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Cayti Kane was diagnosed with placenta accreta, a dangerous complication. But Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center was prepared and two weeks later, Kane delivered a healthy boy via C-section.

To Keep Women From Dying In Childbirth, Look To California

10:14pm July 29, 2018

by Renee Montagne

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, but California is leading the charge to reverse that trend. Since 2006, the state has cut its rate by more than half.

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Seeking Closure, An Effort To Repatriate Remains Of U.S. Vets Killed In Korean War

7:06pm July 29, 2018

North Korea has given the U.S. 55 small coffins believed to hold the remains of Americans killed in the Korean War. Michel Martin talks to Rick Downes, who's been working to have the dead repatriated.

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Deported Without His Daughter

6:19pm July 29, 2018

Renee Montagne talks with a father separated at the U.S. border from his daughter when they fled gang violence in Honduras. He was deported and his daughter was sent to a detention center.

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Dinah Kirgo Says Les Moonves Damaged Her Career After She Rebuffed Him

5:33pm July 29, 2018

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dinah Kirgo, a writer, who's one of the women who accused Les Moonves of sexual misconduct in the recently published article by Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker.

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'Quiet Skies' TSA Surveillance Program Targets Americans Without Warrant

5:33pm July 29, 2018

The Boston Globe reports TSA air marshals are surveilling ordinary Americans not suspected of any crime. NPR's Michel Martin asks law professor Jonathan Turley about the legality of such a program.

The Myth Of The Self-Made Millennial

5:33pm July 29, 2018

A couple news stories about millennials and money have gone viral in recent weeks. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Jia Tolentino of The New Yorker about "millennial financial resentment."

New Orleans superintendent of police Michael Harrison said the shooting investigation is still ongoing and motive has not yet been determined.

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3 Dead And 7 Injured In New Orleans Shooting; Killers At Large

5:33pm July 29, 2018

by Gabriela Saldivia

Two people shot into a crowd at a New Orleans strip mall Saturday night, before running away. Police are asking the public for help identifying the pair.

Secretaries of state and elections officials across the country may not know how robust their preparations are until Election Day.

Anticipating A Russian Attack On The 2018 Election: What If Trump Is Right?

5:12pm July 29, 2018

by Philip Ewing

The president goes back and forth about what he accepts and denies about Russian election interference. Even so, his recent warning about an attack that helps Democrats is a cogent one.

Elena Santizo hugs two of her children at an airport in Tennessee after a nearly three-month separation.

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Moved By The Family Separation Crisis, Volunteers Step Up To Help In Reunification

3:00pm July 29, 2018

by Monica Ortiz Uribe

The work of unifying families separated at the U.S./Mexico border continues although court-imposed deadlines to reunite them have past. In El Paso, the crisis has inspired citizens to get involved.

Philadelphia is ending a controversial data-sharing contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In recent weeks, protesters have gathered at City Hall to call for the reunification of families separated by the Trump administration's zero-tolerance

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Philadelphia Is Ending A Major Contract With ICE

2:11pm July 29, 2018

by Bobby Allyn

Philadelphia is terminating a long-running contract with federal immigration officials that critics say has been used by agents to target unauthorized immigrants for arrest.

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