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Newspaper Editor Describes Struggle To Heal From Orlando Nightclub Shooting

5:04pm December 20, 2016

Six months after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., NPR's Ari Shapiro checks back in with Billy Manes, editor of the city's LGBT newspaper, Watermark.

Alabama Official Apologizes After Cutting Down Tree For Trump Rally

5:04pm December 20, 2016

An official in Mobile, Ala., apologized for cutting down a beloved cedar tree that was removed from a park on Friday for the purpose of forming a backdrop to a Trump rally.

Democrats Face Difficult Path Forward After Bruising 2016 Election

4:29pm December 20, 2016

by Mara Liasson

Democrats have some major tasks ahead in the new year as they try to rebuild their party after a bruising 2016 election outcome put them well out of power in the White House, Congress and many states.

College Football Players Sit Out Bowl Games In Anticipation Of NFL Draft

4:29pm December 20, 2016

by Tom Goldman

College football players worried about injuries are sitting out bowl games to better their chances in the NFL draft.

John Evard, 70, at the Las Vegas Recovery Center in Las Vegas last July. Evard, a retired tax attorney, checked into a rehabilitation program to help him quit the prescribed opioids that had left him depressed, groggy and dependent on the drugs.

Opioids Can Derail The Lives Of Older People, Too

4:29pm December 20, 2016

by Jenny Gold

Doctors have commonly managed the persistent pain of people over 65 with prescription opioids. But that has left some still in pain, and with a physical and emotional dependence that can ruin life.

Darnell Earley, former emergency manager of Flint, Mich., at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in March.

2 Former Flint Emergency Managers, 2 Others Face Felony Charges Over Water Crisis

4:19pm December 20, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

"All too prevalent in this Flint Water Investigation was a priority on balance sheets and finances rather than health and safety of the citizens of Flint," Michigan's attorney general stated.

Privacy groups have filed a complaint about My Friend Cayla dolls to the Federal Trade Commission, arguing that they spy on children.

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This Doll May Be Recording What Children Say, Privacy Groups Charge

4:12pm December 20, 2016

by Brian Naylor

Privacy advocates have filed a complaint with U.S. regulators about the Internet-connected doll called My Friend Cayla. They say the toy can record and transmit everything children say to it.

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Russell Moore (left), president of the Southern Baptists' Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, is under attack from some of the religious right figures he criticized during the U.S. presidential campaign.

Evangelical Leader Under Attack For Criticizing Trump Supporters

3:33pm December 20, 2016

by Tom Gjelten

Russell Moore, who presides over the political arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, called out religious right figures who supported Trump notwithstanding his "serious moral problems."

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President-elect Donald Trump and investor Wilbur Ross, his nominee for commerce secretary, pose for a photo following their meeting at Trump International Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., on Nov. 20.

Trump's Immigration Plan Could Undermine Promise To Boost Economy

3:21pm December 20, 2016

by John Ydstie

Donald Trump says he will double the U.S. growth rate; that requires getting more people into the workforce. The president-elect also plans to limit immigration, the biggest source of new workers.

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A Rare Bird Flu Infects Cats In New York City Shelter

2:52pm December 20, 2016

by Angus Chen

Health officials are tracking people who interacted with the sick cats, since flu viruses can jump from animals to people. In this case they think there's probably little risk to humans.