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For years, advocates have pushed the Census Bureau for a box for people of Middle Eastern or North African descent. Now, the bureau recommends one. Some worry the data may be misused in surveillance.

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For Some Arab Americans, Checking A Census Box Is Complicated

4:01am March 11, 2017

by Kat Chow

For years, advocates have pushed the Census Bureau for a box for people of Middle Eastern or North African descent. Now, the bureau recommends one. Some worry the data may be misused in surveillance.

The Karm al-Jabal neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, in a picture taken during a sandstorm Friday. A U.S. court has issued a temporary order that one Syrian family's asylum petition be processed regardless of President Trump's new travel ban.

A Judge Orders One Syrian Family's Asylum Request Be Processed

11:37pm March 10, 2017

The temporary order sets aside President Trump's most recent travel ban, but just for this one case. But lawsuits in other courts are seeking to overturn the executive order entirely.

Artwork and signatures cover a fence around the Pulse nightclub, scene of a mass shooting, in Orlando, Fla. Noor Salman, widow of gunman Omar Mateen, is accused of aiding her husband's attack.

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Orlando Nightclub Shooter's Widow Is Denied Release On Bail

9:38pm March 10, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Noor Salman, widow of Omar Mateen, is in custody in California awaiting trial in Florida on charges she knew about her husband's plans to attack the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Dozens of ambassadorial jobs remain vacant, as do some 30 top jobs at State Department headquarters requiring Senate confirmation — positions from deputy secretary of state on down to regional assistant secretaries.

Worries Grow As Top Posts Remain Vacant At State Department

8:34pm March 10, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

The administration has cleared out the State Department's top echelons. Congress is noticing the vacuum. So are other countries: Mexico's visiting foreign secretary went straight to the White House.

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Boston's Gay Veterans Invited To March in St. Patrick's Day Parade

8:17pm March 10, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

The controversy over the initial decision to exclude gay veterans had alienated many traditional supporters of Boston's signature cultural event.

Scott Gottlieb, FDA deputy commissioner for policy, speaks to reporters at the Reuters Health summit in New York in 2005.

Trump Chooses Dr. Scott Gottlieb To Head Food And Drug Administration

8:14pm March 10, 2017

by Joe Neel

Gottlieb is seen as a mainstream pick for an agency that oversees a quarter of the U.S. economy, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, food, cosmetics and other areas of human and animal health.

The Trump Grill at Trump Tower in New York City in December. Now that Donald Trump is president, online reviews of his hotels, restaurants and other properties have become much more politicized.

Falling Stars: Negative Yelp Reviews Target Trump Restaurants, Hotels

7:14pm March 10, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

Now that Donald Trump is president, online reviews of his hotels, restaurants and other properties have become much more politicized. But his presidency may help offset negatives for the Trump brand.

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Frederick Bell of Larose, La., says he's received no guidance from a public defender on how to fight drug charges from October. Bell is part of a class action lawsuit against Louisiana's public defender board that charges the public defense system is unco

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Public Defenders Hard To Come By In Louisiana

6:38pm March 10, 2017

by Debbie Elliott

A new lawsuit in Louisiana challenges the state's public defense system as unconstitutional. Indigent people there arrested for serious crimes are put on waiting lists to see a public defender.

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2 Occupiers Found Guilty Of Conspiracy In Oregon Wildlife Refuge Standoff

6:38pm March 10, 2017

by Conrad Wilson

A jury in Oregon has reached a verdict in the trail of a second group of armed occupiers of a federal wildlife refuge.

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Michael Flynn Admits Lobbying May Have Benefited Turkish Government

6:38pm March 10, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Chad Day, investigative reporter for the Associated Press, about Michael Flynn's retrospective registration as a foreign agent, and the details of his lobbying efforts in the interest of the Turkish government.

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