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Portland Train Murders Highlight Oregon's History Of White Supremacy

4:40pm May 30, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Randy Blazak, chair of the Oregon Coalition Against Hate Crime, about the state of white supremacy in the Portland area and the state of Oregon.

Tomiko Shine holds up a picture of Tamir Rice during a 2014 protest in Washington, D.C. Timothy Loehmann, the police officer who shot and killed the 12-year-old boy, was fired Tuesday for answers he provided on his personal history statement during the hi

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Officer Who Killed Tamir Rice Fired For Rule Violations On Job Application

3:48pm May 30, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who shot and killed the 12-year-old in 2014, omitted key details "on his personal history statement." His partner was suspended for 10 days.

French pharmaceutical group Sanofi is expected to receive an exclusive license to market a new Zika vaccine.

States Fear Price Of New Zika Vaccine Will Be More Than They Can Pay

3:42pm May 30, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

The vaccine against Zika vaccine was developed by the Army, with the government paying for clinical trials, too. Health officials want to be sure drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur doesn't make it unaffordable.

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U.S. troops man a roadblock on Dec. 26, 1989, in Panama City, preventing access to the Vatican Embassy where Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega was holed up. The U.S. forces played loud rock music in an attempt to bring Noriega out. He surrendered on Jan. 3

How The U.S. Military Used Guns N' Roses To Make A Dictator Give Up

2:56pm May 30, 2017

by Greg Myre

Panama's dictator, Manuel Noriega, surrendered to the invading U.S. military in 1989. He holed up at the Vatican Embassy, and gave up after being subjected to days of deafening music.

New legislation in Australia would cancel the passports of thousands of convicted pedophiles.

Australia Plans To Deny Passports To Child Sex Offenders

1:46pm May 30, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The proposal is "the toughest crackdown on child sex tourism by any government," Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said. In 2016, some 800 registered child sex offenders traveled overseas from Australia.

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., earlier this month.

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Shut Down In 2019

12:31pm May 30, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The company that owns the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, site of the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history, says the facility will be closed unless the state of Pennsylvania decides to bail it out.

Trump Hopes To Lure Companies Back To The U.S.With Lower Tax Rates

11:33am May 30, 2017

by John Ydstie

A key part of Trump's tax plan is to repatriate corporate profits held overseas back to the U.S. The idea is that companies will free up overseas earnings and invest in jobs and equipment in the U.S.

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President Trump Moves Closer To His Stated Goal Of Repealing Dodd-Frank

11:19am May 30, 2017

When a House panel approved the Financial Choice Act, it helped Trump advance repealing Dodd-Frank. David Greene talks to David Wessel, director of the Brookings Institution's Hutchins Center.

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In this Nov. 8, 1989, photo, Panamanian military leader Gen. Manuel Noriega talks to reporters in Panama City. Panama's ex-dictator died Monday in a hospital in Panama City. He was 83.

Former Panamanian Dictator Manuel Noriega Dies At 83

10:31am May 30, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

General Manuel Antonio Noriega, who went from being a CIA informant to leading a nation and becoming a target of the U.S., has died. Noriega was ousted from power in 1989.

Nicole Boykins is principal at Crocker College Prep in New Orleans. The pre-K through eighth grade school is one of five schools in a program to better serve children who've been exposed to trauma.

When Schools Meet Trauma With Understanding, Not Discipline

8:07am May 30, 2017

Children in New Orleans suffer from trauma at high rates. Now, several schools there are focused on catching and helping students whose behavior may be a response to their suffering.

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