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The Trucking Industry: A Focus On Smuggling And Human Trafficking

5:55pm August 12, 2017

by Clay Masters

The trailer in a human smuggling case in Texas that left 10 people dead belonged to a small-town trucking company in Iowa. The incident has helped raised awareness among truckers.

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'Barbershop': – A Roundup Of This Week's Issues In technology And Culture

5:55pm August 12, 2017

A Google memo spurs gender debates, Airbnb cancels bookings by users connected to the "Unite The Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va. and a DC man schedules six dates in one night and gets caught.

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White Supremacist Protest In Virginia Leaves One Dead

5:55pm August 12, 2017

White nationalists and counter-protesters clashed in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has declared a state of emergency in response to the violence.

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Trump Speaks Out Against Violence In Charlottesville

5:55pm August 12, 2017

President Donald Trump spoke out against the violence that erupted earlier today at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va.

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White Supremacist Rally In Virginia Turns Violent

5:55pm August 12, 2017

A white supremacist rally in Charlottesville turned violent Saturday, with a vehicle plowing into the crowd. Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy reacts to the incident.

Reactions Out Of China And Guam Over Exchanges Between U.S. And North Korea

5:55pm August 12, 2017

President Trump spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron amid mounting tensions with North Korea. Trump is not backing down from his rhetoric on North Korea.

Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is also home to one of the few scoreboards still operated by hand.

Inside Wrigley Field, The Scorekeepers Stay True To Baseball's Beginnings

8:10am August 12, 2017

by David Schaper

The home of the Chicago Cubs is also home to one of two manually-operated scoreboards. Within the 80-year-old scoreboard, a different game of running and shouting has kept the spectator sport in play.

As Rhetoric Ramps Up, Are Today's Kids Worried About Nuclear War?

7:39am August 12, 2017

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers the era of "duck and cover" and making grisly jokes with other kids about nuclear war. But he also remembers the nightmares, and hopes kids aren't simlarly troubled now.

Nicole O'Hara was diagnosed with breast cancer at 29 years old. She decided to have her mastectomy scars covered up with a tattoo.

VIDEO: Where Mastectomy Scars Raged, A Tattoo Garden Blooms

5:00am August 12, 2017

Nicole O'Hara was 29 when she had a double mastectomy after a cancer diagnosis. She chose to cover the scars with a tattoo that blooms like her garden, with apple blossoms, bluebells and heather.

President Donald Trump speaks to law enforcement officials on the street gang MS-13, July 28 in Brentwood, N.Y.

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Trump Administration Accused Of Falsely Saying Immigrant Teens Have Gang Ties

10:52pm August 11, 2017

by Sarah Gonzalez

The ACLU's class-action lawsuit alleges that the government is illegally detaining teens from Suffolk County, N.Y., based on unsubstantiated claims that they are members of transnational street gangs.