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Visitors and medical personnel enter a transport plane carrying Otto Warmbier at a Cincinnati regional airport Tuesday. Warmbier, who was released and medically evacuated from North Korea, has been in a coma for months, his parents said.

After Otto Warmbier's Release, Will U.S. Ban Travel To North Korea?

5:51pm June 16, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

It's highly unusual for the government to restrict the ability of Americans to go abroad. A full-on ban would have to come from Congress, but the secretary of state has authority to restrict travel.

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President Trump's Friday morning tweet, on the heels of a cryptic statement from a senior official, has left many people puzzled.

Trump Lashes Out At Investigators After Reports Of Obstruction Of Justice Inquiry

5:07pm June 16, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The president took to Twitter to say: "I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director!" It's not clear exactly what the president is referring to.

A 1980 letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine was later widely cited as evidence that long-term use of opioid painkillers such as oxycodone was safe, even though the letter did not back up that claim.

Doctor Who Wrote 1980 Letter On Painkillers Regrets That It Fed The Opioid Crisis

4:44pm June 16, 2017

In 1980, Dr. Hershel Jick wrote a one-paragraph letter about low rates of addiction among hospitalized patients given narcotics. It was later cited as evidence that long-term opioid use was safe.

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Jury Acquits Minnesota Officer In Shooting Death Of Philando Castile

4:38pm June 16, 2017

by Tim Nelson

The jury found Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty on all counts in the shooting death of Castile nearly a year ago. Yanez shot Castile after pulling him over for a broken tail light.

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Amazon Announces Plan To Buy Whole Foods For $13.7 Billion

4:38pm June 16, 2017

by Alina Selyukh

Amazon announced it will buy Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at $13.7 billion. This is by far the largest acquisition Amazon has made, promising a massive change of pace for both the organic food chain and its competitors.

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Alarming Number Of Americans Believe Chocolate Milk Comes From Brown Cows

4:38pm June 16, 2017

A recent survey of a thousand people shows 7 percent of the participants think chocolate milk comes from brown cows. The answer did not surprise dieticians, who discuss several common misconceptions related to food.

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Southern Lawmakers Push For Easement Of Trade Barriers With Cuba

4:38pm June 16, 2017

Lawmakers in southern states are pushing hard to lift remaining trade barriers with Cuba, so they can sell crops like rice, corn and soybeans to the island. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain about U.S. exports to Cuba and whether President Trump's new Cuba policy will be a setback.

Sandy Hook Parents Slam NBC's Megyn Kelly For Alex Jones Interview

4:38pm June 16, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Nelba Marquez-Greene, a family member of a Sandy Hook shooting victim, about Megyn Kelly's upcoming interview on NBC News with radio host and notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

A Los Angeles Chinatown street in 1930. Ubiquitous now, Chinese restaurants were once feared by the white establishment.

How The White Establishment Waged A 'War' On Chinese Restaurants In The U.S.

4:24pm June 16, 2017

by Kat Chow

Though Chinese restaurants are now an American staple, during the late 1800s and early 1900s, some Americans staged a multipronged effort to shut them down.

The headquarters of Oregon's Driver and Motor Vehicles Division on Thursday in Salem, Ore. Oregon became the first state to allow residents to mark their gender as "not specified" on applications for driver's licenses.

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Oregon Adds A New Gender Option To Its Driver's Licenses: X

4:14pm June 16, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The change follows a ruling last year by an Oregon judge that allowed an Army veteran to legally identify as non-binary — neither male nor female. Several countries already recognize a third gender.