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Former Top White House Economist: Recent Stock Market Drop 'Doesn't Feel Like' 2008

10:11am February 06, 2018

The recent stock market plunge has many wondering whether the U.S economy is taking a turn for the worse. Steve Inskeep speaks with Austan Goolsbee, top White House economist under President Obama.

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Taking The Pulse Of The Nation's Economy

10:04am February 06, 2018

To get perspective about what the sell-off in the Dow says about the nation's economic health, NPR's Rachel Marin talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution.

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After Margaret Wroblewski's experiences of being harassed on D.C.'s Metro, she started an Instagram project called, "I Was On The Metro When." It tells the stories of other women who have been harassed.

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Commuter Pushes D.C. Metro To Get On Board With #MeToo

7:45am February 06, 2018

by Carmel Delshad

One Maryland woman turned her experiences of being harassed on the D.C.-area Metro rail system into a photo series, putting a face on the problem of sexual harassment on public transportation.

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Is A Baby Girl In Their Future?

6:59am February 06, 2018

A family in Rockford, Mich., has 13 sons. The mom is pregnant but is waiting to find out until the baby is born whether it is a girl or a boy.

A view of the U.S.-Mexico border fence on the outskirts of Nogales, Mexico. Francisco Cantú says people always find ways up, over, under or around border fences.

Former Agent Says, 'Border Patrol Does Good Work ... But There's Tension There'

5:03am February 06, 2018

by Steve Inskeep

In The Line Becomes a River, Francisco Cantú looks back on his time as a Border Patrol agent. He says, in his experience, "No matter what obstacle we put at the border, it's going to be subverted."

Independent Iowa Senator David Johnson at his desk in the Iowa Senate chamber on Jan. 15, 2018.

Running As An Independent: Liberating But Tough

5:00am February 06, 2018

by Clay Masters

In Iowa, a state senator is trying to keep his seat after leaving the GOP because of Donald Trump. Sen. David Johnson's bid illustrates the promise and perils of independent runs.

On Dec. 21, 2017, Trina Singleton holds a photo of her eldest son Darryl who was murdered in 2016. The Philadelphia Obituary Project, a new website, is working to show that homicide victims in Philadelphia are more than statistics.

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The Philadelphia Obituary Project Chronicles Lives Lost To Violence

5:00am February 06, 2018

by Bobby Allyn

A new project is attempting to write an obituary of every homicide victim in Philadelphia, just as the city grapples with a spike in murders. The aim is to put human faces to the grim statistic.

Scientists say low chlorine levels in Flint's water system during the city's water crisis in 2014 and 2015 led the bacterium Legionella pneumophila to proliferate, causing a deadly outbreak of Legionnaire's disease.

Lethal Pneumonia Outbreak Caused By Low Chlorine In Flint Water

11:26pm February 05, 2018

by Rebecca Hersher

Two new studies confirm that an outbreak of deadly Legionnaires' disease in Flint, Mich., was caused by the city's water crisis in 2014 and 2015.

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House Intelligence Committee Votes Unanimously To Release Democratic Memo

9:56pm February 05, 2018

by Ryan Lucas

Following last week's release of a controversial GOP memo, the committee voted Monday to make public a counter Democratic memo. The memo will now be sent to the White House.

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White House Plan Giving Restaurant Owners More Control Over Tips Under Fire

9:56pm February 05, 2018

by Scott Horsley

Monday is the deadline for Americans to comment on the proposal. The Trump administration reportedly suppressed an analysis that found the plan could cost tipped workers billions of dollars a year.

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