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What's Next After States Miss Budget Deadline?

5:34pm July 01, 2017

by Michel Martin

Many states failed to pass a budget by a Friday, June 30 deadline. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with John Hicks, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers about the impact.

A sign at the barricaded Liberty State Park in Jersey City turns away would-be visitors during the New Jersey government shutdown.

States Miss Budget Deadline, Go Into Full Or Partial Shutdown Mode

4:56pm July 01, 2017

by Scott Neuman

New Jersey, Maine and Illinois couldn't resolve budget impasses, while Washington and Alaska managed eleventh-hour deals.

Police investigate the aftermath of an early Saturday morning shooting at a Little Rock, Ark., nightclub, in which 17 people were injured.

Shooting At Little Rock Nightclub Injures 28

4:22pm July 01, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Police say that they do not believe the incident is related to terrorism and that all of the victims are alive.

Peaches ready for packing and shipping at Lane Packing, a peach farm in Fort Valley, Ga.

National

Unseasonable Winter Weather Takes A Bite Out Of Georgia's Peach Crop

1:53pm July 01, 2017

by Grant Blankenship

It may be hard to enjoy a Georgia peach, if you don't live in the state. A warm winter, followed by a March freeze wiped out most of this year's crop, and what's left may not leave the state.

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A display case at NIOSH shows a normal lung and a diseased black lung, caused by inhaling coal dust and other harmful particles while coal mining.

NPR Continues To Find Hundreds Of Cases Of Advanced Black Lung

1:25pm July 01, 2017

by Howard Berkes

Black lung results from exposure to coal dust. Progressive massive fibrosis is an especially aggressive form, blamed on inhalation of silica dust from the cutting of quartz rock and coal together.

In this June 1, 2017 file photo Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch is seen during an official group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

Justice Neil Gorsuch Votes 100 Percent Of The Time With Most Conservative Colleague

12:29pm July 01, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas agreed on cases spanning several hotly contested issues, including same-sex marriage, gun rights, immigration and taxpayer aid to religious schools.

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A double set of fences topped with barbed wire circles this outdoor decomposition site outside Grand Junction, Colo. The barrier thwarts prying eyes and protects the curious from an unpleasant surprise.

To Solve Gruesome Desert Mysteries, Scientists Become Body Collectors

10:39am July 01, 2017

by Rae Ellen Bichell

People are dumping corpses in the high desert of western Colorado. But those unloading bodies aren't criminal masterminds. They're scientists. And out here, the usual rules of human decay don't apply.

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Politics & Government

Senate Will Resume Its Health Care Battle After July 4 Holiday

8:02am July 01, 2017

by Susan Davis

Republican legislators are heading back to their districts after failing this week to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. GOP senators are trying to overcome differences among themselves.

World News

Canadian Comics Celebrate Their Country's Birth At LA Comedy Clubs

7:52am July 01, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

Canada turns 150 on July 1 and a celebration is underway in Los Angeles comedy clubs, of all places, in honor of the long comedy tradition between the country to the north and LA.

Politics & Government

Strike Force Is Created To Combat Chicago Gun Violence

7:52am July 01, 2017

President Trump announced the strike force, but Mayor Rahm Emmanuel is skeptical. Scott Simon talks to Carol Marin, political editor at NBC 5 in Chicago, to discuss how the city reacted to the news.