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California Prepares For Recreational Marijuana Sales On Jan. 1.

4:34pm December 27, 2017

by Katie Orr

On Jan. 1, recreational marijuana will be legal to buy and sell in California. It's the largest state so far to make the move, which is raising regulatory and enforcement concerns nationwide.

FBI Agents Association Sees Increased Donations As Special Counsel Criticism Continues

4:34pm December 27, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

President Trump and Congressional Republicans are continuing a campaign to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller. In response, the FBI Agents Association has seen an uptick in donations.

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What Secretary Of State Tillerson Worked On In 2017

4:34pm December 27, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he hasn't put any diplomatic wins on the board this year, but he believes his reforms are putting the State Department in a better, more efficient place. His critics don't agree and say it will take the department years to recover.

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'WSJ' Analysis Shows Fake Comments Submitted To Government Agencies

4:34pm December 27, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter James Grimaldi about the discovery that at least five governmental agencies receive fake comments challenging the agencies' rules. In its latest analysis, The Journal found that 40 percent of those surveyed said they did not write the comments attributed to them on the Labor Department's website.

Some homeowners across the country are rushing to pay their 2018 property taxes well before the due date because the new Republican tax law overhaul could affect how much they are allowed to deduct next year.

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Why Some Homeowners Are Scrambling To Prepay Their 2018 Property Taxes

3:50pm December 27, 2017

by Jeff Brady

The tax overhaul President Trump signed into law last week limits the amount of state and local taxes deducted on people's federal returns next year.

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Tuba and Cevheri Guven, both journalists, fled to Thessaloniki after being targeted by their own government. Turkey has imprisoned 262 journalists, making it the world's largest jailer of journalists. "If you write something on Twitter, you can go directl

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Turks Fleeing To Greece Find Mostly Warm Welcome, Despite History

3:49pm December 27, 2017

by Joanna Kakissis

More than a year after a failed military coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, hundreds of Turks are seeking refuge in Greece — despite long rivalries between the two nations.

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Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, a 1633 painting by Rembrandt, was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.

Got The Scoop On The Gardner Museum Art Heist? You Have 4 Days To Earn $10 Million

3:21pm December 27, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

In 1990, two men stole 13 pieces of art from a Boston museum. They're worth half a billion dollars ... if you could sell them. On the other hand, the museum has a hefty reward for their whereabouts.

James Okina, founder of the nonprofit Street Priests, poses with street kids in Calabar, Nigeria.

Health & Safety

How A Typical Teen Did Something Not So Typical To Help Street Kids

2:38pm December 27, 2017

by Linus Unah

James Okina of Calabar, Nigeria, was on his way to a soccer match when a chance encounter with a homeless kid changed both of their lives.

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Tesla Will Build An Electric Pickup Truck, Elon Musk Promises

2:18pm December 27, 2017

by Bill Chappell

In the sort of tease at which he is an expert in delivering to Tesla's faithful, Musk said the truck could be bigger than Ford's F-150, "to account for a really gamechanging (I think) feature."

The result of the race between Republican incumbent David Yancey and Democratic challenger Shelly Simonds is still in doubt. Here, election officials in Newport News, Va., examine ballots that a computer failed to scan during a Dec. 19 recount for their H

Virginia's Tiebreaker Draw Is Postponed; Pivotal Race Still In Doubt

1:35pm December 27, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"Drawing names is an action of last resort," elections board Chairman James Alcorn said, after a new legal challenge in the race that's expected to determine control of the state Legislature.