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Legal Fight Continues In Court Over Trump's Immigration Actions

4:33pm February 06, 2017

by Joel Rose

A legal showdown is looming over President Trump's suspension of the nation's refugee program and ban on immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries. Legal filings on both sides have been filed.

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Leon Panetta Warns Trump Travel Ban Increases Chances Of Attack

4:33pm February 06, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta about why he thinks President Trump's travel ban could increase the chances of an attack at home and endanger American troops abroad.

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'The New York Times' Uncovers How ISIS Recruits From Afar

4:33pm February 06, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Rukmini Callimachi of The New York Times about her latest piece on how ISIS recruits via virtual plotting. According to interrogation records of three ISIS suspects obtained by the newspaper, virtual ISIS coaches from Syria and Iraq remotely guide recruiters to carry out attacks through online messages. No longer does a recruiter have to travel to Syria to join or be trained by ISIS; recruits are advised to carry out terror attacks at home.

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An Afghan girl on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, in October 2016. The U.N. mission in Afghanistan says the number of children killed or wounded increased 24 percent last year.

For Afghan Children, A Year Even More Brutal Than The Last

3:58pm February 06, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

A United Nations reports the number of children killed and wounded rose 24 percent in 2016, and that all sides, including the U.S., are to blame for leaving unexploded ordnance in civilian areas.

Outside Trump Tower in New York City, health care justice advocates and other grass-roots groups gathered to demand that Trump not agree to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The Theory That Explains The Anger Of Our Political Moment

3:47pm February 06, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

One thing — relative deprivation — might explain why Obamacare is gaining in popularity, why people are marching in the streets, even why Trump won the presidency.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., seen here with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., at a Jan. 18 hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, says he'd like to see the individual insurance market fixed before repealing Obamacare.

Trump, GOP Lawmakers Back Off From Immediate Obamacare Repeal

2:57pm February 06, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

Both are now saying it's going to take time to come up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act. Figure at least a year, the president said Sunday.

Dashcam video from the Lisle Police Department in Lisle, Ill., captured images of a meteor as it streaked over Lake Michigan early Monday morning.

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WATCH: Huge, Green Fireball Streaks Across Midwest Sky

1:12pm February 06, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

If you were outside in the Midwest around 1:30 Monday morning, you may have received quite a shock. The vivid meteor lit up the sky and set off sonic booms. Dramatic video captured the moment.

Heat and steam from your shower or shave can rob medicine of its potency long before the drug's expiration date.

When Old Medicine Goes Bad

1:06pm February 06, 2017

by Patti Neighmond

With drug prices climbing, you may be tempted to keep unused pills and cough syrups past their expiration date. Don't do it, pharmacists warn. And get all medicine out of the bathroom cabinet now.

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Supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy camp near his ranch on in Bunkerville, Nev., in April 2014. Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management have been locked in a decades-long dispute after Bundy stopped paying grazing fees, which led to an armed standoff again

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1st Trial Over Nevada Standoff Begins For Cliven Bundy Followers

12:52pm February 06, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Bundy refused to pay federal grazing fees and led an armed standoff against federal agents in 2014. The trials against him and his followers are happening in several stages, beginning Monday.

Maureen O'Connell leads an insurance talk in St. Paul, Minn., in 2013 to help attendees understand how the federal health law could affect them.

Minnesota Moves To Shore Up Health Insurance Market

12:26pm February 06, 2017

by Mark Zdechlik

The Minnesota Legislature passed a bailout to make coverage under the Affordable Care Act more affordable, rejected an option for bare-bones insurance and is floating a state-sponsored public option.