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Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, right, speaks during a ceremony on Capitol Hill on June 27, 2018. On Thursday, Rosselló demanded the resignation of any member of PREPA's board who refused to cut the new CEO's $750,000 salary.

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Leadership Of Puerto Rico's Electric Utility Crumbles Amid Power Struggle

6:07pm July 12, 2018

by Adrian Florido

Five board members — including the newly named CEO — resigned rather than submit to demands from the governor. The utility still has not restored power to all who lost it after Hurricane Maria.

Twitter says users may see a drop in their followers as it begins removing suspicious accounts it has locked.

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Twitter Is Removing Millions Of Fake Followers From Users' Lists

5:46pm July 12, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The platform will take tens of millions of locked accounts off follower lists in an attempt to crack down on fraud.

Abortion Rights Groups Prepare For Intensified Battle At The State Level

5:09pm July 12, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

Abortion rights advocates are concerned that a conservative-leaning Supreme Court might reverse or substantially erode Roe v. Wade. Under that scenario, states could have free reign to restrict the procedure.

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With American Families Shrinking In Size, The Middle Child May 'Go Extinct'

5:09pm July 12, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Adam Sternbergh, contributing editor of New York Magazine, about his story "The Extinction of the Middle Child."

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Trump Administration's Tariffs Starting To Trickle Down To Small Communities

5:01pm July 12, 2018

by Kyle Gassiott

In the U.S. the aluminum and steel tariffs that the Trump administration proposed are starting to be felt in Alabama, the third largest state for auto exports. State officials are raising concerns about the tariffs, and that could put Alabama at odds with the president.

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The U.S. Census Bureau, headquartered in Suitland, Md., is facing a lawsuit over its long-standing policy of counting unauthorized immigrants in census numbers used to redistribute seats in Congress.

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Latino Voters Move To Defend Census Immigrant Count In Lawsuit By Alabama

4:50pm July 12, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Trump administration has not yet responded to a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Census Bureau's policy of including unauthorized immigrants in population numbers used to distribute seats in Congress.

Jimmy Miller is one of thousands of children born out of relationships between American servicemen and Vietnamese women during the Vietnam War.

One Man's Mission To Bring Home 'Amerasians' Born During Vietnam War

4:41pm July 12, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

During the Vietnam War, tens of thousands of babies were born out of relationships between Vietnamese women and American servicemen. Many were left behind after the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam in 1975.

How A Conservative-Leaning Supreme Court Could Chip Away At Abortion Rights

4:37pm July 12, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Columbia Law School Professor Gillian Metzger about how a conservative-leaning Supreme Court could chip away at abortion rights, short of overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Airline Passenger Groups Outraged Over FAA Ruling On Seat Sizes

4:24pm July 12, 2018

by David Schaper

The Federal Aviation Administration has ruled that there is no need to regulate the size of airline seats, as the agency says evacuation tests show no problems regardless of how much seats have shrunk and how much larger passengers have become.

Demonstrators gathered last month outside a detention facility near El Paso, Texas, to protest the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy.

Majority Of Youngest Migrants Reunited With Parents, Trump Administration Says

3:29pm July 12, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Out of 103 children under 5, officials say that 57 have been returned to their parents and that the rest are ineligible. But it's up to a judge to decide whether they've complied with the court order.