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Transgender High School Student Responds To White House Guidelines

6:54pm May 13, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Gavin Grimm, a Virginia high school student, who fought his school district to win the right to use the boy's bathroom, after the district limited bathroom use by "biological gender."

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N.C. Governor Calls Obama Transgender Guidelines A 'Massive Overreach'

6:54pm May 13, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory on the state's bill requiring people to use the appropriate bathroom based on the gender listed on their birth certificate.

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Apple Invests $1 Billion In Chinese Ride-Hailing Company Didi Chuxing

6:54pm May 13, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

Apple is investing $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook says the move will help the company gain a better understanding of the Chinese market. In China, Didi already leads Uber, so this investment sets the stage for a big competitive battle between Apple and Uber.

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In 2011, soldiers from Alpha Co. 101st Airborne Division walk beneath the high mud walls that make up the labyrinth of alleyways and corridors of the village of Sangeray in the Zhari District of Kandahar Province.

Checking In On The U.S. Forces In Afghanistan

6:29pm May 13, 2016

We hear a lot less about Afghanistan these days, but America's longest war isn't over. The U.S. military still has nearly 10,000 personnel in the country assisting the Afghans.

Frontier Airlines says that there are places to pump breast milk at all the airports where it flies.

Pilots And ACLU Sue Airline Over Breast Milk Pumping At Work

6:14pm May 13, 2016

by Tara Haelle

Four female pilots says that Frontier Airlines failed to provide legally required accommodations so they could pump breast milk and do their jobs. The ACLU filed a complaint on their behalf.

Miss Susie Susannah Mushatt Jones with her niece Lois Judge as they celebrate her 113th birthday with a party at the Vendalia Senior Center in Brooklyn in 2012.

Susannah Mushatt Jones, The World's Oldest Person, Has Died In New York

5:08pm May 13, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Jones, who was 116, reportedly had a penchant for bacon and lingerie. Now, there is believed to be only one person still alive who was born before 1900.

Declassified Documents Provide Insight Into Saudi Support For 9/11 Attackers

5:02pm May 13, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks Philip Shenon about his article in the Guardian about the relationships between Saudi officials and the hijackers in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Week In Politics: White House Responds To North Carolina Bathroom Bill

4:27pm May 13, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Reihan Salam, executive editor of the National Review, and E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution, about North Carolina's law on transgender bathroom access and the latest on the presidential primary race.

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Texas Conservatives Decry White House Transgender Guidelines For Schools

4:27pm May 13, 2016

by Wade Goodwyn

Conservatives in Texas swiftly responded to the Obama administration's letter to schools on transgender issues. The state's lieutenant governor said Texas will not be blackmailed by the president.

Donald Trump is seen in New York in 1991, the year of a phone call in which Trump allegedly posed as his own spokesman. The presidential candidate denied it was him after The Washington Post published the recording.

Trump Denies Posing As His Own Spokesman, Rebuts Audio Recording

4:19pm May 13, 2016

by Dana Farrington

The apparent GOP presidential nominee denies he called reporters purporting to be a publicist for himself. The Washington Post has published a recording of one such call about Trump's romantic life.