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N.J. Commuters Struggle To Get To Work A Day After Train Crash

11:35am September 30, 2016

Thursday's crash disrupted service at the regional hub. Officials promised extra buses, ferries and light rail, but WNYC's Stephen Nessen reports it was chaos for many Hoboken Terminal users.

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Investigators In Hoboken Sift Through Wreckage Of Deadly Train Crash

11:35am September 30, 2016

Federal investigators in New Jersey are trying to determine what happened on Thursday before a commuter train barreled through a station and crashed into a barrier. A woman was killed by debris.

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(Left to right) Promoter Eddie Jaffe (center) watches Rubin "Hurricane" Carter sign a contract before a fight in 1964; Sharon Griggins; Eddie Arroyo weighs in at Arlington Park in Chicago; policeman Renault Robinson in 1970.

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Meet Some Of The Voices From 'Working' Then And Now

11:22am September 30, 2016

Taped interviews that Studs Terkel used for his book Working had been packed in boxes for decades. Here are some of those recordings, as part of a new series produced by Radio Diaries and Project&.

Workers unload bananas in New Orleans. Bananas Foster, one of New Orleans' favorite desserts, is a lasting legacy of an oft-forgotten chapter in the city's history: the banana trade, which spawned banana republics.

The Sweet Success Of Bananas Foster Has An Unsavory Past

11:16am September 30, 2016

by Meredith Bethune

One of New Orleans' favorite desserts is a lasting legacy of an oft-forgotten chapter in the city's history: the banana trade, and its infamous practices.

Decades-Old Housing Discrimination Case Plagues Donald Trump

10:07am September 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

In the 1970s, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Donald Trump, his father and Trump Management, alleging the Trumps engaged in racial discrimination at their properties.

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How Do We Embrace All Kinds Of Nature?

8:19am September 30, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

Environmental writer Emma Marris wants us to broaden our definition of nature to one that embraces urban and wild spaces in order learn to protect and care for it.

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Man Pleads Guilty To Elaborate Kidnapping Initially Deemed A Hoax By Calif. Police

11:02pm September 29, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

In court documents, 39-year-old Matthew Muller is identified as a former Marine who suffers from bipolar disorder. He is described as a Harvard-educated lawyer who was later disbarred.

'Detroit News' Endorses Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson

10:24pm September 29, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Ingrid Jacques of the Detroit News editorial board about the paper's endorsement of libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.

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Presidential Election Likely To Impact Short Handed Supreme Court

10:24pm September 29, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court could play as an issue in the presidential election after the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia left the court short handed.

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Republican Senate Control Depends On Key Races

10:24pm September 29, 2016

by Susan Davis

NPR takes a look at the 2016 Senate races that matter to GOP prospects of maintaining control of the chamber.

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