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LISTEN: Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Hopes To Talk Him Out Of Torture

4:42pm March 23, 2016

by Steve Inskeep

Trump is calling for torture "because we are in a political season," Walid Phares said, but in the White House "he's going to be tasking experts to answer that question."

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Probing The Complexities Of Transgender Mental Health

4:38pm March 23, 2016

by Tara Haelle

There's plenty of evidence that being transgender makes for worse mental health. But would that change if trans people were accepted by their families early on? Scientists are trying to find out.

Ted Cruz Criticized After Suggesting Law Enforcement Patrol Muslim Areas

4:35pm March 23, 2016

by Sam Sanders

In the aftermath of the Brussels attacks, the Texas senator said law enforcement should be empowered to "patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized."

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Michigan Governor's Flint Task Force Releases Report On Water Crisis

4:24pm March 23, 2016

by Lindsey Smith

A group that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder appointed to investigate the cause of the Flint water crisis released its report Wednesday, putting much of the blame for Flint's lead-contaminated water on the state's environmental regulators. But it also blames a state law that was set up to save cities like Flint from financial collapse.

Rapper Phife Dawg Of A Tribe Called Quest Dies

4:24pm March 23, 2016

Phife Dawg, co-founder of hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, has died. NPR has this remembrance.

Earlier this year, beekeeper Brian Hiatt had millions of bees working to pollinate almond trees across California.

With Bees In Trouble, Almond Farmers Try Trees That Don't Need 'Em

2:44pm March 23, 2016

by Ezra David Romero

A relatively new variety of almond tree called Independence has some beekeepers nervous. These trees are self-fertile — meaning they technically don't need bees to pollinate their flowers.

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Are Belgian Attacks The Result Of Intelligence Failures?

1:39pm March 23, 2016

Juan Zarate, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, talks about intelligence failures in the run-up to the blasts. Zarate is a former deputy national security advisor.

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The Mind-Boggling Story Of Our Arcane And Convoluted 'Primary Politics'

1:22pm March 23, 2016

Author Elaine Kamarck explains superdelegates, the difference between caucuses and primaries, what happens in a brokered convention and how the rules of primaries can sometimes change.

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There's been considerable debate as to whether identifying people with prediabetes could have health benefits.

HHS Says Diabetes Prevention Program Will Save Medicare Money

12:30pm March 23, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

The program was tested in YMCAs around the country, and helped people lose about 5 percent of their body weight in a year. The goal is to make it a Medicare-eligible prevention program.

A statue of St. Joseph with baby Jesus Christ at the Little Sisters of the Poor, an order of Catholic nuns that runs homes for the elderly poor. The organization, along with several others, argues that the government's workaround to provide free birth con

Birth Control At The Supreme Court: Does Free Coverage Violate Religious Freedom?

12:09pm March 23, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

Religious schools and other nonprofits like the Littler Sisters of the Poor say the government's workaround for birth control still imposes a burden on their freedom.

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