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Officials Still Searching For Bodies After Deadly Mudslides In Sierra Leone

6:06pm August 17, 2017

Three days after mudslides killed hundreds in Sierra Leone's capital city, government officials are still searching for bodies under the rubble. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with the president's spokesman, Abdulai Bayraytay, about how the West African country is responding to the disaster.

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Trump Lashes Out At Critics Of His Response To Violence In Charlottesville

6:06pm August 17, 2017

by Geoff Bennett

On Thursday, President Trump offered support to Spain as it deals with a deadly attack. Though he remained out of public view, he lashed out at critics of his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va.

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Trump Voters Discuss The President's Comments On Confederate Monuments

6:06pm August 17, 2017

by Chuck Quirmbach

As President Trump re-emphasizes his support for statues of Confederate leaders, Republican and Trump voters in Wisconsin weigh in on whether they agree with the president.

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Varied Republican Response To Charlottesville Raises Questions On Legislative Ability

6:06pm August 17, 2017

by Susan Davis

After their failed health care efforts, Republican lawmakers are regrouping for the coming fight this fall to overhaul the entire federal tax code. But President Trump's handling of the racist-fueled violence in Charlottesville shows in stark terms how hard it is to keep the party on the same page.

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In Birmingham, The Debate Over Confederate Monuments Is Renewed After Charlottesville

6:06pm August 17, 2017

by Esther Ciammachilli

Birmingham, Ala., has a complicated relationship with racism. Some of the most notable events from the Civil Rights era took place in the city. Now, there's renewed debate about the fate of the city's Confederate monuments.

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Tillerson And Mattis Host Japanese Counterparts Amid Rising Tensions With North Korea

6:06pm August 17, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis are hosting their Japanese counterparts as tensions rise with North Korea.

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Settlement Reached In Case Against Pyschologists Who Designed CIA Torture Program

6:06pm August 17, 2017

by David Welna

The ACLU represented the three men who were seeking damages after being subjected to torture. This is first time damages will presumably be paid to people interrogated in the CIA program.

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During the day on Aug. 21, large swaths of farmland will be plunged into darkness, and temperatures will drop about 10 degrees. Scientists are waiting to see how crops and animals react.

Will The Eclipse Make Crops And Animals Flip Out? Scientists Ask (Really)

6:01pm August 17, 2017

by Kristofor Husted

During the day on Aug. 21, large swaths of farmland will be plunged into darkness, and temperatures will drop about 10 degrees. And scientists are waiting to see what happens on the ground.

Killer whale Kasatka swims with a calf in 2004 at SeaWorld in San Diego.

National

SeaWorld Euthanizes Matriarch Killer Whale Who Had Respiratory Disease

5:29pm August 17, 2017

by Greg Allen

Kasatka, believed to be 42 years old, had four calves, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Orcas typically live to at least 50 in the wild.

Relatives of an alleged drug dealer killed during a police anti-drug operation react upon seeing his body in Manila on Thursday. Police in the Philippine capital shot dead more than two dozen drug suspects in another round of anti-drug raids, authorities

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'That's Good,' Philippine President Says, As Drug Raids Kill Unprecedented Numbers

4:54pm August 17, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Police raids in the Philippines over a three-day span killed dozens of people suspected of selling or using drugs. They're the bloodiest known days in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.