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Carlton Scott pays $266.99 per month for his subsidized health insurance plan. He worries he and his neighbors would lose their insurance without the subsidy.

What's At Stake If Supreme Court Eliminates Your Obamacare Subsidy

9:39pm April 21, 2015

by Jeff Cohen

Each state has its own stories. In Louisiana, nearly 200,000 people signed up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov, and about 90 percent now get subsidies. What if that help goes away?

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This solar panel unit cost about $17,000, less than half as much as it costs to extend the electrical grid a mile. Thompson pays the power company $75 a month to maintain and service the unit.

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Solar Power Makes Electricity More Accessible On Navajo Reservation

9:39pm April 21, 2015

by Ibby Caputo

The panels, funded by government grants, are helping thousands of tribal residents take advantage of the everyday luxuries enjoyed by other Americans — like turning on lights or storing food.

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<strong><a href="http://apps.npr.org/syria/">READ: With Syria Engulfed In Civil War, Here Are Four Stories Of Families Trying To Stay Together</a></strong><br />More than 200,000 refugees have settled in Europe since the start of the Syrian conflict.

World News

Smuggler To Desperate Migrants: 'Now I Am Sending You To Your Death'

8:03pm April 21, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

More migrants are leaving from chaotic Libya in a bid to reach Europe. The overcrowded boats are at risk of sinking, and some do. A Syrian man tells of the treacherous journey with his young son.

U.S. And Saudis Place Sanctions On Pakistani Charity

7:07pm April 21, 2015

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are imposing sanctions on a Pakistan-based charity thought to be funneling money to terror groups. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Daniel Glaser at the Treasury Department.

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Saudi Arabia's army fires artillery shells toward Houthi rebels along the Saudi border with Yemen on April 15. Outside Saudi Arabia, many are critical of the military campaign and question whether it will succeed, but it is popular inside the kingdom.

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Saudi Airstrikes Raise Doubts Abroad, Spark Patriotic Fervor At Home

7:06pm April 21, 2015

by Leila Fadel

Much of the world is skeptical about the wisdom of the bombing raids in Yemen. But Saudis are rallying around their new king, Salman, and his son, the defense minister.

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Pelicans are nesting at Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay. Five years ago, the nesting season here was marred by the oil gushing out of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

5 Years After BP Oil Spill, Effects Linger And Recovery Is Slow

7:04pm April 21, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

The 2010 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig set off an environmental and economic catastrophe. Towns and ecosystems along the Gulf Coast are still struggling to rebound.

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DEA administrator Michele Leonhart is reportedly going to resign.

Amid Scandal, DEA Chief Michele Leonhart Will Retire

6:51pm April 21, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Earlier this month, lawmakers said they had no confidence in Michele Leonhart after a watchdog agency found Drug Enforcement Administration agents cavorted with prostitutes paid for by drug cartels.

In Sentencing Phase, Prosecutors Say Tsarnaev Is 'Unrepentant And Unchanged'

5:45pm April 21, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

A jury is now deciding whether Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be put to death.

One study found that half of the Internet's top 25,000 websites aren't "mobile-friendly."

National

Google's New Search Algorithm Stokes Fears Of 'Mobilegeddon'

5:37pm April 21, 2015

by Sam Sanders

This week, Google started prioritizing mobile-friendly websites in Google searches made on a smartphone. The change could hurt businesses whose sites don't pass Google's mobile-ready test.

Personnel at work in the operations room of the Italian coast guard in Rome on Sunday during the coordination of relief efforts after a ship carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes off Libyan coast occurred in the Strait of Sicily.

World News

Hundreds Of Migrants Feared Dead In Capsized Boat Off North Africa

5:30pm April 21, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The vessel, carrying would-be migrants, appears to have been headed for the Italian island of Lampedusa.