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Hurricane Dorian Takes Aim At The Southeastern U.S.

11:43am September 05, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

After devastating the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian is making its way north. The eye of the giant storm is over the Atlantic Ocean, and it appears it is headed toward Georgia and the Carolinas.

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For Seniors, Storm Evacuation Orders Bring Particular Set Of Difficulties

10:25am September 05, 2019

by Rebecca Hersher

As states issue evacuation orders ahead of Hurricane Dorian's arrival, many elderly people have stayed behind. That group of people can have specific challenges when it comes to evacuating.

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An undated Texas Department of Criminal Justice photo shows death row inmate Billy Jack Crutsinger. He was executed for fatally stabbing an 89-year-old woman and her daughter more than 16 years ago.

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Texas Inmate Executed For Killing An Elderly Mother And Daughter In 2003

8:17am September 05, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, was the 14th inmate executed in the U.S. this year and the fifth in Texas. That state has 10 other executions scheduled for 2019.

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Dorian Could Make Landfall In North Carolina, Forecasters Say

8:04am September 05, 2019

NPR's Noel King talks to Robert Woodard, chairman of the Dare County Board of Commissioners, about people in North Carolina's Outer Banks bracing for Hurricane Dorian.

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Investigators Look Into Suspicious Deaths At West Virginia VA Hospital

8:00am September 05, 2019

by Dave Mistich

Federal prosecutors are investigating suspicious deaths at the Veteran Affairs hospital in Clarksburg, W. Va. Two deaths have been ruled homicides, but there could be more.

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Court To Rule On Philadelphia's Proposed Safe Injection Sites

7:55am September 05, 2019

by Nina Feldman

Philadelphia could be the first U.S. city to offer opioid users a safe place to inject drugs under medical supervision. But lawyers will argue that such sites violate 1980s-era crack house laws.

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News Brief: Hurricane Dorian, Loan Forgiveness Update, Pence Trip

7:53am September 05, 2019

Hurricane Dorian is dangerously close to the eastern seaboard. There are developments in a student loan forgiveness story. Vice President Pence is to meet with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Florida Couple Heeds Dorian Warnings And Moves Their Cars

7:24am September 05, 2019

Jessica Eldridge parked her car in the garage but that left no room for her husband's car. Patrick drives a smart car. Since it is so small, he was able to park his car in the kitchen.

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Abortion opponents in Sacramento, Calif., protest legislation that would require public university campuses in California to provide the pills used in medication abortion.

California Again Considers Making Abortion Pills Available At Public Colleges

5:01am September 05, 2019

by April Dembosky

State lawmakers are expected to pass a bill requiring campus health centers to provide pills used for medication abortions. If the measure becomes law, it will be the first of its kind in the U.S.

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Hurricane Dorian's outer bands are lashing Florida as the storm moves northward along the U.S. coastline.

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Bahamas Death Toll From Hurricane Dorian Rises To 20

1:06am September 05, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The Bahamas health minister announced the higher death toll late Wednesday, as Dorian continued shadowing the U.S. East Coast.