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Officials Concerned About Flood Waters Spreading Contamination In Texas

5:39pm September 04, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Thirteen so-called Superfund sites were flooded last week. NPR visited six of these old industrial sites, and talked to people who live nearby about the the possible contamination spreading.

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Houston Weatherman Serves As A Voice Of Reason Throughout Hurricane Harvey

4:50pm September 04, 2017

Houston meteorologist Jeff Lindner talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about Lindner's tireless reporting during Hurricane Harvey and the local fame he's found as a result.

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Scholars Say White Supremacists Chanting 'Deus Vult' Got History Wrong

4:50pm September 04, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

White supremacists using Crusaders' crosses and other medieval imagery on their homemade shields say the time period is an ideal of a white Europe. But medieval scholars say the white supremacists are wrong and the scholars are fighting back.

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Fraud Among The Threats For Victims Of Hurricane Harvey

4:50pm September 04, 2017

Fraud is the latest threat facing victims of Hurricane Harvey, as well as the volunteers who are helping the relief effort. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Corey Amundson, a U.S. Attorney who heads the National Center for Disaster Fraud.

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How One Reporter Found Herself Writing About The Charleston Church Shooter, Dylann Roof

4:50pm September 04, 2017

Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah went to South Carolina to write about the trial of Dylann Roof. He's the white man convicted of murdering eight black parishioners and their pastor at Charleston's historic Mother Emmanuel AME church. She was planning to write about the people who died, but instead found herself writing about Roof.

UN Security Council Urges For More Robust Action Against North Korea

4:50pm September 04, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

A day after North Korea's largest nuclear test, the United Nations Security Council held a meeting to discuss North Korea. Members urged for more robust sanctions and actions.

Union workers and their families listen to Vice President Joe Biden and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speak before the annual Labor Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Labor Movement Faces Challenges Amid Growing Public Support For Unions

4:50pm September 04, 2017

by Don Gonyea

In upcoming elections, the labor movement has among its challenges reaching every union member in a personal way about what's at stake and what the facts are, the head of the AFL-CIO told NPR.

Bashar Abdul Jabar lost his 15-year-old son, Ahmed, when part of their house collapsed during fighting between Iraqi troops and ISIS. He returned to the city to retrieve his boy's body with the help of civil defense forces.

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'He Died Alone': A Grieving Father Searches For His Teenage Son In Mosul

11:36am September 04, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Bashar Abdul Jabar's son was trapped when his legs were crushed during Iraq's military campaign to retake Mosul from ISIS. The family had to leave him behind. "We have no comfort," says Abdul Jabar.

A firefighting helicopter flies over burned hills during the La Tuna fire in Los Angeles, California on Sunday.

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Showers Aid Firefighters Hoping To Contain California Wildfire

11:10am September 04, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The La Tuna fire near Los Angeles — one of several burning in California, Montana and Oregon — is one-third contained. But firefighters warn there is still much to be done to bring it under control.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai during a ceremony at the United Nations in New York in April 2017. She called on Myanmar's de facto leader to "stop the violence."

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Malala Yousafzai Criticizes Aung San Suu Kyi Over Violence On Myanmar's Rohingya

9:24am September 04, 2017

by James Doubek

Education activist Malala Yousafzai criticized Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her ongoing silence over the violence that has led to tens of thousands of Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh.