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Tiger Woods hits on the fourth hole during the second round at the Masters golf tournament Friday.

5 Thoughts On 'Moving Day' At The Masters

9:36am April 07, 2018

by Tom Goldman

American Patrick Reed holds a two-shot lead over Australia's Marc Leishman going into the Masters golf tournament Saturday. The field has been whittled from 87 to 53 as the third round begins.

Melodie Beckham (left), here with her daughter, Laura, had metastatic lung cancer and chose to stop taking medical marijuana after it failed to relieve her symptoms. She died a few weeks after this photo was taken.

Medical Marijuana's 'Catch-22': Limits On Research Hinder Patient Relief

8:20am April 07, 2018

Suffering Americans seek medical marijuana as an alternative to opioids and other powerful pharmaceuticals. Though legal in 29 states, doctors say the lack of strong data make it hard to recommend.

Jed Hirsh of Summerland and Josiah Hamilton of Montecito dig out the dining room of Peri Thompson's Montecito, Calif. house.

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'Bucket Brigade' Volunteers Still Digging California Homes Out After Mudslides

8:11am April 07, 2018

by Stephanie O'Neill

More than two months since a massive and deadly debris flow slammed the community of Montecito, Calif., hundreds of volunteers are working to carve paths to front doors and dig out kitchens.

Rep. Ro Khanna On Silicon Valley And Facebook

8:11am April 07, 2018

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg heads to Congress next week. NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, who represents Silicon Valley.

Oklahoma Teachers Continue Strike

8:11am April 07, 2018

by Emily Wendler

Oklahoma lawmakers approved $40 million in new money for public schools on Friday. But the state's teacher's union says it's still not enough and that it won't end teacher walkouts across the state.

Fire shoots out from a Baltimore store on Gay Street as looting erupted in a five-block business section in Baltimore on April 6, 1968. Police sealed off the area.

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50 Years Ago Baltimore Burned. The Same Issues Set It Aflame In 2015

6:01am April 07, 2018

by Brakkton Booker

Riots in Baltimore broke out days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder. Segregation and economic tensions led to civil unrest. Those issues were still present in 2015 after the death of Freddie Gray.

Retired Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, left, and former assistant defense secretary Paul McHale, center, visit Utah National Guard troops as they extend a border fence in San Luis, Ariz., in 2006.

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Former National Guard Chief On What A 2006 Border Deployment Tells Us Today

11:44pm April 06, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

The last major deployment of the National Guard to the border was overseen in 2006 by retired Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum. He says their work freed Border Patrol agents to focus on their primary job.

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What It Takes For An American To Do Business In China

11:12pm April 06, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Claire Reade from the Center for Strategic and International Studies about what the newest round of proposed tariffs mean for U.S.-China trade relations.

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People walk near the fence of the Mexico-U.S. at Playas de Tijuana in northwestern Mexico.

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As Border Crossings Tick Up, Migrants Bring Children, Take More Dangerous Routes

11:11pm April 06, 2018

by John Burnett

After dropping sharply when President Trump took office, the number of undocumented immigrants apprehended at the border is again on the rise.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors to consider tougher charges against people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time.

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Trump Administration Seeks New Border Crackdown

10:19pm April 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The White House has announced plans to end a policy often called "catch and release." The administration also will bring tougher charges against first-time illegal border crossers.