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Psychologist John Pryor created a scale in the 1980s which can determine how likely a person is to sexually harass someone else.

National

How Likely Is Someone To Sexually Harass Others? This Scale Determines

6:08pm January 14, 2018

by Michel Martin

In the 1980s psychologist John Pryor developed a test to predict how likely a person is to sexually harass someone. He spoke with NPR's Michel Martin about his research and how the scale works.

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A Mexican soldier piles poppies for incineration near the town of Tlacotepec, in Guerrero state, Mexico. The army says it slashes and burns poppy when fields are too difficult to access by helicopter or when they want to protect fruits and vegetables grow

World News

On The Hunt For Poppies In Mexico — America's Biggest Heroin Supplier

5:02pm January 14, 2018

by James Fredrick

The Mexican army gave NPR a firsthand look at its efforts to eradicate the flowering crop that's made into heroin.

A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane is seen stuck in mud on an embankment, a day after skidding off the airstrip, after landing at Trabzon's airport on the Black Sea coast on Jan. 14.

World News

Plane Skids Off Runway In Turkey Onto Cliff Edge, No Injuries Reported

12:17pm January 14, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The Pegasus Airlines flight was derailed off the tarmac as it landed and went hurtling over a cliff, leaving the aircraft dangling over the Black Sea nose first.

Shalon Irving, a public health researcher who worked for the Centers for Disease Control and and Prevention who was studying the physical toll that discrimination exacts on physical health, died just a few weeks after giving birth to her daughter, Soleil.

Making The Case That Discrimination Is Bad For Your Health

8:15am January 14, 2018

by Gene Demby

The researcher who coined the term "weathering" talks with Gene Demby about health, hard data, and why it took so long for people to come around to the idea that discrimination hurts bodies.

World News

Behind The Genius Of Guinness, Ireland's Most Popular Tourist Attraction

7:57am January 14, 2018

by Frank Langfitt

Dublin's Guinness Storehouse is a cross between a museum and a marketing campaign, and an homage to the history and taste of the world's best-known stout.

House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., the top Democrat on the committee, will hold hearings on earmarks this week.

Politics & Government

House GOP To Debate Bringing Earmarks Back

7:00am January 14, 2018

by Susan Davis

The House Rules Committee will hold two days of hearings this week over whether Congress should reconsider the 2011 earmark ban.

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Rima Prajapati with daughters (from left) Jhoti, Aarti and Sangeeta. Jhoti and Aarti were both born deaf. Rima moved her daughters from their village to Mumbai so they could attend a school for the deaf.

Health & Safety

A Mom Fights To Get An Education For Her Deaf Daughters

7:00am January 14, 2018

by Kate Petcosky-Kulkarni

There were no schools for the deaf near her village in India. And she had to stand up to the bias against deafness — and the use of sign language.

The GOP's New Tax Plan Will Affect Everyone, But Will It Grow The Economy?

7:00am January 14, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

You asked, we answered: Will the GOP tax plan boost economic growth? Not much (if at all), say many economists.

Indian traders and vendors negotiate prices at a wholesale vegetable market in Hyderabad. The Indian economy grew at 7.1 percent for the 2016-2017 financial year.

With Greater Economic Strength, India Believes Its 'Time Has Come'

7:00am January 14, 2018

by Nishant Dahiya

"I don't think India wants to be a formal U.S. ally," says Alyssa Ayres, author of Our Time Has Come: How India Is Making Its Place in the World. "It sees alliance relationships as too constraining."

Czech President Milos Zeman speaks in Prague after polling stations closed for the Czech Republic's presidential election Saturday. He finished first but will have to face a challenger in a runoff.

Pro-Russian Incumbent Wins First Round In Czech Presidential Election

6:54am January 14, 2018

by James Doubek

Czech President Milos Zeman has spoken in support of Vladimir Putin and was an early supporter of Donald Trump. Pro-European challenger Jiri Drahos will face him in a runoff election later this month.