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Week In Politics: Unemployment Rate Drops, AG Barr's Testimony And The 2020 Race

4:41pm May 03, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post, and David Brooks of The New York Times, about the economy, AG Barr, and the 2020 Senate race.

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Nichole Dawsey, an opioid addiction awareness campaigner from St. Louis, was recognized by the FBI for her work urging people to control access to pills.

FBI Awards Partners, Anti-Drug Campaigners And Difference-Makers Across U.S.

4:19pm May 03, 2019

by Carrie Johnson

"Your mission is a commitment to serving your communities," FBI Director Christopher Wray told awardees. "You're showing people kindness when they need it most."

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen here in July 2010, shortly before the Macondo well was capped after spilling oil for 87 days. The Trump administration has proposed revisions to Obama-era rules that aimed to prevent similar disasters.

Trump Administration Moves To Roll Back Offshore Drilling Safety Regulations

3:48pm May 03, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The Interior secretary touted the revised rules as eliminating "unnecessary regulatory burdens while maintaining safety." But environmental groups said the move demonstrates oil industry influence.

Aerial image of the Puu Oo eruption site on Kilauea volcano, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, in July 2018. The volcano is no longer erupting but is still active.

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Army Soldier Falls Into Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano After Straining For Better View

1:25pm May 03, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

A soldier visiting the active volcano on the Big Island hopped a guardrail and fell in when the ground collapsed. Airlifted out of the crater, he is in stable condition.

A resident of Mexico Beach, Fla., looks over damage caused to the Florida Panhandle by Hurricane Michael in October 2018.

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2020 Census To Be Hand-Delivered In Disaster Recovery Areas

1:09pm May 03, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Census Bureau is planning to send workers to personally visit every household in Paradise, Calif.; Mexico Beach, Fla.; and Puerto Rico, which are still recovering from wildfire and hurricanes.

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Office of Refugee Resettlement Reviewing Death Of 16-Year-Old Guatemalan Boy

12:37pm May 03, 2019

by John Burnett

A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died of a brain infection Tuesday after spending days in custody of the U.S. Health and Human Services. The boy crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone last month.

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Clarisa Corber at work at a Topeka, Kan., insurance agency. Corber and her husband — who have three kids, a health plan and $15,000 in medical debt — were profiled in a recent Los Angeles Times investigation into the effects of high-deductible health

Employees Start To Feel The Squeeze Of High-Deductible Health Plans

8:12am May 03, 2019

by Rachel Martin

The average deductible for employer-sponsored health insurance has quadrupled in the last 12 years. A Los Angeles Times investigation finds even insured workers are going without needed medical care.

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Idaho Woman Turns Tree Stump Into A Free Library For Elves

6:27am May 03, 2019

Sharalee Armitage Howard gave a deteriorating 110-year-old cottonwood tree a new life by hollowing out the stump and adding a roof and a glass French door. She turned it into a little free library.

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Rural Students To Join In Classroom Walkout Over Climate Change

6:00am May 03, 2019

by Kirk Siegler

High school students are planning another coordinated nationwide walkout Friday to demand action on climate change. Until recently, organizers say rural students hadn't been as vocal in the strikes.

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Opioid Company's Top Executives Found Guilty Of Bribing Doctors

12:36am May 03, 2019

by Gabrielle Emanuel

A Federal Jury in Boston found John Kapoor, founder of Insys Therapeutics, and four other executives guilty of bribing doctors to boost sales of Subsys, a highly addictive fentanyl sublingual spray.

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