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Week In Politics: Donald Trump Visits Mexico

4:32pm September 02, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with our regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the new FBI documents related to the Hillary Clinton email investigation and Donald Trump's last minute visit to Mexico.

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Latinos For Trump Founder Warns Of Taco Trucks On Every Corner

4:32pm September 02, 2016

by Adrian Florido

The founder of Latinos For Trump warned that if nothing was done about Mexican immigration to the U.S., the country would soon have "taco trucks on every corner." That spawned the hashtag #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner, which went viral very quickly and very hilariously.

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Mosquito Control Efforts In South Carolina Kill Millions Of Bees

4:32pm September 02, 2016

by Alexandra Olgin

By now many of you have heard the buzz around millions of dead bees in South Carolina. Last weekend a county did some aerial spraying to kill mosquitoes because of Zika.

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The Betancourts bought their home in 1986. They were on the verge of paying off their mortgage in 2005 when a series of health emergencies shattered their hopes of owning their home outright.

For The Black Middle Class, Housing Crisis And History Collude To Dash Dreams

4:32pm September 02, 2016

by Ari Shapiro

Evelyn and Grattan Betancourt live in a wealthy, majority-black county in the U.S. They did everything they were supposed to: steady jobs, bought a house within their means. Things still went wrong.

U.S. Job Growth Fails To Meet Expectations In August

4:32pm September 02, 2016

by John Ydstie

Employers added 151,000 jobs in August, which is somewhat disappointing. Most economists were expecting about 180,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate held at 4.9 percent for the third straight month. Many analysts are now saying job growth is slow enough to keep the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates in September.

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National

New Government Figures Reveal Uptick In Driving Fatalities

4:29pm September 02, 2016

by David Schaper

Figures released by the National Safety Council show 2016 is on track to become the deadliest year on the nation's roadways since 2007. More than 19,000 people died in traffic accidents in six months.

Hawaii Fishermen Raise Concerns About Expansion Of National Monument

4:29pm September 02, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Michael Goto, manager of the United Fishing Agency and a member of the Hawaii Longline Association, about how the expansion of the Papahanaumokuakea National Monument will affect his business and the economy of Hawaii.

#MemeOfTheWeek: Taco Trucks On Every Corner

4:24pm September 02, 2016

by Sam Sanders

A Trump surrogate warned of "taco trucks on every corner" as immigration remains unchecked in the U.S. But very few people on Twitter think that's a bad thing.

Honeybees are vulnerable to the kind of pesticide sprayed in Dorchester County, but hives — at least those maintained by beekeepers — could have been protected, by the timing of the spraying or by physical barriers. They weren't, and millions of bees

S.C. County Sprays For Mosquitoes But Accidentally Takes Out Millions Of Bees

3:36pm September 02, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Dorchester County, in South Carolina, was worried about the risk posed by Zika. So officials recently ordered that a pesticide be sprayed from planes. Local beehives have been devastated.

The FDA says there's no evidence that antibacterial soaps do a better job cleaning hands, and chemicals in them may pose health hazards. The FDA ban applies only to consumer products, not those used in hospitals and food service settings.

FDA Bans 19 Chemicals Used In Antibacterial Soaps

1:38pm September 02, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

Manufacturers didn't provide data showing the chemicals are safe and effective, the FDA says. It says there's no evidence that they do a better job at preventing illness than plain soap and water.