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What To Look For From Virginia's Gubernatorial Election

6:17pm November 07, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

Tuesday is Election Day and the biggest race this year is Virginia's hotly-contested governor's race. Both parties are testing out messages in the race to see what might work with voters during the 2018 midterms.

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Trump And The Office Of The Presidency, One Year After The Election

6:17pm November 07, 2017

by Mara Liasson

In 2016, Donald Trump won the presidency as a businessman and reality TV star with no political or military experience. He said that being president would change him, but what impact has his time in office had?

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Federal Trial Of Anti-Government Rancher Cliven Bundy Delayed

6:17pm November 07, 2017

by Kirk Siegler

There's been another delay in the high profile federal conspiracy trial against anti-government rancher Cliven Bundy and his militia associates in Nevada. Bundy, two of his sons and another militiaman are accused of leading an armed standoff against federal agents near the Bundy ranch outside Las Vegas in 2014. The Bundys refuse to recognize federal control of public land.

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More Than Half Of Latinos Surveyed Say Applying To College Wasn't Discussed With Them

6:17pm November 07, 2017

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

A poll asked: When you were growing up, were you encouraged to apply to college, discouraged from applying or was this never discussed?

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Report: Weinstein Hired Agents To Investigate And Suppress Accusations Against Him

6:08pm November 07, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

It reads like an espionage thriller: Weinstein hired multiple intelligence firms, one which used agents to extract information and try to stop The New York Times from publishing an article about him.

A waitress serving shark fin soup in a restaurant in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province. Environmental and animal rights groups have campaigned for decades against consumption of shark fin, arguing that demand for the delicacy has decimated

Shark Fin Trade Faces Troubled Waters As Global Pressure Mounts

5:44pm November 07, 2017

Congress is once again considering a federal ban on shark fins, used in soup. But scientists are divided about whether a ban is the best way to protect the creatures, which are imperiled worldwide.

What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Is Taught To See Like Humans

4:55pm November 07, 2017

Scientists have developed a computer model that breaks through a key test used to tell a human from a bot. Text-based CAPTCHAs, a rough acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart, are groups of jumbled characters along with squiggly lines and other background noise.

Trump Administration Announces The End To Protected Status For Nicaraguans

4:55pm November 07, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

The Trump administration is ending Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Nicaraguans who were given safe haven following devastating natural disasters decades ago. The administration is expected to end similar programs for other Central American countries and the Caribbean.

North Korea Is Very Much On Trump's Mind As He Visits South Korea

4:55pm November 07, 2017

by Scott Horsley

President Trump is in South Korea as part of his tour of Asia. He's expected to use his speech to the National Assembly in South Korea to deliver a message that other countries need to do more to rein in the threat of North Korea's nuclear program.

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Does Increased Gun Ownership Help Decrease Crime?

4:55pm November 07, 2017

After a bystander helped stop the shooter in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Sunday, there is more talk about "good guys with guns." NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Stanford University law professor John Donohue about his research on whether or not increased gun ownership helps decrease crime.