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For 18-year-old DaQuan Mosley, working in a funeral home offers a career path — and refuge from gun violence in Chicago. "I love helping people ... when they're going through a tragic time like this in their life," Mosley said.

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Chicago Teen Finds A Refuge From Guns In An Unlikely Place

3:42pm August 08, 2017

by Susie An

DaQuan Mosley has been shot at and says he sees no end to the violence, but a local funeral home is a safe space. "I love helping people ... when they're going through a tragic time," he says.

Eager to attract good help in a tight labor market, large employers say they are newly committed to maintaining health coverage for workers.

Big Employers Say They Will Continue To Offer Health Plans To Their Workers

3:05pm August 08, 2017

by Jay Hancock

Three years ago, only about a quarter of the nation's large employers were "very confident" they would offer health insurance to their workers in 10 years. That number has now risen to 65 percent.

A Metro-North passenger train rolls through the Spuyten Duyvil station in New York in December of 2013, days after a train derailed in a deadly crash as it approached the station.

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Regulators Pull Plan To Test Truckers, Train Operators For Sleep Apnea

2:38pm August 08, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Two U.S. agencies are ending their push to screen truck drivers and train operators a year after saying the sleep disorder "can cause unintended sleep episodes and resulting deficits in attention."

Mayor Megan Barry shakes hands with Judge Richard Dinkins at her inauguration in 2015. Her son, Max Barry (center), died last month of a drug overdose, his parents said. Mayor Barry intends to use her platform to "inspire and encourage other parents out t

Nashville Mayor Mourns Son's Overdose Death, Urges Families To Talk About Addiction

12:13pm August 08, 2017

by Tony Gonzalez

"Max is not going to text me back. I'm not going to hear his voice again," Mayor Megan Barry said of her only child. The 22-year-old died last month of an apparent overdose near Denver.

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Retired astrophysicist Fred Espenak (right) and his wife, Patricia, photographed a total solar eclipse from Jinta, China, on Aug. 1, 2008. He has witnessed 27 such events and plans to be in Casper, Wyo., on Aug. 21 — depending on the forecast.

Go See It, Eclipse Chasers Urge. 'Your First Time Is Always Special'

11:58am August 08, 2017

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A small number of passionate "shadow lovers" roam the world to be at exactly the right place when the moon blots out the sun. One man has seen 33 — and calls each "one of the top events of my life."

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Retired CIA station chief Daniel Hoffman says Russia intended for Donald Trump Jr.'s June 2016 meeting with Russians to be discovered.

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Cover Lifted, A CIA Spy Offers His Take On Trump And Russia

11:19am August 08, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

Former CIA operative Daniel Hoffman spent five years in Moscow. He's certain the Russians meddled in last year's presidential election and intended that some of their activities be exposed.

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At Long Last, Signs That College Tuition Might Come Down

9:49am August 08, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

The costs of higher education are softening in some places, but experts aren't too excited yet.

The Cubist Revolution: Minecraft For All

7:42am August 08, 2017

by Eric Westervelt

Minecraft, one of the most popular video games in the world, is touted for its educational possibilities. But is that potential really accessible to all?

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The chip has not been tested in humans, but it has been used to heal wounds in mice.

A Chip That Reprograms Cells Helps Healing, At Least In Mice

5:00am August 08, 2017

by Angus Chen

This device shoots new genetic code into cells to make them change their purpose. Researchers say the chip could someday be used to treat injuries in humans. But they've got a long, long way to go.

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3 Scouts Dead After Sailboat Hits Power Line In Texas

11:29pm August 07, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The Boy Scouts were attending a camp on the shores of Lake O' The Pines in east Texas when a Hobie Cat they were aboard snagged an overhanging transmission cable.