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A Day After Canceled Rally, Commotion Again Disrupts Trump Event

6:49pm March 12, 2016

Republican front-runner Donald Trump canceled a Chicago rally Friday night after a series of physical confrontations between protesters and his supporters. He resumed his campaign Saturday in Ohio.

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What Is It That Keeps A City Going? Pittsburgh Has Some Answers

5:01pm March 12, 2016

NPR's Michel Martin traveled to Pittsburgh for a live event — including conversation, music and poetry — to learn more about the "Reinvention of the American City."

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With Economic Changes, Pittsburgh Finds Friction Between Progress And History

5:01pm March 12, 2016

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

After the collapse of the steel industry, the city of Pittsburgh is undergoing what many are calling an economic renaissance. But some residents are ambivalent about the rapid changes.

Artifacts on display at Marietta College.

How Low Oil Prices Are Changing Career Plans At An Ohio College

5:00pm March 12, 2016

by Noah Adams

Students come from all over the world to study petroleum engineering in southern Ohio and Marietta College. In the past nearly every graduate had a good job. Not any more.

An oil drilling rig near Williston, N.D., in 2014. The U.S. has joined Saudi Arabia and Russia as one of the world's top oil producers. But the benefits that many forecasters predicted have not materialized.

The U.S. Is Pumping All This Oil, So Where Are The Benefits?

5:00pm March 12, 2016

by Greg Myre

America has joined Saudi Arabia and Russia as one of the world's leading oil producers. Forecasters predicted this would usher in a golden age. It hasn't worked out that way.

Walt Whitman's letter on behalf of a soldier dated Jan. 21, 1865 was recently discovered.

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Walt Whitman's Letter For A Dying Soldier To His Wife Discovered

5:00pm March 12, 2016

by NPR Staff

Jackie Budell of the National Archives talks about a newly discovered a letter written by Walt Whitman, who visited hospitals and wrote letters on behalf of injured soldiers during the Civil War.

President Barack Obama speaks at the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival on March 11, 2016 in Austin, Texas.

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In Apple Security Case, Obama Calls To Strike A Balance

4:56pm March 12, 2016

by Laura Sydell

The president's appearance at SXSW's technology conference comes as the Justice Department tries to force Apple to help it unlock an iPhone. Many in the tech world oppose the government's position.

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Riot Breaks Out In Alabama Prison

10:09am March 12, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The 1,031-bed Holman Correctional Facility, about 50 miles north of Mobile, is the only prison in Alabama that carries out executions. Prisoners are reportedly setting fires and roaming the facility.

A doctor walks through a hallway at the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 2013. A medical exodus has been taking place for a decade in the Caribbean territory as doctors and nurses flee for the U.S. mainland, seeking higher salaries

SOS: Puerto Rico Is Losing Doctors, Leaving Patients Stranded

9:31am March 12, 2016

by Greg Allen

Every day, at least one doctor in the economically challenged U.S. territory moves to Florida and other states where they're well-paid and better jobs abound.

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Paramedic Phil Salamone carries naloxone, a drug used to reverse an opioid overdose.

A Small Town Wonders What To Do When Heroin Is 'Everywhere'

9:30am March 12, 2016

by Melissa Block

In Kutztown, Pa., school nurses stock naloxone to treat heroin overdoses. "Kids aren't afraid of it," a guidance counselor says. "It's available and it's cheap."

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