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Doctor Who Discovered Children Had Elevated Lead Levels Talks About What's Changed

5:56pm September 17, 2017

In 2015, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha discovered the lead contamination after Flint, Mich., switched its drinking water source. She talks with NPR's Michel Martin about helping reverse the problem.

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Since Hurricane Irma, Only Some Students Have Been Able To Return To School In Miami

5:56pm September 17, 2017

Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho discusses the challenges his district faces as 300,000 students try to return to school, many of which are now makeshift shelters or without power.

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President Trump Set To Meet With Presidents Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities

5:56pm September 17, 2017

Several of the HBCU college leaders have refused to participate, while others want to work with the White House. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Michael Lomax, CEO of the United Negro College Fund, about the upcoming meeting.

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Jemele Hill, co-host of ESPN's SC6, speaking on a panel last year. Hill has landed in hot water for calling President Trump a "white supremacist." She's got her critics and lots of supporters.

ESPN Flap Shows People Can't Even Agree On What They're Arguing Over In Trump Era

2:09pm September 17, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The ESPN host called the president a "white supremacist" and "bigot." ESPN has not suspended her; conservatives are calling it a double standard, but supporters of Hill are asking what she said wrong?

A South Korean soldier watches a TV local news program Saturday depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Trump And Seoul Talk 'Rocket Man,' Vowing More Pressure On North Korea

12:13pm September 17, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

As President Trump tweeted, Ambassador Nikki Haley talked tougher Sunday. "We're trying every other possibility that we have," she said, "but there's a whole lot of military options on the table."

Evacuees at a special needs shelter sit and chat or rest, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, at Florida International University in Miami, Fla. About 30 people, including staff with the Florida Keys Outreach Coalition for the Homeless from Key West, Fla., were she

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Miami Hurricane Shelter Still Packed - With People And Pets

9:08am September 17, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

Even as Miami returns to normal, an emergency shelter continues to take in people every day.

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Checking In On A DREAMer

7:59am September 17, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks 22-year-old college graduate Ciriac Alvarez Valle, a "DREAMer," about President Trump's shifting rhetoric on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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Irma's Impact On New Parents

7:59am September 17, 2017

Last week, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro spoke with Ben and Suzie Black as they waited out Hurricane Irma in the maternity ward after the birth of their son. We check back in to see how they're doing.

A Virgin Islands Author On Irma

7:59am September 17, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Tiphanie Yanique, an author from the Virgin Islands, about the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and the history of the region.

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Protests Continue In St. Louis

7:59am September 17, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Alderman John Collins-Muhammad about protests against the recent police shooting verdict in St. Louis.