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GM Workers In Lordstown, Ohio, Get Some Good News

4:28pm December 30, 2019

by M.L. Schultze

After years of bad news for GM workers with the closing of the Lordstown assembly plant — recent news has been upbeat. An electric truck startup and an EV battery plant are coming. But at what cost?

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Hobbies To Consider For The New Year: Dan Lory Shares His Passion For Birding

4:28pm December 30, 2019

As 2020 approaches, consider taking up a new hobby! Dan Lory of Chicago shares his passion for birding.

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Rural Areas Across The Country Face Drastic Shortage Of Mental Health Care

4:28pm December 30, 2019

by Alisa Roth

When the last psychiatrist in International Falls, Minn., retired that meant that there is no psychiatrists for more than 100 miles. It's a story increasingly common across rural America.

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Calif. Law That Focuses On Gig-Economy Workers Creates Controversy

11:55am December 30, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to John Myers of the Los Angeles Times about a new law that will take effect Jan. 1 in California that is meant to change the way contract workers are treated in the state.

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Stabbing Suspect Is In Custody After Attack In New York Rabbi's Home

11:28am December 30, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Jewish communities in the New York City area are on alert after a stabbing attack inside a rabbi's home left five people wounded. New York's governor called the attack an act of "domestic terrorism."

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Texas Congregants Return Fire After Gunman Fatally Shoots 2 People

11:22am December 30, 2019

by Syeda Hasan

Two parishioners at a Texas church were killed after a gunman opened fire during Sunday service. Members of the church's volunteer security team returned fire and killed the suspect.

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Eagle Village resident Jolene Neiss says it's important to make each room feel like the resident's home with decorations, knickknacks and family photos.

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Seattle Shelter Focuses On Native Peoples Experiencing Homelessness

9:33am December 30, 2019

by Casey Martin

Organizers hope potential residents are more comfortable coming to a facility that attends to their specific cultural needs.

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After Attacks, What Is New York City Doing To Protect Jewish Communities?

7:53am December 30, 2019

After a string of anti-Semitic crimes, Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to NPR's Noel King about the growing number of attacks on Jewish communities, and what the city is doing to protect residents.

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News Brief: Hanukkah Attack, Texas Church Shooting, U.S. Airstrikes

6:08am December 30, 2019

Five people are stabbed at a rabbi's home in New York. Two people die after a gunman opens fire at a Texas church. And, U.S. airstrikes on sites in Iraq and Syria target an Iranian-backed militia.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump Comes Under Fire After Sharing Name On Twitter Of Alleged Whistleblower

11:03pm December 29, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

On Friday, Trump shared a post that included the name of a former intelligence community official whom many of the president's supporters believe is the whistleblower.