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Hurricane Maria Hits Areas Still Recovering From Hurricane Irma

8:04pm September 20, 2017

NPR's Ailsa Chang gets a view of what's happening on the ground in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria from Carlos Mercader, the Washington, D.C.-based representative for the island's governor.

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Former President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday at the Goalkeepers 2017 conference, at New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Politics & Government

Obama Argues Against Dark Worldview, Defends Health Care Law

7:50pm September 20, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

"We have to reject the notion that we are suddenly gripped by forces that we cannot control," the former president said Wednesday, speaking in New York City while his successor was at the U.N.

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National

St. Louis On Edge As Protesters Expected To Gather Again

7:27pm September 20, 2017

by David Schaper

Since last Friday, when a judge acquitted a white police officer in the fatal shooting of a black motorist demonstrators have gathered in St. Louis to protest police tactics.

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President Trump's U.N. Address Receives Widespread Praise From Conservatives

7:27pm September 20, 2017

President Trump's address to the United Nations General Assembly generated a lot of praise from conservative outlets, even those often critical of him. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Michael Warren of The Weekly Standard about how the speech as been received by those right-of-center.

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Hurricane Maria Hits Puerto Rico At Time When The Island Is Already Struggling

7:27pm September 20, 2017

by Greg Allen

Devastation expected from the hurricane will challenge many Puerto Rico institutions, especially its beleaguered power authority, which is still struggling to restore electricity in some areas after Hurricane Irma.

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The collapsed section of the Enrique Rebsamen school in Mexico City is surrounded by volunteers and rescue workers on Wednesday. A wing of the three-story building collapsed into a massive pancake of concrete slabs during Mexico's deadliest earthquake in

World News

Hope, Despair Descend On Quake-Shattered School In Mexico City

6:16pm September 20, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The elementary school partly collapsed during Tuesday's earthquake, burying both students and teachers. In the aftermath, rescue workers and volunteers have struggled to save lives and preserve hope.

Former President Obama Speaks Out On Efforts To Replace Affordable Care Act

6:14pm September 20, 2017

by Tamara Keith

Former President Obama spoke at a Gates Foundation event and delivered a not so thinly veiled message to President Trump about what he sees as America's role in the world.

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Iranian President Tells U.N. Trump Could Be At Blame If Nuclear Deal Falls Apart

6:14pm September 20, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expected to hold an evening news conference following a day at the United Nations focused on the nuclear deal between Iran and the United States.

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Sen. Rand Paul Says He Won't Vote For Latest Affordable Care Act Replacement Bill

6:14pm September 20, 2017

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has opposed all of the Republican leadership's efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act, including the latest attempt, the Graham-Cassidy bill.

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Senate Republicans Up Against Sept. 30 Deadline For Last Effort To Replace Obamacare

6:14pm September 20, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

Senate Republicans may vote next week — again — on repealing the Affordable Care Act. The latest bill is sponsored by Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.

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