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Hurricane Maria Spins Toward Puerto Rico

5:52pm September 18, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with Puerto Rico Secretary of State Luis Rivera Marín on how the province is recovering from Irma's damage and preparing for yet another, which is expected to land there Wednesday.

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The Hughes Glomar Explorer off the coast of Catalina Island, Calif., in August 1975, a year after its secret CIA mission to raise a Soviet sub that sank in the Pacific Ocean. This was one of the CIA's most elaborate and expensive operations. The CIA has j

How The CIA Found A Soviet Sub — Without The Soviets Knowing

5:52pm September 18, 2017

by Greg Myre

It's a great tale of Cold War intrigue that includes eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, a CIA covert operation and a Soviet sub with nuclear missiles that sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

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Nancy and Christian Schneider live in the Holly Lake Mobile Home park, where they haven't had electricity in their home since Hurricane Irma struck Florida over a week ago.

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A Week After Irma, Florida Families Still Living In The Dark

5:29pm September 18, 2017

by Elissa Nadworny

"You don't realize until you lose electricity that [it] basically runs your life," says one resident who is most worried about the oppressive heat. "It's like living in the 1700s."

Dorothy Boddie runs the outreach ministry at Allen Chapel AME, one of the Capital Area Food Bank's nonprofit partners. The D.C.-area food bank is part of a growing trend to move toward healthier options in food assistance, because many in the population i

One Of America's Biggest Food Banks Just Cut Junk Food By 84 Percent In A Year

4:36pm September 18, 2017

by Kristina Johnson

D.C'.s Capital Area Food Bank is part of a growing trend to move toward healthier options in food assistance, because many in the population it serves suffer from high blood pressure and diabetes.

Police in St. Louis arrested more than 80 people in demonstrations on Sunday night.

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Protests In St. Louis Continue After A Weekend That Saw Dozens Of Arrests

3:20pm September 18, 2017

by Amy Held

Demonstrators took to the streets after a white ex-officer was acquitted Friday in the shooting death of a black man. The interim police chief said, "This is our city. And we are going to protect it."

Stanislav Petrov, a former Soviet military officer, poses at his home in 2015 near Moscow. In 1983, he was on duty when the Soviet Union's early warning satellite indicated the U.S. had fired nuclear weapons at his country. He suspected, correctly, it was

Stanislav Petrov, 'The Man Who Saved The World,' Dies At 77

2:33pm September 18, 2017

by Greg Myre

Petrov was on overnight duty in 1983 when computers indicated the U.S. had launched a nuclear strike against his country. He had only a few nerve-jangling minutes to act.

NYPD officers respond to a deadly crash involving two buses in the New York City borough of Queens on Monday.

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3 People Killed, More Than A Dozen Injured In 2-Bus Crash In New York City

1:38pm September 18, 2017

by Amy Held

"Hard to compare to anything I've ever seen, the sheer destruction from the impact of this collision," said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Fred Watson was arrested here in Forest Wood Park, by Ferguson police officer Eddie Boyd III.

City Of Ferguson's Dropped Charges 'Just Another Step' Amid 'Systemic Failure'

12:36pm September 18, 2017

by Matthew Schwartz

A Justice Department report used Fred Watson's case as an example of the city's systemic civil rights violations against black residents. Although the charges were tossed, he doesn't feel vindicated.

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President Donald Trump leaves the stage following a rally on June 21, 2017 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Trump's DACA Moves Aren't Shaking His Most Loyal Supporters

12:33pm September 18, 2017

by Clay Masters

Many conservative lawmakers and pundits are critical of President Trump for talking to Democrats about immigration. But Trump's voters don't seem to mind.

Stephen Colbert and Sean Spicer at the Emmys

The Real 'Spicey' Crashes The Emmys, As Stars Mock Trump

11:43am September 18, 2017

by Brian Naylor

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer lampooned himself, with his SNL alter-ego in the audience. Many presenters and winners took the stage to slam their former TV co-star, Donald Trump.