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Colorado State Trooper Ron Krasnisky shows the department's oral fluid drug screen testing device.

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Driving while high is hard to detect. States are racing to find a good tool

5:00am March 10, 2025

Police are experimenting with various methods to determine whether drivers are under the influence of marijuana, but unlike alcohol, a number of factors make that difficult to know with certainty.

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Benita Long disappeared. So why wasn't she added to this missing person database?

5:00am March 10, 2025

A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.

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Trump wants to clear homeless camps in D.C.; Mayor says his policies hurt the city

5:00am March 10, 2025

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser about the capital city under President Trump and the planned renaming of Black Lives Matter Plaza.

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Morning news brief

4:14am March 10, 2025

by Steve Inskeep

Mark Carney to become Canada's next prime minister, ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, House Republicans unveil plan to fund government through September.

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House Republicans unveil plan to fund government through September

4:14am March 10, 2025

by A Martínez

Over the weekend, House Republicans unveiled a 99-page plan to keep the federal government running through September. Congress needs to approve a spending bill by Friday or face another shutdown.

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Deadliest phase of fentanyl crisis eases, as all states see recovery

4:12am March 10, 2025

by Brian Mann

In some parts of the U.S., drug deaths have plunged to levels not seen since the fentanyl crisis exploded. Addiction experts say communities still face big challenges.

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South African playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid, dies at 92

4:07am March 10, 2025

by Jeff Lunden

Prolific South African playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, has died at the age of 92.

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ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests

4:07am March 10, 2025

by Adrian Florido

ICE arrested a former Columbia University graduate student involved in campus protests over the war in Gaza. Mahmoud Khalil is a U.S. permanent resident. The government says he faces deportation.

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Trail-gating at the Nordic Super Bowl

4:05am March 10, 2025

by Nat Herz

Fans camp out in the snow weeks early for the Cross-Country World Ski Championships in Norway.

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ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests

2:03am March 10, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.