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Ebola Patient Being Treated In Maryland Is In Critical Condition

2:01pm March 16, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The American patient, whose identity hasn't been publicly released, was taken to the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center last week, after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone.

Univision Incident Reignites Questions About Diversity In Latino Media

12:40pm March 16, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

Fashion critic and host Rodner Figueroa has been let go for offensive comments about first lady Michelle Obama. Critics see the incident as an example of racism in Spanish-language broadcasts.

This booking photo provided by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office shows Robert Durst, after his arrest Saturday in New Orleans on an extradition warrant to Los Angeles.

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Robert Durst, Subject Of HBO's 'The Jinx,' Arrested In New Orleans

11:23am March 16, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Durst, the troubled heir to a New York real estate fortune, has been questioned in the past over two deaths and a disappearance. It is unclear if his arrest is linked to those cases.

Feces contain digested food residue and a wide variety of microorganisms, mostly bacteria, that are adapted to life in the intestines. The gases the microbes produce could help doctors and scientists track and understand changes related to health.

Before The Gas Is Passed, Researchers Aim To Measure It In The Gut

8:40am March 16, 2015

by Angus Chen

As people's health waxes or wanes because of stress or disease, their intestinal ecosystems change, too. It may be possible someday to diagnose disease by analyzing the gas the microbes make.

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Univision Race Gaffe Shows Culture Gap

8:33am March 16, 2015

by Maria Murriel

A Univision commentator's ugly remarks about Michelle Obama are more than just an idle misstep. Essayist Maria Murriel says they reveal an ugly truth about Latin American culture: It's really racist.

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An 'Upstream' Battle As Wikimedia Challenges NSA Surveillance

7:52am March 16, 2015

by NPR Staff

A law professor and expert on national security law sheds some light on the lawsuit by Wikipedia's parent company against the National Security Agency.

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Six Things We Learned At South By Southwest EDU

6:58am March 16, 2015

by Eric Westervelt

At the annual event in Austin, Texas: Big data, privacy, physics and the power of Twitter.

Body cameras, like this one shown at a 2014 press conference in Washington, D.C., are small enough to be clipped to an officer's chest. Washington and Denver are among U.S. cities trying the cameras.

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When Police Are Given Body Cameras, Do They Use Them?

6:55am March 16, 2015

by NPR Staff

An independent monitor's report on the Denver Police Department's use of body-worn cameras found that during a six-month trial run, just one in four use-of-force incidents was actually recorded.

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Arrest Made In Shooting Of Two Officers In Ferguson, Police Say

8:44pm March 15, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch identified the suspect who has been charged in the shooting as Jeffrey Williams, 20. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree assault.

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Arrest Made In Ferguson Police Shooting

6:22pm March 15, 2015

The St. Louis County Police Department arrested a suspect in the shooting that wounded two police officers last Thursday in Ferguson, Mo. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Emanuele Berry of St. Louis Public Radio about the arrest and investigation.

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