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With Mass Deportations Looming, Advocates Organize To Offer Aid To Migrants

5:36pm June 23, 2019

by Farida Romero

Immigration networks throughout California have set up hotlines to provide legal aid to undocumented immigrants as President Trump threatens to ramp up deportations.

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AFL-CIO President Says USMCA Trade Deal Still Needs Improvement

5:32pm June 23, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Richard Trumka about the union's opposition to the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Salutatorian Paulette Olivas, left, stages with fellow Trevor G. Browne High School graduates at the Veterans Colosseum before 2019 Commencement in Phoenix, Ariz.

Reflections On Friends, Hardship And 4 Years Of High School

12:47pm June 23, 2019

by Jeffrey Pierre

Words of wisdom, and hope, from speeches given by seniors this year at their high school graduation ceremonies.

During a training session, Dr. Kenneth Kim and a surgical resident practice a hysterectomy on a robotic simulator at UAB Hospital.

Doctors Learn The Nuts And Bolts Of Robotic Surgery

12:07pm June 23, 2019

by Mary Scott Hodgin

Robot-assisted surgery is minimally invasive and recovery time is shorter. Those are a few reasons why more medical schools are training students how to be better robotic surgeons.

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E. Jean Carroll Says Donald Trump Sexually Assaulted Her

9:33am June 23, 2019

President Trump is facing a new accusation of sexual assault, this time from prominent advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with her.

'Tables Without Borders' Opens Restaurant Kitchens To Refugee Chefs

8:17am June 23, 2019

by Sophia Alvarez Boyd

Professional chefs in Washington, D.C., were paired with refugee and asylum-seeker chefs this past week so that the refugees could give guests a taste of their home countries through food.

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Law Professor Describes Poor Conditions Where Migrant Children Are Held

8:17am June 23, 2019

Migrant children face bleak conditions at detention facilities along the border. Warren Binford, a law professor who visited some of the facilities, speaks to NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro.

White Supremacy And Trump

8:17am June 23, 2019

by Hannah Allam

We look at the participation of far-right extremists at President Trump's 2020 kickoff rally and what this means for his campaign.

Abandoning A Floodzone

8:17am June 23, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Fran O'Connor of Sayreville, N.J., about letting her home be bought and demolished after multiple rounds of flooding.

Gur Kimchi, vice president of Prime Air, talks about Amazon's drone delivery service. Federal officials recently approved a patent for the company to explore allowing its drones to provide "home surveillance" for its customers.

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Amazon Explores Having Its Drones Provide 'Home Surveillance' For Customers

10:28pm June 22, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

The tech giant is moving closer to a future in which customers order drones to hover around a home and scan for things like a garage door left open, a broken window, graffiti or a fire.