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Oklahoma's Republican Senator On Russian Meddling In U.S. Elections

12:16pm July 10, 2017

by Mary Louise Kelly

In light of Friday's meeting between President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Sen. James Lankford on the state of U.S.-Russian diplomacy.

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Study: Holding Kids Back A Grade Doesn't Necessarily Hold Them Back

11:45am July 10, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

Grade retention has mixed results for school performance, a large study of students in Florida shows.

Activist Bree Newsome scaled a flagpole and removed the Confederate flag from a monument at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C following a deadly shooting at a historically black church in Charleston. The flag was officially removed from the grounds days lat

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2 Years After S.C.'s Flag Came Down, Cities Grapple With Confederate Symbols

11:28am July 10, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

A Confederate flag came down at the South Carolina statehouse weeks after the murders of nine people at a historically black church. Such symbols continue to generate controversy.

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Artist's impression of Jupiter's Great Red Spot heating the upper atmosphere.

NASA Spacecraft Gets Up Close With Jupiter's Great Red Spot

10:33am July 10, 2017

by Joe Palca

NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly directly over the Great Red Spot, a swirling storm on Jupiter, on Monday. Scientists are hoping to gain a better understanding of the storm and why it persists.

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Trump Jr. Met With Russian Lawyer With Promise Of Damaging Clinton Information

9:50am July 10, 2017

by Tamara Keith

President Trump's eldest son admitted to meeting a Kremlin-linked lawyer after being offered information that could have been "helpful" to his father's campaign.

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Iraq's Prime Minister Celebrates Win Over ISIS In Mosul

9:41am July 10, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Haider al-Abadi says ISIS has been driven from its Mosul stronghold, but the prime minister must now knit together a country riven by sectarian tensions and foreign sponsors.

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Lara Hogan developed preeclampsia when she was pregnant with her son Zion in 2016. Both are fine now, but she's taking extra precautions to stay healthy.

Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Are More Likely To Develop Heart Disease

9:41am July 10, 2017

by Anna Gorman

Women who develop diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy, or whose babies are born prematurely, often are unaware of their own increased risk of heart disease later. So are their doctors.

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