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Chart: Results from a Kaiser Family Foundation/NPR poll of New Orleans residents

National

New Orleanians See Remarkable Progress A Decade After Hurricane Katrina

10:57am August 10, 2015

by NPR Staff

Overall, residents say areas ranging from jobs creation and access to public transportation have improved greatly. But a new poll also reveals a widening racial divide in perceptions of the recovery.

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Buddy Baker, the 1980 Daytona 500 winner, has died at age 74. Here, he poses at Daytona International Speedway in 2007.

Legendary NASCAR Driver Buddy Baker Dies Of Cancer At 74

10:57am August 10, 2015

by Bill Chappell

He was one of racing's fastest drivers, the first in NASCAR to take a car to 200 mph on a closed course. Months after a lung cancer diagnosis, Buddy Baker has died.

When it comes to nature versus nurture, brain scientists think both matter.

Smart Teenage Brains May Get Some Extra Learning Time

9:25am August 10, 2015

by Shankar Vedantam

It used to be that neuroscientists thought smart people were all alike. But now they think that some very smart people retain the ability to learn rapidly, like a child, well into adolescence.

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State Dept. Study On Human Trafficking Comes In For Criticism

9:24am August 10, 2015

Lawmakers and human rights groups have criticized a 2015 State Department report on human trafficking, saying politics may have interfered with the evaluation of countries' human rights records.

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Prince onstage during the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in February.

Prince Compares Record Contracts To Slavery In Rare Meeting With Media

7:14am August 10, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Music icon Prince is worried about the future of the music business for artists, and his top priority can be summed up in one word: freedom.

An aerial view shows a flooded town in Pingyang county after typhoon Soudelor caused floods and mudslides, in Zhejiang province, China, on Sunday.

World News

Typhoon Lashes China Coast After Raking Taiwan

5:11am August 10, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Typhoon Soudelor, now downgraded to a tropical storm, caused the heaviest rainfall in a century in one area of China. At least a dozen people were killed. Six others died when the storm hit Taiwan.

National

A Year After Michael Brown Shooting, Ferguson Marchers Mourn In Silence

11:22pm August 09, 2015

In Ferguson, Mo., people marked the anniversary of the 18-year-old's death with a moment of silence and a church service. Camille Phillips of St. Louis Public Radio reports on the day's activities.

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World News

Haitians Go To The Polls For The First Time In 4 Years

11:22pm August 09, 2015

Haitians vote Sunday in parliamentary elections that are three years overdue. The parliament was dissolved after Haiti's government failed to hold a vote. Reporter Peter Granitz explains.

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Demonstrators in St. Louis, Mo., protest the killing of Michael Brown.

National

Whether History Or Hype, 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Endures

11:16pm August 09, 2015

by Cheryl Corley

A year ago, after a white police officer shot an unarmed black youth in Ferguson, Mo., the phrase "Hands up, don't shoot" became a rallying cry. While it has become a mantra, some call it a lie.

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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the spot where Michael Brown was shot and killed. The crowd observed 4 1/2 minutes of silence, one minute for each of the 4 1/2 hours that Brown's body lay in the street before being taken away.

National

Moment Of Silence Marks A Year Of Mourning, Protest In Ferguson

7:12pm August 09, 2015

by NPR Staff

Hundreds gathered in the St. Louis suburb one year after Michael Brown was killed there by a police officer. Starsky Wilson, the Ferguson Commission's co-chair, sees reason to hope — and keep working.

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