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Trump Postpones VP Announcement After Truck Attack In Nice, France

8:15pm July 14, 2016

by Mara Liasson

Donald Trump tweeted he is postponing the announcement of his running mate in light of the truck attack in Nice. The presumptive GOP nominee planned to make his announcement Friday in Manhattan.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Apologizes Over Recent Remarks About Donald Trump

6:53pm July 14, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

In an interview with NPR, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reiterated her mea culpa Thursday over her "ill advised" public criticism of Donald Trump.

Study Explores Links Between Politics And Racial Bias

6:53pm July 14, 2016

A new study looks at the link between racial bias and the Tea Party. Researchers found that people who looked at images of Barack Obama that were edited to make his skin look darker were more likely to express support for the Tea Party.

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Long List Of Prominent Republicans Refuse To Attend Cleveland Convention

6:53pm July 14, 2016

by Don Gonyea

A long list of Republicans will not be attending the Republican National Convention this week in Cleveland. Some oppose Donald Trump as the nominee. Others say they will support the nominee but do so without mentioning Trump's name. Some say they have better things to do, even though they've never missed a convention. NPR reports on the most prominent no-shows.

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A small memorial marks the former homestead of the Nicely family, who died in the June flooding of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

Emotional Healing After A Flood Can Take Just As Long As Rebuilding

6:53pm July 14, 2016

by Kara Lofton

Three weeks after the flooding in West Virginia, the phrase "West Virginia Strong" is painted everywhere. But no matter how strong the community, emotional healing after a disaster takes a long time.

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Federal Reserve Refuses To Budge On Interest Rates Despite Market Highs

6:53pm July 14, 2016

by Jim Zarroli

The U.S. Federal Reserve is still so concerned about the economy that it has put off even a small increase in interest rates. The decision comes at a time when the Dow Jones and the S&P have rallied to record highs.

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In 1964's The Best Man, presidential candidate and principled intellectual William Russell (Henry Fonda) competes with a TV-savvy opportunist at his (unspecified) party's convention.

What Do Contested Conventions Look Like? Ask Hollywood And Sinclair Lewis

6:53pm July 14, 2016

by Bob Mondello

Thanks to movies, novels and TV, Bob Mondello knows what a contested convention would be like: raucous crowd, oppressive din and (if movies are any guide) Angela Lansbury scheming in the corner.

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People line up to buy groceries outside a supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela's capital, on July 13. The State Department issued a travel warning for the country on July 7. Four other countries have been the subject of U.S. travel warnings since July 1.

U.S. Often Issues Travel Warnings, But Lately The Tables Are Turned

6:53pm July 14, 2016

by Jackie Northam

The State Department regularly issues travel alerts for U.S. citizens. Now U.S. gun violence has led other countries to urge their own citizens to show caution when visiting the U.S.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends a conference in October 2010 in Long Beach, California.

LISTEN: Justice Ginsburg Expands On Decision To Apologize For Trump Remarks

6:48pm July 14, 2016

by Meg Anderson

"I said something I should not have said," Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in an interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Marine ecologist Neil Hammerschlag says he can sometimes identify sharks like Emma (pictured) by the way they move. "It's pretty cool to be able to jump in the water and say, 'Hey look, there's Emma the tiger shark!' "

A Marine Ecologist On Swimming With Sharks And What 'Jaws' Got Wrong

6:17pm July 14, 2016

Neil Hammerschlag has looked inside the mouth of a wild tiger shark and lived to tell the tale. He says that sharks pose only a very small risk to people: "Humans are not on the shark's menu."

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