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Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings speaks to reporters early Thursday in Memphis, Tenn., after armed officers and an angry crowd faced off late Wednesday night after officers with the U.S. Marshals Service shot and killed a man while trying to take

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36 Memphis Police And Deputies Hurt In Protests After Deadly Shooting

5:18pm June 13, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The shooting occurred around 7 p.m. local time, as officers from the U.S. Marshals Service tried to take a man into custody in the Frayser community in Memphis, Tenn.

Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden publicly switched his position on the Hyde Amendment under pressure from other Democrats.

Ban On Abortion Funding Stays In House Bill As 2020 Democrats Promise Repeal

5:09pm June 13, 2019

by Kelsey Snell

Presidential candidates oppose the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding for abortion services. But House Democrats kept it in a spending package that's expected to pass in the coming days.

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Bonnielin Swenor, an assistant professor of ophthalmology, has myopic macular degeneration. It hasn't stopped her from having a prolific career as a researcher and epidemiologist. But until recently, she rarely discussed her disability with her peers, wor

Health & Safety

What Medicine Can Learn From Doctors And Researchers With Disabilities

5:01pm June 13, 2019

by Susie Neilson

Bonnielin Swenor has dedicated her life to helping vision-impaired patients. She also has low vision herself — and she is fighting to increase the presence of disabled people in science and medicine.

A comparison of how the old and upgraded U.S. global weather forecast models predicted the "bomb cyclone" that hit the Northeast U.S. in January 2018. The old NOAA model (left) estimated a smaller amount of snowfall than what actually happened (right). Th

Why Your Local Weather Forecast Is Going To Get Better

4:15pm June 13, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

"Virtually any aspect of the weather forecast — whether it is temperature, or precipitation — will see overall improvement with this upgrade," a National Weather Service scientist said.

Emmanuel Mahgerefteh, an incoming freshman from Roanoke, Va., is deciding whether to enroll at Virginia Tech in the fall or take the free community college offer.

Over-Enrolled, Virginia Tech Offers Some New Students Financial Incentives To Wait

3:52pm June 13, 2019

by Abigail Clukey

The university is making 1,500 incoming freshmen eligible for options to delay enrollment, such as a gap year stipend. Now, students are trying to decide whether to take the offers.

From Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants by Jacob Shell

'Giants Of The Monsoon Forest' Explores The Lives Of Working Elephants In Asia

2:48pm June 13, 2019

by Barbara J. King

With details at once compelling and disturbing, geographer Jacob Shell describes the lives of the elephants of mountainous Myanmar and northeastern India that haul timber or transport people.

A participant in a 2018 naturalization ceremony holds a U.S. flag in New York City. Research by the Census Bureau suggests the citizenship question is highly likely to scare households with noncitizens from taking part in the constitutionally mandated hea

As Legal Battle Persists, Census Citizenship Question Is Put To The Test

2:44pm June 13, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Close to a half-million households in most of the U.S. are receiving letters for a last-minute experiment gauging how adding a citizenship question could affect how people respond to the 2020 census.

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Hackers Demanding Ransoms Paralyze City Computer Systems In The U.S.

1:18pm June 13, 2019

by Dave Davies

NY Times cybersecurity correspondent Nicole Perlroth says hacking tools developed by the NSA were stolen, posted online and are now being used in cyberattacks, including one on the city of Baltimore.

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Chris Froome crashed heavily during a training ride Wednesday, leaving him badly injured and unable to compete in the upcoming Tour de France.

Chris Froome's 6-Hour Surgery 'A Success,' Team Says; Cyclist Crashed At 34 MPH

1:18pm June 13, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"First things first, the surgery was a success," Team INEOS doctor Richard Usher said a day after Froome, the four-time Tour de France winner, suffered multiple fractures during a training ride.

People crossing the border have their temperature taken to check for symptoms of Ebola, near Kasindi, eastern Congo, on Wednesday.

World News

WHO Weighs Declaring Global Health Emergency As Ebola Spreads In Africa

12:09pm June 13, 2019

by Scott Neuman

The latest outbreak has killed nearly 1,400 people in Democratic Republic of the Congo, but new cases in neighboring Uganda have raised further concern at the World Health Organization.