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A construction worker looks up at One World Trade Center in New York City, the central skyscraper under construction at Ground Zero, a year before its 2013 completion.

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For Those Who 'Worked The Pile' At Ground Zero, Horrors Of Sept. 11 Haven't Faded

8:29am September 10, 2016

by Dina Temple-Raston

In 2001, NPR's Dina Temple-Raston interviewed two men who had been hauling away what was left of the World Trade Center towers. Fifteen years later, she went back to find them.

Seeing A Mother's Alzheimer's As A Time Of Healing And Magic

7:12am September 10, 2016

by Meredith Rizzo

Dana Walrath used her skills as an artist and medical anthropologist to chronicle her mother's final years with dementia. The process helped her see beyond the loss and embrace the moment.

A mountain yellow-legged frog returns to the wild in the Desolation Wilderness, south of Lake Tahoe in California.

In The Battle To Save Frogs, Scientists Fight Fungus With Fungus

6:26am September 10, 2016

by Lauren Sommer

A deadly fungus is devastating frog populations around the world. In California, scientists are racing to find a way to immunize one species, mountain yellow-legged frogs, against the fungus.

Thinking Of Leaving Home? Here's A Bit Of Advice From Young Adult Authors

6:01am September 10, 2016

Starting that next chapter can be difficult in any young person's life. And YA writers know it well. Sandra Cisneros, Jacqueline Woodson, Tamora Pierce and Jason Reynolds offer some words of wisdom.

Mike Pence Releases His Tax Returns; Donald Trump Still Won't

10:19pm September 09, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

Ten years of tax filings reveal the relatively modest income of a public servant. Pence's spokesman says Donald Trump will release his returns after "a routine audit."

Donald Trump officially opens the Presentation Centre for the Residences at The Ritz-Carlton Toronto on Nov. 29, 2001.

Where 7 Political Careers Stood On Sept. 11, 2001

8:33pm September 09, 2016

by Heidi Glenn

Hillary Clinton was the junior senator from New York on Sept. 11, 2001. Donald Trump was focused on real estate. Here, a look at where other political players were in their careers 15 years ago.

Alameda County (California) District Attorney Nancy O'Malley announces criminal charges against 7 current and former police officers involved in a wide-ranging sexual misconduct scandal. (Alex Emslie, KQED)

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California DA Charges Seven Police Officers in Sex-Abuse Scandal

8:08pm September 09, 2016

by Richard Gonzales

The charges stem from allegations that officers in Oakland and several other San Francisco Bay Area law enforcement agencies sexually exploited a teenager.

Legalization of recreational marijuana may be a factor influencing increased use college-age young adults.

College High: Students Are Using More Marijuana, Fewer Opioids

7:47pm September 09, 2016

by Angus Chen

Illicit drug use runs in cycles, and right now young adults are favoring marijuana over opioids or amphetamines. But they're still indulging a lot less than people in the baby boom generation.

Donald Trump speaks to the media on April 27, 2011, in Portsmouth, N.H., after President Obama released his original birth certificate earlier that morning.

Tracking The Rebirth Of The 'Birther' Conspiracy

7:09pm September 09, 2016

Several surrogates close to Donald Trump have insisted this week that he actually believes President Obama was born in the United States, but Trump hasn't actually said it himself.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (right) enter a news conference room Friday in Geneva to announce a cease-fire agreement for Syria.

Syria Cease-Fire Plan Reached, U.S. And Russia Announce

7:07pm September 09, 2016

The agreement, announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, will be put into place beginning at sundown on Monday.