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In Seattle, A Move Across Town Could Be A Path Out Of Poverty
Studies show poor children living in "high opportunity" areas have a better chance at success. A program in the Seattle area to help families move to better neighborhoods has seen promising results....
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Running Away Or Skipping School Could Get A Kid Locked Up. Now That's Changing.
The number of girls in the juvenile justice system has been rising because of arrests for low level offenses like running away or violating curfew. Kentucky is now taking a different approach. (Image...
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Obama Urges Americans To Reject Language That 'Feeds A Climate Of Fear'
In a rare political post-presidency statement, former President Barack Obama called for tighter gun laws after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. "We are not helpless here," he said. (Image...
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Florida Man Who Mailed Bombs To Democrats, Media Gets 20 Years In Prison
Cesar Sayoc blamed his attempted bombing spree on his mental illness and excessive use of steroids. His attorneys said he was obsessed with President Trump. (Image credit: Broward County Sheriff's...
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Treasury Declares China A 'Currency Manipulator,' Escalating Trade War
The Trump administration made the declaration after Beijing allowed its currency to drop sharply. China's move triggered a sell-off on Wall Street. (Image credit: Richard Drew/AP)
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All Songs Rewind: The Worst Songs Of All Time?
Carrie Brownstein joins the All Songs gang to chat about relentless earworms, annoying novelty songs and other songs our hosts think of as quite possibly the worst of all time (Image credit: Jonathan...
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Amid Protests In Hawaii Against Giant Telescope, Astronomers Look To 'Plan B'
An international consortium planning the Thirty Meter Telescope still prefers to site it atop the Big Island's Mauna Kea. But local protests may drive the project to the Canary Islands. (Image credit:...
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Beijing Warns Hong Kong Protesters: Don't 'Play With Fire'
Speaking in the capital, a spokesman for China's Hong Kong affairs office said protesters will be "held accountable" and said that Beijing had "tremendous power" to put down the protests. (Image...
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Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88
Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Image...
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Trump Left A Lot Unsaid About Mass Shootings, Domestic Terrorism — And His...
The president struck a somber tone about the latest round of mass shootings in this country and talked about pushing for an end to them. But tone is one thing; action is another. (Image credit: Alex...
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Lawmakers Push For 'Red Flag' Laws To Take Guns Away From People In Crisis
President Trump wants to expand laws that allow courts to intervene when someone shows signs of pending violence, and lawmakers are getting behind the idea. But are these laws effective? (Image...
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Appeals Court Revives Sarah Palin's Defamation Lawsuit Against 'The New York...
Federal judges said a lower court was wrong to dismiss the former Alaska governor's lawsuit against the newspaper over an editorial that linked her to a 2011 mass shooting. (Image credit: Scott...
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'Drive-Thru Dreams' Explores America's Love-Hate Relationship With Fast Food
Americans have a torturous relationship with fast food. We vilify it but also view it with a nostalgic lens. A new book explores this complicated yet seemingly unshakable bond. (Image credit: Hulton...
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