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Reporter Covered Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things In Wartime

10:30am April 04, 2015

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist John Burns has announced his retirement. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with Burns about four decades of reporting for the New York Times.

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President-Elect Buhari Tells Nigerians Not To Expect 'Miracles'

10:30am April 04, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Nigerians have elected a former military strongman to be their next president. Muhammadu Buhari, who insists he's a changed man, says his first order of business will be to crush Boko Haram militants.

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The Blood Moon, created by the full moon passing into the shadow of the earth during a total lunar eclipse, as seen from Monterey Park, Calif.

Brief Eclipse Dazzles Skywatchers

8:25am April 04, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The third in a set of four lunar eclipses that began a year ago and will finish in late September could be seen from the U.S. East Coast to Asia.

Black and Latino students make up around 70 percent of the student population of New York City's public schools, but makeup a tiny percentage at the city's three elite specialized high schools.

Proposals To Diversify NYC's Top High Schools Would Do Little To Help, Study Finds

7:44pm April 03, 2015

by Gene Demby

One of New York City's thorniest political issues is over how to make its elite high schools more representative. A new study says that many popular proposals won't help diversity — and might hurt it.

The Rev. Vernon Holmes leads a Lutheran congregation near Sacramento, Calif., that supports the state's right-to-die bill. He describes his faith as promoting quality of life.

California Faith Groups Divided Over Right-To-Die Bill

6:54pm April 03, 2015

by Pauline Bartolone

Many Christian denominations officially oppose legislation that would legalize medically assisted suicide. But some individual churches, pastors and congregants are lending support to the cause.

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National

When Civilians Accuse Troops Of Rape, Military Courts Often Decide

6:42pm April 03, 2015

by Quil Lawrence

Hundreds of times a year, civilians accuse military personnel of sexual assault. The cases can wind up in the military justice system, where many victims say they are at a big disadvantage.

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Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, left, and Secretary of State, John Kerry wait for the start of a trilateral meeting at an hotel in Lausanne in March.

World News

Energy Secretary: Iran Deal Blocks All Paths Toward Nuclear Bomb

6:42pm April 03, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

In an interview with NPR, Ernest Moniz says the deal has expanded the time it would take Iran to make a bomb significantly — from two months to a year.

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National

Way More College Students Are Studying Korean. Is 'Hallyu' The Reason?

6:12pm April 03, 2015

by Kat Chow

Overall, college students aren't enrolling in foreign language classes as much as they used to. But more people are enrolling in Korean language classes.

Medics surround a wounded U.S. soldier as he arrives at Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan.

How Advances In Battlefield Medicine Can Save Civilians' Lives

6:03pm April 03, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

In Iraq and Afghanistan, Army medics got really good at treating wounded troops. Scientists want to adapt these new technologies and tricks to help injured people in poor countries.

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.: "Sometimes I just buy birthday cakes, and I eat them."

Tom Cotton Eats Birthday Cake Almost Every Day

5:28pm April 03, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

The freshman senator from Arkansas, who wrote the letter to Iran and rallied 46 other Republicans to object to a nuclear deal, revealed his guilty pleasure: eating birthday cake nearly every day.