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How One Group Is Tracking Violence Experienced After Deportation

5:12pm January 09, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sarah Stillman, who wrote in The New Yorker about the database she and students from Columbia University created that documents people who were deported and then killed as a result.

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House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer Discusses DACA Meeting With Trump

5:12pm January 09, 2018

Lawmakers met at the White House on Tuesday to discuss a deal to protect DACA recipients. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., who attended the meeting.

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Transcript Released Of Fusion GPS Founder's Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Committee

5:12pm January 09, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has released a transcript of the panel's interview with Glenn Simpson. He's the founder of the political research shop Fusion GPS, which commissioned the infamous, unverified dossier ostensibly documenting connections between the Trump camp and Russia. In the interview, Simpson stands by the document.

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Washington Law Targeting Domestic Abusers Yields Report Of 71 Attempted Gun Buys

4:55pm January 09, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The law is believed to be the first of its kind. It requires licensed gun sellers to report failed background checks; it also alerts people who are living under protective orders.

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio helped Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign — and now he wants to help the president in Washington.

Joe Arpaio Will Run For A U.S. Senate Seat, Pledging Support For Trump

4:53pm January 09, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Arizona Republican Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff who became famous for his controversial stance on immigration, says he wants to join Congress so he can help President Trump.

Where Author Jacqueline Woodson Would Like To Take Young People's Literature In 2018

4:52pm January 09, 2018

by Lynn Neary

The National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Gene Luen Yang passed the baton to his successor Jacqueline Woodson on Tuesday. NPR takes a look at where young people's literature is now and where the new ambassador would like to take it in the coming year.

A man rests on top of a subway vent grate as a tourist walks past in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5.

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Shelters Reach Capacity In Cold Weather As Homeless Population Rises

4:33pm January 09, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

The population of people who are homeless increased for the first time since 2010, according the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and many shelters are having to turn people away.

A Salvadoran man reads a newspaper at a market in San Salvador on January 8. The newspaper headline reads: "The United States will decide today the future of TPS."

What You May Not Realize About The End Of TPS Status For Salvadorans

4:29pm January 09, 2018

by Nurith Aizenman

It's not just immigrants from El Salvador who stand to lose. Here's why their families back home could be devastated.

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Michelle Leavy surrounded by her three sons. She became addicted to opioids when she was discharged from the hospital with doctors' advice to use them for her pain after a cesarean section. She is now in recovery.

Hospitals Brace Patients For Pain To Reduce Risk Of Opioid Addiction

4:11pm January 09, 2018

by Blake Farmer

As hospitals assess their role in the opioid crisis, some are trying to change patient expectations by warning them to expect some pain. Doctors in those hospitals are prescribing fewer opioids.

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In both urban and rural areas, about 40 percent of women surveyed were currently married to a member of the opposite sex. Only about 30 percent of the rural women of childbearing age had no children, versus roughly 41 percent of urban women.

Rural And City Women A Little Different In Age At First Sex, Number Of Kids

3:29pm January 09, 2018

by Patti Neighmond

In a recent national survey, nearly 80 percent of women living in rural areas reported having experienced sexual intercourse by age 18, compared with 68.6 percent of women in cities.