.

FDA Moves To Rein In Drugmakers' Abuse Of Orphan Drug Law

5:02pm September 13, 2017

by Sarah Jane Tribble

Following an investigation by Kaiser Health News and NPR, the Food and Drug Administration has moved to close a loophole that lets drugmakers skip pediatric testing of drugs to treat rare diseases.

Smoke plumes rise from the Rice Ridge Fire in August, behind Montana's Seeley Lake Elementary School, in Seeley Lake, Mont.

Montanans Pitch In To Bring Clean Air To Smoky Classrooms

5:00pm September 13, 2017

by Nora Saks

Montana has recently pushed all their young students indoors because of the unprecedented level of smoke from wildfires. Some community groups are now collaborating to clean up that indoor air.

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Houston Officials Consider How To Prevent Future Floods After Harvey

4:31pm September 13, 2017

by Melissa Block

More than 100,000 homes in the Houston area were damaged or destroyed by Harvey's floodwaters. Now the city is trying to figure out what steps should be taken to prevent or reduce future floods, if people should be allowed to rebuild in the flood zones, and if authorities will put a brake on development and agree to restore wetlands.

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Tesla Upgrades Batteries On Some Cars To Help Irma Evacuees

4:31pm September 13, 2017

by Julia Dewitt

To help evacuees from Hurricane Irma drive a little further, Telsa sent an upgrade to some of it's cars that made the battery last longer. This raises the question: if they could do it with software remotely, why didn't they do it before? Many companies try to differentiate between identical or nearly identical products to sell them to some people for more and others for less. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

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British Government Puts $15 Billion Fox-Sky Takeover On Hold

4:31pm September 13, 2017

by David Folkenflik

A British minister is putting up a big obstacle to a $15 billion deal involving the Murdochs, questioning their leadership and commitment to fairness in the wake of scandals at Fox News and other parts of their media empire.

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Florida Faces Enormous Task Of Restoring Power After Hurricane Irma

4:31pm September 13, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Joe Suarez of Florida Power & Light Company about the enormous task of restoring power after a hurricane like Irma.

YouTube Inadvertently Erases Syrian War Videos In Purge Of Extremist Propaganda

4:31pm September 13, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Sarah El Deeb of the Associated Press about YouTube's effort to get rid of extremist propaganda videos from its website. The effort has inadvertently erased thousands of videos that document the Syrian war. Human rights advocates say such documentation could have been used as evidence in future war crime trials.

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California's Orange County Struggles To Combat Growing Homelessness, Opioid Crisis

4:31pm September 13, 2017

by Jesse Hardman

Wealthy Orange County, Calif., has growing homelessness and opioid problems. A new pool of state money is targeting those issues, but a bigger investment is likely needed.