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Graduation Guides Promise High Schoolers A Clearer Path To Success

By Jenny Gathright

Washington D.C.’s public schools are rolling out an intervention to help students track their progress towards graduation and provide more information about college and career options.

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Investigation Finds Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan ‘Did Not Promote Boeing’

By Laurel Wamsley

The Pentagon’s Inspector General says former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan ‘fully complied’ with ethics obligations. This clears the way for his potential nomination as defense secretary.

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‘My Whole Life Is On Hold’: As Walmart Eliminates Greeters, A Dream In Limbo

By Alina Selyukh

Justin Kelley was among workers who learned their jobs as greeters would be cut. As the Floridian waited 49 days to hear if he could stay with Walmart, he worried he would have to give up his dream.

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Mass. Judge And A Retired Court Officer Charged With Helping Defendant Evade ICE

By Shannon Dooling

The judge and the former court officer allegedly helped an undocumented immigrant slip out of a courtroom to avoid arrest by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in April 2018.

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A Good Life And A Good Death: What Is Palliative Care?

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In That Good Night, palliative care doctor Sunita Puri shares insights from her years caring for patients with serious illness. She sees her role as an advocate and ally — every step of the way.

‘The Heartland’ Aims To Debunk Myths About The Midwest

By Bradley Babendir

Though leaving no answer to the region’s political future, author Kristin L. Hoganson writes a deeply researched book that will remain useful and readable long after this election cycle.

5 Years After Flint’s Crisis Began, Is The Water Safe?

By Steve Carmody

“In some ways we’re better,” says activist Melissa Mays. “In other ways, we’re forever poisoned, damaged, traumatized … that’s not gonna ever be better.”

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How Do Mosquitoes Taste DEET? Hint: It’s Not With Their Mouthparts

By Jonathan Lambert

It’s the only repellent that drives mosquitoes away when they come in contact with it. A new study has a theory about why that is.

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Why Health Workers In The Ebola Hot Zone Are Threatening To Strike

By Nurith Aizenman

Threats and attacks have become a way of life — even for staff at regular hospitals. For the simple act of referring patients to Ebola treatment centers, they have become targets.

An Album From Prince’s Vault, And His Memoir, Are Coming

By Robin Hilton

The Prince Estate has announced plans to release Originals, another album of previously unreleased tracks — many of which were hits for other artists — he recorded between 1981 and 1991.

8 Ways To Teach Climate Change In Almost Any Classroom

By Anya Kamenetz

In an NPR/Ipsos poll, 65% of teachers said they don’t talk about climate change because it’s not related to the subjects they teach. Here are some tips that you can use in any classroom.

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FBI And IRS Raid Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s Home And Offices At City Hall

By Brakkton Booker

Pugh is being investigated after receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments for a self-published children’s book from private companies that were subject to her influence.

Bruce Springsteen Announces New Album ‘Western Stars’

By Robin Hilton

Western Stars, Springsteen’s 19th studio album and first in five years, is due out June 14. Its first single drops at midnight ET.

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Kim Jong Un Willing To Denuclearize If Given Security Guarantees, Putin Says

By Matthew S. Schwartz

The two leaders met Thursday to discuss denuclearization and sanctions. No major agreements came out of the summit, but the two leaders said they were satisfied with the talks.

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Biden Launches 2020 Campaign As Rescue Mission For America’s ‘Soul’

By Jessica Taylor

The 76-year-old former vice president focused on President Trump’s response to Charlottesville in his announcement. He enters the presidential race with renewed scrutiny of his decades in public life.

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Majority Of Americans Say Drug Companies Should Be Held Responsible For Opioid Crisis

By Brian Mann

According to a new NPR/Ipsos opioid poll, 71% of Americans surveyed also say the government should do more to curb the epidemic.

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Visas Are The Newest Weapon In U.S.-China Rivalry

By Emily Feng

This year, the U.S. canceled visas for prominent Chinese scholars with government links and has delayed visas to hundreds of Chinese students. Meanwhile, U.S. academics fail to receive visas to China.

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Parkland Shooter’s Public Defenders Seek To Withdraw Because Cruz Will Inherit Money

By Matthew S. Schwartz

A parent’s life insurance policy will mean a more than $400,000 payout for Nikolas Cruz. The public defender’s office can only represent people who can’t afford representation on their own.

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Tony Award-Winning Playwright Mark Medoff Dies At Age 79

By Richard Gonzales

Medoff is best known for Children of a Lesser God, a play about a young deaf woman’s romance with her speech teacher.

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CDC Reports Largest U.S. Measles Outbreak Since Year 2000

By Richard Gonzales

There are 695 cases in 22 states. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the spike was “avoidable” and he called measles vaccines “among the most extensively studied medical products we have.”

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NRA Sues Over LA Law Requiring Contractors To Disclose Ties To The Gun Rights Group

By Richard Gonzales

Los Angeles wants to know whether city contractors also do business with the NRA. An attorney for the gun rights group calls it “McCarthyism.”

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Facebook Could Face Up To $5 Billion Fine For Privacy Violations

By Aarti Shahani

Facebook reported strong profits on Wednesday but also revealed it is setting aside $3 billion to pay a penalty to regulators for violating users’ privacy.

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Christopher Columbus’ Son Had An Enormous Library. Its Catalog Was Just Found

By Ari Shapiro

In the 16th century, Hernando Colón assembled one of the greatest print-media collections the world had ever known. For centuries, its reference book was missing — until it turned up in Denmark.

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Rental Vouchers for L.A.’s Homeless Provide Short-Term Fix For Long-Term Problem

By Anna Scott

Los Angeles has a large and growing homeless population. A program called rapid rehousing gets people into homes quickly. But it isn’t a long-term fix to the region’s larger housing crisis.

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Democratic Candidates Pressed On Priorities By Women Of Color

By Scott Detrow

The first-ever She The People forum is organized around questions from female voters of color, with 2020 presidential candidates being reminded what a big role they play in the Democratic Party.

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Scientists Explain A Common Fight In Basketball

By Merrit Kennedy

Are players just pretending to be so certain the ball is out on their opponent? Or could there be a difference in how they experience the event that has them pointing a finger at the other player?

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Blasting Trump’s ‘Unacceptable Behavior,’ Iowa Lawmaker Leaves GOP After 40+ Years

By Katarina Sostaric

State Rep. Andy McKean says that the Republican Party has changed and that he no longer wants to be a member. He was first elected to the legislature in 1978.

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Decoded Brain Signals Could Give Voiceless People A Way To Talk

By Jon Hamilton

Scientists have found a way to transform electrical signals in the brain into intelligible speech. The advance may help people paralyzed by a stroke or disease, but the technology is experimental.

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Kohl’s Will Now Accept Amazon Returns At All Its Stores

By Laurel Wamsley

The reatiler is betting that easy returns will drive foot traffic to its stores. Shares of Kohl’s stock spiked with the news.

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Academy Leaves Door Open To Netflix After Tussle Over Oscars Eligibility Rules

By Colin Dwyer

A controversial proposal would have limited the ability of streaming services to compete for Oscars. But after a dust-up that even included the Justice Department, the academy decided against it.

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Boeing Hits Pause On Forecasts As 737 Max Groundings Continue

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The aircraft manufacturer said its profits fell 13 percent in the first quarter as it works through “this challenging time.” Boeing said the 737 Max crisis has cost it $1 billion so far.

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North Korean Leader Arrives In Russia For Summit With Putin

By Anthony Kuhn

The summit in Vladivostok marks Kim Jong Un’s first trip to Russia and first meeting with the Russian leader. The Kremlin said they would discuss denuclearization.

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Philippines’ Duterte Talks Trash (Literally) To Canada, Threatening War Over Garbage

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More than 100 shipping containers had been declared to hold recyclable plastic scraps. But when they arrived in Manila, officials found household trash, including adult diapers.

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Opinion: Here’s Why The Trump Administration’s Iran Sanctions Strategy Won’t Work

By Richard Sokolsky

The Trump administration can cause Iran severe pain, but it cannot trigger the collapse of the regime, argue Aaron David Miller of the Wilson Center and Richard Sokolsky of the Carnegie Endowment.

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In ‘Nanaville,’ Anna Quindlen Writes Of Her Adventures In Grandparenting

By Heller McAlpin

For decades, Quindlen has been channeling Baby Boomers’ concerns, from motherhood and life-work balance to aging and downsizing. Her new book comes with a stern warning: Grandparents, know thy place.

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Bombers Who Carried Out Attacks In Sri Lanka Were ‘Well-Educated,’ Official Says

By Lauren Frayer

The picture emerging of the perpetrators of Sunday’s attacks that killed more than 350 people is one of relative privilege. The country’s defense minister says one bomber had studied in the U.K.

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