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El Paso, Texas, Is At The Forefront Of The Immigration Crisis

8:55am July 09, 2019

Following the implementation of the "Remain in Mexico" policy, migrants have been returned from El Paso to the neighboring Mexican city of Juarez, where the humanitarian situation is worsening.

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Swiss Military Aerial Display Team Misses Planned Celebration

7:00am July 09, 2019

The aerial team planned to honor a pioneer of early flight — the first person to fly both directions over the Alps. But the wrong map coordinates sent them over a yodeling festival instead.

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Non-Governmental Groups Pick Up Migrants Off The African Coast

6:52am July 09, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Carlotta Weibl a spokesperson for Sea Eye, one of the non-governmental organizations running migrant rescue vessels in the Mediterranean.

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Migrants Sent Back To Mexico Are In Dangerous Situations, Rep. Escobar Says

6:43am July 09, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar who represents El Paso, Texas, about the humanitarian impact the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" program is having on migrants.

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News Brief: Jeffrey Epstein, Hong Kong Bill, Obamacare Trial

5:34am July 09, 2019

Financier Jeffrey Epstein pleads not guilty to sex trafficking of minors. Hong Kong's leader says the controversial extradition bill is dead. And, the Affordable Care Act is on trial again.

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Controversial Extradition Bill Is Dead, Hong Kong Leader Lam Says

5:30am July 09, 2019

by Julie McCarthy

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam says the controversial bill that would have allowed extradition to the Chinese mainland is dead. But the bill was not officially withdrawn. So what does that mean?

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detail from the cover of The Book of Collateral Damage by Sinan Antoon

In 'The Book Of Collateral Damage,' An Accounting Of What Baghdad Lost

5:05am July 09, 2019

by Steve Inskeep

The novelist and poet Sinan Antoon, raised in Iraq and now living in New York, returned home following the 2003 U.S. occupation. That experience inspired his new work of fiction.

East West Market in Vancouver, British Columbia, offered single-use plastic bags with embarrassing slogans to encourage customers to utilize reusable bags.

How A Grocery Store's Plan To Shame Customers Into Using Reusable Bags Backfired

7:05pm July 08, 2019

by Serena McMahon

A Canadian grocery store put embarrassing slogans, such as "Wart Ointment Wholesale" and "Into the Weird Adult Video Emporium," on plastic bags to get customers to use reusable shopping bags.

A new study finds that drug prices can vary dramatically in the developing world, especially as a country moves up the economic ladder.

Drug Prices Can Take A Surprising Turn When A Poor Country Gets Richer

5:18pm July 08, 2019

by Joanne Lu

A new study finds that as poor countries become wealthier, it becomes harder for citizens to purchase basic medicines at affordable prices.

U.N. Human Rights Office Says It's Concerned About Treatment Of Migrants In The U.S.

4:46pm July 08, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Georgette Gagnon, from the U.N. Human Rights Office about the High Commissioner's statement that migrant detention centers in the U.S. may violate international law.

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