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Looking Ahead At Trump's First 100 Days In Office

5:53pm April 23, 2017

by Ron Elving

This week will see a reveal of the White House's tax plan and the end of President Trump's first 100 days in office and Trump is still working on making progress on his campaign promises.

One Arkansas Execution Takes Place As Other Inmates Head To Death Chamber

5:53pm April 23, 2017

Arkansas Times reporter Jacob Rosenberg talks about the state's first execution in 12 years, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied requests by a death row inmate to stay his execution.

Workers watch as wooden boards move across a wood planer inside Seneca Sawmill Company in Eugene, Ore. It sits in the state's 4th congressional district — which Donald Trump almost won.

Politics & Government

An Opening For Trump In Deep Blue Oregon

10:36am April 23, 2017

Donald Trump came within 600 votes of winning in Oregon's 4th congressional district, where the fading logging industry remains important. Democrats have represented the area for over 40 years.

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A Border Patrol Official's Take On Trump's First 100 Days

8:07am April 23, 2017

Art Del Cueto, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council and co-host of The Green Line podcast, talks with Lynn Neary about whether Trump has lived up to campaign promises made.

Voices From The March For Science

8:07am April 23, 2017

Thousands of people gathered around the world to show their support for science, after President Trump's cuts to the EPA. We'll hear from folks in some of those countries and around the U.S.

The Eugene J. Candy Co., which opened a year ago in Brooklyn, stocks offbeat novelties like wax fangs as well as its own experimental confections.

Arts

Willy Wonka-Inspired 'Candy Alchemist' Spins Sugar Into Pure Imagination

8:07am April 23, 2017

by Allyson McCabe

A tiny, hard-to-find storefront in Brooklyn is home to the darkly whimsical world of a most unusual candy maker. Eugene J. studied chemical engineering before opening an experimental candy shop.

Jamie Ruppert of White Haven, Pa. is a swing voter who picked Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Nearly 100 days into his presidency she gives Trump a grade of C+ to B- but she still hopes for an A near the end of his time in office.

Nearly 100 Days In, Trump Voter In One Rust Belt County Shares Concerns

8:07am April 23, 2017

by Jeff Brady

Jamie Ruppert of Pennsylvania supports President Trump, but says she'd give his first few months in office a B- or C+. He "stepped up" for the people of Syria, she says, but failed at health care.

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Reinford Farms has 700 dairy cows. As you can imagine, they produce a lot of ... um... material to be converted into electricity.

Waste Not, Want Not: Why Aren't More Farms Putting Poop To Good Use?

8:00am April 23, 2017

by Alan Yu

Digesters convert livestock manure into electricity. Farmers can use it to power their operations or even sell some back to the grid. But some have found the technology too pricey to maintain.

His Teacher Told Him He Wouldn't Go To College, Then He Did

6:04am April 23, 2017

by Sophia Alvarez Boyd

African-American students with disabilities are disciplined far more and graduate far less than their counterparts, researchers say. What needs to change to help more succeed?

Left to right: George Fermon (standing), Benjamin F. Fermon (seated, author's grandfather; father of children pictured), Jessie Fermon (standing, back row), Benjamin "Bizzy" Fermon (front row, white romper), Harold Fermon, (grey knee-britches suit), Jessi

Why My Coal Mining Grandfather's Deathbed Advice Applies To Minority Americans

4:31am April 23, 2017

by Amy Alexander

As my grandfather lay dying from Black Lung disease, his eldest children did not question or doubt his advice to them: go out and get educations, and master newer ways of working.