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Shaun Cunningham blocked a baseball bat that was helicoptering toward his son's head at a spring training game this weekend.

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Father And Son Discuss The Near Miss With That Flying Baseball Bat

1:39pm March 08, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Landon Cunningham and his father became celebrities at baseball's spring training, after Shaun Cunningham lunged to block the bat that was speeding toward his son's head.

Brian Barnes, co-director of African American Initiatives for the Ohio Republican Party, speaks at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in Cleveland.

Can GOP Strides With Black Voters Survive The 2016 Campaign?

12:13pm March 08, 2016

by Nick Castele

Republicans' outreach to black communities has focused on Cleveland, site of the party's convention this summer. But their modest gains may not last amid the rhetorical fireworks of the 2016 campaign.

The commuter train derailed between Freemont and Pleasanton, Calif., according to train operator Altamont Corridor Express.

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Commuter Train Derails, Plunges Into Creek East Of San Francisco

11:41am March 08, 2016

by Marie Andrusewicz

The Alameda County sheriff says it's a miracle that no passengers or first responders were killed, after a train hit a tree on the tracks.

Yes, You Can Still Teach Kids To Love Books

11:24am March 08, 2016

by Byrd Pinkerton

It can be hard to get teens to read, especially with so much technology competing for their attention. A new book looks at ways teachers can help young people find books (and find themselves).

Marathon bombing victim Victoria McGrath (center) has died at age 23. She's seen here at a benefit concert in May 2013 with (from left) Bruce Mendelsohn, who applied a tourniquet to McGrath's leg after the Boston bombing; first responder Alicia Shambo, Mc

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Survivor Of Boston Marathon Bombing Dies In Car Crash In Dubai

11:01am March 08, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Nearly three years after she sustained a serious injury in the Boston Marathon bombing, college student Victoria McGrath, 23, has died while traveling.

Flooding and the combined traffic of thousands of cars, trucks and RVs have torn up the roads at Joshua Tree National Park's Black Rock Canyon Campground. The majority of the park's $60 million maintenance backlog is for roads like this.

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National Parks Have A Long To-Do List But Can't Cover The Repair Costs

10:52am March 08, 2016

by Nathan Rott

Parks are expensive for obvious reasons: Visitor centers need displays, and roads need repairs. But there's also upkeep of the Grand Canyon's sewage operations and of Independence Hall's sprinklers.

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U.S. Airstrikes In Somalia Target Al-Shabab Training Facility

10:30am March 08, 2016

U.S. airstrikes against the militant Islamist group in Somalia killed at least 150 militants. Steve Inskeep talks to Seth Jones of the Rand Corp. about U.S. interests in Somalia.

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Visitors walk outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 14. The court announced on Monday that it has unanimously reversed an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that denied parental rights to a lesbian adoptive mother who had split with her partner.

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Same-Sex Adoption Upheld By U.S. Supreme Court

9:45am March 08, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Alabama Supreme Court had invalidated an adoption approved in Georgia. Monday's ruling said the Alabama justices had violated the U.S. Constitution.

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Two women look at a portrait of Nancy Reagan hanging in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

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National Portrait Gallery Honors Nancy Reagan; Funeral Is Friday

6:39am March 08, 2016

by Doreen McCallister

"Reagan Red" is on display at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery which is honoring Nancy Reagan, who died on Sunday at age 94.

The headquarters for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield dominate the Pittsburgh skyline much as the organizations have dominated health care in the region for decades.

Reinventing The American City: Steel Town Forges A New Future

8:15pm March 07, 2016

by Michel Martin

The transformation of Pittsburgh echoes the triumphs and challenges of cities across the country where gentrification is changing neighborhoods after a generation of economic decline.