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Secretary Foxx Pushes To Make Transportation Projects More Inclusive

8:12am April 28, 2016

by Brian Naylor

Highways are supposed to help get people from one place to another, but Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says that in many cases they have also divided neighborhoods. He wants to change that.

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Data Initiative Aims To Help With Police Force Transparency

7:55am April 28, 2016

by Martin Kaste

The White House is pushing the initiative as a way to overhaul police practices by tracking them. But police departments can choose whether to participate, and even which kinds of data to release.

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28 Pages In Sept. 11 Report Should Be Declassified, Ex-Sen. Graham Says

7:55am April 28, 2016

Former Senator Bob Graham talks to Lourdes Garcia-Navarro about why he wants the White House to declassify secret pages of the report that address allegations of Saudi ties to the hijackers.

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Is There Evidence Of Saudi Deception In The Sept. 11 Report?

7:06am April 28, 2016

by Mary Louise Kelly

What do we know concerning Saudi Arabia's alleged involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks, and when may the report's 28 classified pages be made public?

Ratio of state average prices to national average price for 162 common medical services (2015 prices)

That Surgery Might Cost You A Lot Less In Another Town

10:41pm April 27, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

You may be paying $38,000 more for that knee replacement than someone in another state, or even a few hundred miles down the road. And there doesn't seem to be any method to this madness.

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Stacy Bannerman testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs in 2006.

After Combat Stress, Violence Can Show Up At Home

10:33pm April 27, 2016

by Quil Lawrence

In a minority of cases, violent behavior accompanies post-traumatic stress disorder. Military spouses can become victims, and there are few resources around to help them.

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President Obama will visit Flint, Mich., on May 4.

Obama Responds To 8-Year-Old's Email, Says He'll Visit Flint, Mich.

8:50pm April 27, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The president says he hopes to meet Mari Copeny on May 4 when he goes to Flint. She wrote to tell him about her activism on behalf of children affected by the city's contaminated water.

Months after a concussion or other traumatic brain injury, you may sleep more hours, but the sleep isn't restorative, a study suggests.

A Concussion Can Lead To Sleep Problems That Last For Years

8:10pm April 27, 2016

by Jon Hamilton

Eighteen months after a concussion or other traumatic brain injury, two-thirds of the patients in a recent study were still sleepy during the day. And most were unaware of their symptoms.

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The Millers sit in the living room of their home in a Philadelphia suburb. They are part of an ongoing lawsuit, which argues that Pennsylvania has neglected its constitutional responsibility to provide all children a "thorough and efficient" education.

Struggling School Districts Find Little Help In Pennsylvania

7:58pm April 27, 2016

by Kevin McCorry

Jameria Miller moved from an affluent Philadelphia-area school district to one with fewer resources. That's when she learned her state has one of the nation's most inequitable school funding systems.

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Trump Reset? Sober Foreign Policy Address Gives Peek Into 'Trump Doctrine'

7:51pm April 27, 2016

by Domenico Montanaro

The New York billionaire's speech was short on specifics, but was more subdued and serious than often seen on the campaign trail, a sign of Trump's attempt to project a presidential tone.