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Decades-Old Housing Discrimination Case Plagues Donald Trump

10:07am September 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

In the 1970s, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Donald Trump, his father and Trump Management, alleging the Trumps engaged in racial discrimination at their properties.

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How Do We Embrace All Kinds Of Nature?

8:19am September 30, 2016

by NPR/TED Staff

Environmental writer Emma Marris wants us to broaden our definition of nature to one that embraces urban and wild spaces in order learn to protect and care for it.

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Man Pleads Guilty To Elaborate Kidnapping Initially Deemed A Hoax By Calif. Police

11:02pm September 29, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

In court documents, 39-year-old Matthew Muller is identified as a former Marine who suffers from bipolar disorder. He is described as a Harvard-educated lawyer who was later disbarred.

'Detroit News' Endorses Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson

10:24pm September 29, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Ingrid Jacques of the Detroit News editorial board about the paper's endorsement of libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.

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Presidential Election Likely To Impact Short Handed Supreme Court

10:24pm September 29, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court could play as an issue in the presidential election after the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia left the court short handed.

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Republican Senate Control Depends On Key Races

10:24pm September 29, 2016

by Susan Davis

NPR takes a look at the 2016 Senate races that matter to GOP prospects of maintaining control of the chamber.

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Rosetta's mission control specialists at the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany, were jubilant on Jan. 20, 2014, after getting back the first signals that their mission's probe had "woken up" on the comet's surface.

Scientists To Bid A Bittersweet Farewell To Rosetta, The Comet Chaser

10:24pm September 29, 2016

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

To cap its 12-year scientific voyage, the Rosetta spacecraft will take a final plunge Friday. Scientists will signal Rosetta to crash into the surface of a comet — and gather data all the way down.

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Train personnel survey the New Jersey Transit train that crashed into the platform at Hoboken Terminal on Thursday.

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'It Was Going Full, Full Force': Train Crashes Into Hoboken Terminal, Killing 1

7:21pm September 29, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Gov. Chris Christie says 108 people were injured after a train approached Hoboken Terminal at a high speed and crashed into the platform. The roof of the New Jersey station has partially collapsed.

President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in March. Since then, the Senate has denied him a confirmation hearing. Whoever wins the presidential election will have a big impact on the future of the highest court in the land.

The Supreme Court: A Winning Issue In The Presidential Campaign?

7:05pm September 29, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

It's been eight months since Justice Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly, leaving the Supreme Court short-handed and its future up for grabs in the presidential race.

Protesters clash with police in Baltimore on Apr. 25, 2015, during a march in honor of Freddie Gray, who had died in police custody on Apr. 12.

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A Wide Gulf Persists Between Black And White Perceptions Of Policing

7:00pm September 29, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

According to a new study, only a third of blacks and nearly three-quarters of whites say police in their communities do an excellent or good using appropriate force.