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High School Reunion: Checking In With A Student Who Felt Like An Outsider

7:11am August 17, 2017

Rachel Martin graduated from Idaho Falls High School 25 years ago. She's checking back in with some of the people she knew in high school — including Ken Lance, who still lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

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Here I am in 2015 confidently posed by the weeds I was ready to conquer.

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How My Little Community Garden Plot Went From Flop To Flourish

7:00am August 17, 2017

by Carolyn Beans

Two years ago, Carolyn Beans — plant biologist, flower farm worker and daughter of a veggie-grower — thought she had what it took to coax a bounty out of her tiny urban garden. She was wrong.

Yuliana Rocha Zamarripa's workers' comp claim for a serious knee injury at work prompted her arrest. She was shuffled from county to immigration jails for a year and blames the sexual abuse of her daughter on her inability to protect her at home.

They Got Hurt At Work — Then They Got Deported

11:12pm August 16, 2017

A joint investigation by NPR and ProPublica shows how a loophole in Florida law has led to the arrest and even deportation of undocumented immigrants after they suffer legitimate injuries on the job.

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, pictured here during an interview last month, ended the state's Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood two years ago. He praised the circuit court's decision.

Federal Appeals Court Says Arkansas Can Block Medicaid Payments To Planned Parenthood

7:45pm August 16, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

It reversed earlier injunctions that forbade the state from suspending payments to the medical provider over a controversial leaked video of Planned Parenthood staff.

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Charlottesville Community Gathers To Remember Heather Heyer

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Debbie Elliott

Family, friends and co-workers gathered to remember Heather Heyer. The 32-year-old woman was killed when a car rammed a group of counter-protesters after a violent white supremacist rally Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.

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President Trump Refers To Counter-Protesters As The 'Alt-Left'

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Brian Mann

President Donald Trump lumped the protestors who objected to the removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., in with counter-protesters.

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Jewish Leaders Say Anti-Semitism Around The Nation Is A Disturbing Trend

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Tovia Smith

The American Jewish community has been unsettled by the re-emergence of vocal anti-Semitism, largely believed to be a feature of the nation's past.

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Texas' Special Session Ended, But State Lawkmakers Still Want To Discuss Bathroom Bill

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Wade Goodwyn

Efforts to pass a so-called "bathroom bill" in Texas died when the legislature adjourned a special session on Tuesday. But proponents haven't given up hope, amid talk of another special session to deal with the issue.

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Sessions Continues To Criticize Sanctuary Cities During His Visit To Miami

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Greg Allen

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in Miami highlighting one of the city's communities cooperating with the Trump administration in helping deport immigrants here illegally, but he's still singling out cities who aren't complying.

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How Do Teachers Talk About Hate Speech?

6:51pm August 16, 2017

One Charlottesville, Va., elementary school teacher grapples with how to have this conversation with her students the week after the violence erupted in her city just as a new school year is about to begin.

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