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Dinah Kirgo Says Les Moonves Damaged Her Career After She Rebuffed Him

5:33pm July 29, 2018

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dinah Kirgo, a writer, who's one of the women who accused Les Moonves of sexual misconduct in the recently published article by Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker.

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'Quiet Skies' TSA Surveillance Program Targets Americans Without Warrant

5:33pm July 29, 2018

The Boston Globe reports TSA air marshals are surveilling ordinary Americans not suspected of any crime. NPR's Michel Martin asks law professor Jonathan Turley about the legality of such a program.

The Myth Of The Self-Made Millennial

5:33pm July 29, 2018

A couple news stories about millennials and money have gone viral in recent weeks. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Jia Tolentino of The New Yorker about "millennial financial resentment."

New Orleans superintendent of police Michael Harrison said the shooting investigation is still ongoing and motive has not yet been determined.

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3 Dead And 7 Injured In New Orleans Shooting; Killers At Large

5:33pm July 29, 2018

by Gabriela Saldivia

Two people shot into a crowd at a New Orleans strip mall Saturday night, before running away. Police are asking the public for help identifying the pair.

Elena Santizo hugs two of her children at an airport in Tennessee after a nearly three-month separation.

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Moved By The Family Separation Crisis, Volunteers Step Up To Help In Reunification

3:00pm July 29, 2018

by Monica Ortiz Uribe

The work of unifying families separated at the U.S./Mexico border continues although court-imposed deadlines to reunite them have past. In El Paso, the crisis has inspired citizens to get involved.

Philadelphia is ending a controversial data-sharing contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In recent weeks, protesters have gathered at City Hall to call for the reunification of families separated by the Trump administration's zero-tolerance

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Philadelphia Is Ending A Major Contract With ICE

2:11pm July 29, 2018

by Bobby Allyn

Philadelphia is terminating a long-running contract with federal immigration officials that critics say has been used by agents to target unauthorized immigrants for arrest.

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The State Of The 'Alt-Right'

8:02am July 29, 2018

As we approach a year since the deadly rally in Charlottesville, NPR's Renee Montagne asks George Hawley of the University of Alabama about the state of the "alt-right."

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Voices Of Migrants

8:02am July 29, 2018

by Mónica Ortiz Uribe

Elena Santizo was released from an immigration detention center this week just in time to meet the court-imposed deadline. Her destination after release was Tennessee to be reunited with her family.

Priest Who Says He Was Victim Of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Reacts To Resignation

8:02am July 29, 2018

Desmond Rossi says Theodore McCarrick, who just resigned as a Catholic cardinal, sexually harassed him. NPR's Renee Montagne asks Rossi for his reaction to McCarrick's resignation.

A Cal Fire firefighter mops up hot spots after the Carr Fire moved through the area on Saturday in Redding, Calif. The fire is 5 percent contained.

Death Toll In Northern California's Carr Fire Rises To 5

11:10pm July 28, 2018

by Emma Bowman

The massive wildfire in Shasta County that's forced the evacuations of at least 38,000 people is only 5 percent contained — and continues to grow.