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Workers unload medical supplies to fight the Ebola epidemic from a USAID cargo flight in Harbel, Liberia, in August.

Obama To Announce Buildup In U.S. Efforts To Fight Ebola

9:43am September 16, 2014

by Scott Horsley

The U.S. military plans to establish a medical base in Liberia to help stop the Ebola epidemic. It will build 1,700 new treatment beds and train up to 500 health care workers every week.

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F/A-18 fighter jets on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in Hong Kong in 2011.

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Pair Of F/A-18s Crash In Western Pacific Ocean, U.S. Navy Says

9:41am September 16, 2014

by Scott Neuman

One pilot has been rescued and the search continues for the other after the two warplanes from the USS Carl Vinson went down.

Kira Kazantsev says she isolated herself from her friends when they tried to help her get away from an abusive boyfriend.

Newly Crowned Miss America Felt Helpless Against Domestic Violence

9:09am September 16, 2014

by Maanvi Singh

Pageant contestants often pick feel-good issues for their platform topics. Miss New York chose domestic violence because she lived it. There are many reasons why women stay with an abuser, she says.

Tom Murphy, 56, in his home in Gainesville, Va., was diagnosed with ALS four years ago. An experimental drug seems to have slowed the progression of his disease, he says, though most ALS patients aren't as lucky.

Patients Vulnerable When Cash-Strapped Scientists Cut Corners

9:09am September 16, 2014

by Richard Harris

A shrinking pool of grant money for medical research has led competing applicants to oversell weak scientific findings, critics say. The result: Many experimental treatments are worthless.

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A soldier guards a pipe en route to the Kawergosk Refinery near Irbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, in July. Fighting in northern Iraq forced the closure of the country's largest oil refinery, Baiji, and cut production fr

With Turmoil Roiling Abroad, Why Aren't Oil Prices Bubbling Up?

8:32am September 16, 2014

by John Ydstie

Conflict in oil-producing regions usually sends oil prices higher. But the cost of oil has actually dropped, despite turmoil in the Middle East. Economists say it's a matter of supply and demand.

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Like Adrian Peterson, Majority Of U.S. Parents Use Physical Discipline

5:11pm September 15, 2014

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was indicted on charges of child abuse for hitting his son with a tree branch. Robert Siegel talks to Elizabeth Gershoff, professor of human ecology at the University of Texas at Austin, about the history of corporal punishment.

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Overthinking It: Using Food As A Racial Metaphor

2:02pm September 15, 2014

by Kat Chow

Why do we use fruits, vegetables, Twinkies and other food items to describe the idea of someone being [Race A] on the inside, [Race B] on the outside?

Wendy Davis Tells Of Her Own Difficult Abortions In 'Forgetting'

1:21pm September 15, 2014

by NPR Staff

A champion of abortion rights, the Texas gubernatorial candidate reveals she terminated two of her pregnancies — once because her life was endangered.

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Waves hit the coast of Los Cabos, Mexico, on Sunday as Hurricane Odile nears landfall in the largely tourist area of the Baja California peninsula.

Mexican Resort Town Pummeled By Powerful Hurricane Odile

1:02pm September 15, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Category 3 cyclone, the strongest on record to hit the region, slammed the tourist destination of Cabo San Lucas and will weaken as it moves up the Baja California peninsula, forecasters say.

French President Francois Hollande (right) and Iraqi President Fuad Masum attend the Conference for Peace and Security in Iraq at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris on Monday. The two leaders were among those urging quick action against Islamic Stat

Leaders Meet In Paris To Forge Fight Against Islamic State Militants

12:44pm September 15, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Representatives from more than 20 countries have gathered in the French capital to form a coalition to defeat the insurgency.