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The inside of a pawpaw is soft and gooey.

This Once-Obscure Fruit Is On Its Way To Becoming PawPaw-Pawpular

7:00am September 15, 2017

by Ally Schweitzer

You won't find the pawpaw, which tastes like a cross between a mango and a banana, in most grocery stores, even though they're native to North America. But the locavore food movement has embraced it.

A Chainsaw And Neighbors To The Rescue

5:06am September 15, 2017

Fox5 in Atlanta says a couple in Georgia was blocked in their house by a tree that fell after a storm. The wife went into labor. That's when the husband took a chainsaw to get them out.

Sen. Bernie Sanders during a campaign stop in Vallejo, Calif. ahead of California's June 2016 presidential primary. The state legislature is considering a bill to move the 2020 primary to March.

California Seeks More Influence In 2020 Presidential Race

5:00am September 15, 2017

by Ben Bradford

The state legislature is considering moving up the date of the presidential primary to March from June in order to have more sway over who becomes the Democratic Party's nominee.

One soldier was killed and seven wounded Thursday during a training incident at Fort Bragg, N.C. It came just one day after a separate incident at Camp Pendleton, Calif., left 14 Marines and one sailor wounded.

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One Soldier Killed; More Service Members Injured In Two Training Incidents

10:23pm September 14, 2017

by Amy Held

The unrelated incidents in California and North Carolina killed one soldier and left several service members hospitalized. Five Marines were in critical condition.

The new Medicare cards (right) will not use Social Security numbers for identification. Instead, they will have random sequences of letters and numbers.

Get Ready! Medicare Will Mail New Cards to 60 Million People

7:14pm September 14, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

The federal health program for seniors and the disabled is removing Social Security numbers from the ID cards of 60 million people in an effort to prevent identity theft

President Trump speaks to the press at the White House, capping off a day in which he had made shifting statements and tweets over the proposed DACA deal.

Conservatives Fume Over DACA Deal As Trump Tries To Mollify His Base

7:00pm September 14, 2017

Radio hosts and sites like Breitbart were livid over the possibility that Trump made a deal with Democrats. But he continues to insist his border wall will still get built and he's not capitulating.

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A solar energy panel is lifted into place in a solar energy field at the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

California Lawmakers Debate 100 Percent Clean Energy Mandate

6:12pm September 14, 2017

by Lauren Sommer

To some, it's a chance for the state to cement its environmental leadership as the Trump administration rolls back Obama-era climate change programs.

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Trump Visits Southwestern Florida Amid Hurricane Irma Recovery Efforts

4:38pm September 14, 2017

by Russell Lewis

As President Trump visits hard-hit southwestern Florida, initial assessments of the federal government's response to the disaster are positive.

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'It Was Terribly Hot Like Hell': Daughter Of Patient On Florida Nursing Home That Lost Power

4:38pm September 14, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Eli Pina, whose mother lived at the Hollywood Hills rehab facility in Florida that lost power in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Her mother was evacuated to a nearby hospital on Wednesday.

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Florida Authorities Continue Probe Into Nursing Home Where Patients Died

4:38pm September 14, 2017

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Sheri Fink, a health correspondent for The New York Times, about the latest in the investigation of the Florida nursing home where patients died due to loss of air conditioning after Hurricane Irma.