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Colorado City Eyes Solution To Local News Desert: Libraries

5:04pm September 15, 2019

by Rae Ellen Bichell

Scores of counties across the U.S. have no local newspaper. Even some that do say they're not being well-served by them. Longmont, Colo., is looking at one possibility: newsrooms in libraries.

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National

UAW Votes To Strike

1:17pm September 15, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

The United Auto Workers voted Sunday to strike after not agreeing with General Motors on wages, heath care and profit sharing. The strike may bring the automaker's U.S. production to a halt.

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Vaping And Cigarette Ads

7:46am September 15, 2019

Robert Jackler is a surgeon who's spent years researching tobacco and e-cigarette ads. He talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about what those ads have in common.

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Visitors and park rangers at historic Fort Scott check out a medevac helicopter operated by Midwest AeroCare during the Kansas town's Good Ol' Days festival.

Health & Safety

Air Ambulances Woo Rural Consumers With Memberships That May Leave Them Hanging

6:24pm September 14, 2019

by Sarah Jane Tribble

State regulators and even one medevac company have raised doubts about prepaid subscriptions and promised benefits offered by air ambulance companies. Gaps in coverage can be a problem.

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Smoke fills the sky at the Abqaiq oil processing facility on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.

Houthi Drone Strikes Disrupt Almost Half Of Saudi Oil Exports

5:23pm September 14, 2019

by Alexander Tuerk

The attacks on oil facilities by the Iran-backed Yemeni rebels sent large plumes of smoke into the air, the trails visible from space, and impacted an estimated production of 5 million barrels a day.

Members of P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) and Truth Pharm staged a protest on Thursday outside Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn., over its recent controversial opioid settlement.

National

New York AG Says Sacklers Transferred $1B From Pharma Accounts To Themselves

9:43pm September 13, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The revelation comes after almost two dozen states reached a tentative settlement with the maker of Oxycontin.

Uber is withdrawing its Jump electric bike rentals from Atlanta and San Diego.

National

Uber To Pull Jump Bikes From Atlanta And San Diego

7:18pm September 13, 2019

by Peter Talbot

Shareable bikes and electric scooters have continued to create issues for cities, prompting some to implement bans and regulations.

Shadrack Frimpong accepts his Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award in Louisville on September 12.

A Brush With Death Propelled A 9-Year-Old To A Muhammad Ali Award

5:52pm September 13, 2019

by Diane Cole

As a poor, sick village boy in Ghana, Shadrack Frimpong remembers "praying and saying if I can keep these legs, then I will use them and work to help other people." And that's exactly what he did.

Friday News Roundup - International

4:43pm September 13, 2019

We cover flying flamingos, Bolton getting the boot and Hubble making history.

Microsoft President Brad Smith says governments need to set rules for big technology companies. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology," he says.

Microsoft President: Democracy Is At Stake. Regulate Big Tech

4:20pm September 13, 2019

by Aarti Shahani

Brad Smith says governments need to step in and set rules for the Internet giants. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology," he says.