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U.S. Military Still Investigating What Happened To Four Service Members Killed In Niger

5:01pm October 17, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with William Wright, the brother of Army Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright, who was killed in an ambush in Niger earlier this month along with three other service members.

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Boeing Competitors Teaming Up To Find A Way Around U.S. Tariffs

5:01pm October 17, 2017

by Brian Mann

Two of Boeing's biggest competitors are teaming up to find a way around U.S. tariffs. Europe's Airbus will form a partnership with Canada's Bombardier to manufacture mid-sized planes that seat 100 to 150 passengers. As part of the deal, Bombardier will move production to an Airbus facility in Mobile, Ala., thus avoiding the tariffs.

NFL Players And Owners Have Not Resolved Controversy Over Anthem Protests

5:01pm October 17, 2017

by Tom Goldman

NFL owners and players did not resolve the controversy over anthem protests at an owners meeting in New York on Tuesday, but emerged largely positive about the session and pledged to meet again.

Macaques are social animals, whether in a group enclosure like this one at the Gelsenkircen zoo in western Germany, or in the wild. But many research monkeys are still housed in separate cages.

Scientists Push To House More Lab Monkeys In Pairs

5:01pm October 17, 2017

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Enhancing a research monkey's life by housing it with a pal often doesn't hurt the study, says a researcher who's done it. In her own experience, she says, "it actually helped to improve the science."

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Trump Still Hasn't Fulfilled Promise To Declare Opioid Epidemic As A National Emergency

5:01pm October 17, 2017

by Tamara Keith

President Trump's nominee to head the Drug Enforcement Administration pulled out amid controversy. This leaves Trump without a permanent heads at Department of Health and Human Services and the DEA. All the while, his promised declaration of a national emergency on opioids has yet to materialize.

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How Fire Suppression Techniques Can Change As Wildfires Get Bigger

5:01pm October 17, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Professor John Abatzoglou of the University of Idaho about how climate change and decades of aggressive fire suppression are making wildfires bigger and more likely.

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FEMA Looks To Hire 2,000 More People As It Responds To Long List Of Disasters

5:01pm October 17, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is being stretched by the number of natural disasters this year. The agency has put out the help wanted sign as it responds to 22 disasters nationwide, including massive hurricanes in the south and now wildfires in the west.

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Dow Jones Industrial Average Briefly Climbs Over 23,000 Points

5:01pm October 17, 2017

by Alina Selyukh

Stock prices have continued to rise to record levels. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones industrial average was sent above the 23,000 milestone, but it didn't last long.

After Taking On Big Tobacco 20 Years Ago, Former Mississippi AG Is Trying Again With Opioids

5:00pm October 17, 2017

When Mike Moore was Mississippi's attorney general, he spearheaded the 50-state lawsuit against Big Tobacco. Now, he's trying to do the same thing against opioid manufacturers and distributors.

A 2009 file photo of former Arkanas state Rep. David Dunn, at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock. Dunn served on President Trump's commission investigating voter fraud before dying suddenly on Monday.

A Death And More Questions For Trump's Voter Fraud Commission

4:57pm October 17, 2017

by Pam Fessler

One of the five Democratic commissioners died suddenly on Monday. Meanwhile, another Democratic commissioner complained about receiving no information or updates about the panel's work.