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In The Wake Of A Wildfire, Oregon Residents Feel The Weight Of Their Loss

7:03pm August 22, 2015

by Amanda Peacher

The Canyon Creek Complex fire has burned more than 54,000 acres in Oregon. Now, Oregon Public Broadcasting's Amanda Peacher reports that those who lost property are trying to move forward.

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Lt. Col. Kris Roberts served as a facilities maintenance officer at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan in the 1980s.

U.S. Compensates Marine Exposed To Toxic Chemicals In '80s

7:03pm August 22, 2015

by NPR Staff

Retired Lt. Col. Kris Roberts says decades ago, he was ordered to dig up dozens of unmarked barrels at a base in Japan, and not report that he'd found them. He believes he handled Agent Orange.

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Three men who helped to disarm an attacker on a train from Amsterdam to France, from left to right, Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Chris Norman, a British man living in France, pose with medals they received for their bravery at a restaurant in Arras,

Americans Hailed As Heroes For Subduing Gunman On Train In Belgium

4:48pm August 22, 2015

by Scott Neuman

An Air Force serviceman, a U.S. National Guardsman and a Sacramento State University student brought down the gunman. One was slashed several times with a box cutter and remains in the hospital.

Mississippi resident Ethel Curry stands in front of her East Biloxi home, which was rebuilt with the help of volunteers after Hurricane Katrina.

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Scars Of Katrina Slow To Heal For Mississippi Gulf Coast

2:54pm August 22, 2015

by Evelina Burnett

Media coverage after the storm focused on New Orleans, but the damage was just as bad, and sometimes worse, in Mississippi. Ten years on, slow recovery in places like East Biloxi has left many behind.

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Longtime Associated Press photographer Jim Cole has covered every New Hampshire presidential primary since 1980.

Capturing Campaign History In The Granite State

12:25pm August 22, 2015

by Brady Carlson

Associated Press photographer Jim Cole has covered every New Hampshire presidential primary since 1980. Now he's preparing for the 2016 primary.

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Trymaine Lee reports in Ferguson in August 2014.

Reporting Post-Ferguson: A Journey To 'Very Dark Places'

6:08am August 22, 2015

by NPR Staff

MSNBC's Trymaine Lee was one of several African-American journalists who shared their stories of reporting on racially-charged violence with Code Switch's Gene Demby.

Police work outside a train north of Paris where three people were wounded in an attack by a Kalashnikov-wielding gunman. The suspect was reportedly subdued by two U.S. Marines, one of whom was seriously wounded.

Gunman On French Train Wounds 3; Americans Among Passengers Who Subdued Him

11:53pm August 21, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Authorities say a gunman opened fire aboard a high-speed Amsterdam-to-Paris train. They say the suspect is a Moroccan, 26.

In Search Of A Drought Strategy, California Looks Down Under

10:08pm August 21, 2015

by Dan Charles

Australia suffered through a truly epic drought, and it survived. But some of Australia's solutions — like a free market for water — may be too radical for the Golden State.

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Gunman Kills Guard In Federal Building In NYC, Then Kills Himself

9:57pm August 21, 2015

by Hansi Lo Wang

Police say the attack occurred in Lower Manhattan Friday afternoon. They say there is "no indication of a nexus to terrorism."

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks as Jeb Bush listens during the first Republican presidential debate in Cleveland.

Jeb Bush Is Suddenly Attacking Trump. Here's Why That Matters

7:54pm August 21, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Facing a drop in polls and on the defensive, the former Florida governor is trying to find his swagger by attacking Trump. But it's an uncomfortable position for the nonconfrontational Bush.