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President Trump Hosts Turkey's Erdogan Despite Concerns In Congress

November 13, 2019 - 9:10am

President Trump will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday for the first time since Turkey undertook a military offensive in northern Syria that angered U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Trump opened the door to the Turkish incursion when he abruptly announced he would be...

How Best To Use The Few New Drugs To Treat Antibiotic-Resistant Germs?

November 13, 2019 - 9:05am

Five years ago, Mary Millard went to the hospital for heart surgery. A contaminated medical instrument gave her an infection that led to septic shock. Her heart struggled, and her lungs and kidneys started to fail. "What I caught was pseudomonas , and it's a very virulent superbug," says the...

Let's Play Ball! Share Your Sports-Inspired Poems

November 13, 2019 - 9:05am

NPR wants to read how sports has touched your life — in poetry form. Maybe a home run is like getting your dream job – or asking your sweetheart for a first date felt like a Hail Mary pass. Maybe you find inspiration in E. Ethelbert Miller's poem, If God...

Supreme Court May Side With Trump On 'DREAMers'

November 13, 2019 - 9:05am

The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled Tuesday that it may let the Trump administration shut down the Obama-era program that granted temporary protection from deportation to roughly 700,000 young people, commonly known as DREAMers. Brought to the U.S. illegally as children, the DREAMers were allowed to legally work and...

What Happens To Your Used Stuff? 'Secondhand' Tells Of A Billion-Dollar Industry

November 13, 2019 - 9:01am

The first thing I learned about shopping after moving to Texas from the Caribbean was this: Go to Goodwill. When I needed my first hoodie, I went to Goodwill. When the carpet in my tiny studio got dirty, I bought an old vacuum cleaner at Goodwill. What I didn't know...

Watch Live: House Holds 1st Open Hearing In Trump Impeachment Inquiry

November 13, 2019 - 9:00am

Updated at 10:28 a.m. ET After weeks of work behind closed doors, House Democrats are taking their impeachment inquiry into the president of the United States into public view. The House Intelligence Committee has called two witnesses on Wednesday to describe how President Trump asked the president of Ukraine to...

Arctic Blast Grips Parts Of The U.S., With Snow And Record-Breaking Cold

November 12, 2019 - 9:31pm

Record-breaking cold and snowfall is numbing many parts of the U.S. from the Great Plains to the East Coast and north through New England. By Wednesday the cold snap is expected to spread farther south to the upper Texas coast in what is being described as an "arctic outbreak" by...

Rep. Adam Schiff: Trump's Potentially Impeachable Offenses Include Bribery

November 12, 2019 - 8:38pm

With the House set to begin public hearings Wednesday for the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, the man leading the Democrats' investigation says he already sees several potential impeachable offenses Trump has committed, including bribery. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep during an...

When Countries Get Wealthier, Kids Can Lose Out On Vaccines

November 12, 2019 - 7:46pm

You'd think that as a poor country grows wealthier, more of its children would get vaccinated for preventable diseases such as polio, measles and pneumonia. But a review published in Nature this month offers a different perspective. "The countries that are really poor get a lot of support for the...

FBI Reports Dip In Hate Crimes, But Rise In Violence

November 12, 2019 - 7:32pm

Updated Nov. 12, 5:25 p.m. ET While the number of reported hate crimes dipped slightly in 2018, violence against individuals rose to a 16-year high, according to numbers released Tuesday by the FBI. The FBI's annual tally counted 7,120 hate crimes reported last year, 55 fewer than the year before...

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President Trump Hosts Turkey's Erdogan Despite Concerns In Congress

How Best To Use The Few New Drugs To Treat Antibiotic-Resistant Germs?

Let's Play Ball! Share Your Sports-Inspired Poems

Supreme Court May Side With Trump On 'DREAMers'

What Happens To Your Used Stuff? 'Secondhand' Tells Of A Billion-Dollar Industry

Watch Live: House Holds 1st Open Hearing In Trump Impeachment Inquiry

Arctic Blast Grips Parts Of The U.S., With Snow And Record-Breaking Cold

Rep. Adam Schiff: Trump's Potentially Impeachable Offenses Include Bribery

When Countries Get Wealthier, Kids Can Lose Out On Vaccines

FBI Reports Dip In Hate Crimes, But Rise In Violence

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