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Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent waits to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

READ: Opening Statement Of Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State George Kent

12:28pm November 13, 2019

by NPR Staff

Kent said Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's lawyer, and his associates led a smear campaign against Marie Yovanovitch, the then-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

A stylized illustration representing how CRISPR targets the ability of a virus to replicate.

Molecular Scissors Could Help Keep Some Viral Illnesses At Bay

12:13pm November 13, 2019

by Joe Palca

A new technique uses the CRISPR molecule to snip away at the part of RNA viruses that allows them to spread infection by making copies of themselves.

"The profession we love has been taken over," psychiatrist and novelist Samuel Shem tells NPR, "with us sitting there in front of screens all day, doing data entry in a computer factory."

Novelist Doctor Skewers Corporate Medicine In 'Man's 4th Best Hospital'

9:00am November 13, 2019

by Mara Gordon

Samuel Shem's 1978 novel, The House of God, was a sardonic look at U.S. medicine through a young doctor's eyes. Shem's new fiction checks in with the same crew in the age of medicine by smartphone.

Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale, by Adam Minter

What Happens To Your Used Stuff? 'Secondhand' Tells Of A Billion-Dollar Industry

8:42am November 13, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

As "traditional bonds disintegrate in the face of industrialization, urbanization, and secularization, brands and objects become a means to curate and project who we are," writes reporter Adam Minter.

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Let's Play Ball! Share Your Sports-Inspired Poems

7:39am November 13, 2019

by Heidi Glenn

NPR's Rachel Martin and poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander want to read your poems about sports. You can use sport as a metaphor for our lives — or simply write about the game or team you love.

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., answers questions regarding the public impeachment hearings set to begin on Wednesday. Schiff has been the face of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

Rep. Adam Schiff: Trump's Potentially Impeachable Offenses Include Bribery

4:25am November 13, 2019

by Jessica Taylor

The Intelligence Committee chairman said bribery is a "breach of the public trust in a way where you're offering official acts for some personal or political reason, not in the nation's interest."

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A worker shovels snow from a sidewalk in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. Forecasters expect temperatures to drop around 10 degrees by Wednesday.

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Arctic Blast Grips Parts Of the U.S., With Snow And Record-Breaking Cold

8:09pm November 12, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Forecasters say an estimated 300 cold-weather records are expected to be tied or broken through Wednesday. The "arctic outbreak" is being blamed for four deaths so far.

A McDonald's employee holds a sign during a 2018 protest against sexual harassment in the workplace in Chicago.

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McDonald's Is Sued Over 'Systemic Sexual Harassment' Of Female Workers

8:09pm November 12, 2019

by Alina Selyukh

A former employee has filed a class-action lawsuit against McDonald's and one Michigan franchise, alleging a "culture of sexual harassment."

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In a speech at the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday, President Trump said a mini trade agreement with China could happen "soon," but he offered no guarantees.

Trump Makes No Promises On China Trade Deal

8:09pm November 12, 2019

by Scott Horsley

President Trump says a mini trade agreement with China could happen "soon," but he offered no guarantees. In a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Trump downplayed the cost of his trade war.

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GOP strategist Thomas Hofeller had concluded in a 2015 study that adding a citizenship question would help redraw state and local voting districts in a way that would be "advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites."

Emails Show Trump Officials Consulted With GOP Strategist On Citizenship Question

6:05pm November 12, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The House Oversight Committee released communications involving Thomas Hofeller, who previously concluded that including the change to the census would ultimately benefit Republicans.