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McClatchy Report Considers Whether Trump Campaign Helped Russians

5:27pm July 13, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with McClatchy reporter Greg Gordon, co-author of a story about investigations into whether Jared Kushner pointed Russians to weaknesses in Clinton support.

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Senate Republicans Release New Version Of Health Care Bill

5:27pm July 13, 2017

by Susan Davis

Senate Republicans released a new version of their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. It remains to be seen whether it can get enough support to pass.

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Sen. Tom Carper Explains How Democrats Could Work With GOP On Health Care

5:27pm July 13, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Democratic Sen. Tom Carper about how his party might work with Republicans to improve health care.

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Education Department Official Apologizes For 'Flippant' Campus Sexual Assault Comments

5:27pm July 13, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

Candice Jackson, the top civil rights enforcer at the Education Department, apologized this week for remarks made on the topic of campus sexual assault to The New York Times that she said were "flippant." This comes as the department begins to change how it investigates claims of sexual assault, lending more of an ear to those accused as well as victims.

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As Online Sales Climb, Cities Confront Loss Of Sales Tax Revenue

5:27pm July 13, 2017

by Charles Lane

The swift rise of e-commerce is creating new challenges for cities and suburbs in different parts of the country. The big problem is a loss of sales tax revenues as online sales climb.

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'Stains On The Sidewalk': Photographer Remembers Year Of Murders In Baltimore

5:25pm July 13, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

For her project, "Stains on the Sidewalk," photographer Amy Berbert is memorializing each murder in Baltimore last year with a photograph taken on the "same day, same time, same place."

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Ho Po, a Chinese labor contractor from San Francisco, sent 150 of his countrymen to build Buena Vista.

Chinese Laborers Built Sonoma's Wineries. Racist Neighbors Drove Them Out

5:25pm July 13, 2017

by Grace Hwang Lynch

Enjoying a chardonnay or cabernet sauvignon? In the 1800s, Chinese immigrants helped introduce those iconic varietals to California's wine country. But as vineyards grew, so did anti-Chinese fervor.

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Fort Drum Shooting Raises Questions About Army Recruitment Process

4:35pm July 13, 2017

by Lauren Rosenthal

The Fort Drum solder who killed his wife and a New York State trooper had a serious criminal record as a teenager. He plotted to kill students at his middle school. That has people asking how he was accepted into the U.S. Army.

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One Bullet. A Paralyzed Teen. Dissecting A Disputed Shot In Chicago

3:47pm July 13, 2017

by Miles Bryan

The plan seemed straight-forward: A guy would meet an alleged buyer in an alley to sell him some pot and the two would go their separate ways. But it wasn't that simple.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions attends the National Summit on Crime Reduction and Public Safety on June 20 in Bethesda, Md.

Justice Department Releases Sessions' Disclosure Form, A Day Late

2:10pm July 13, 2017

by James Doubek

In response to a lawsuit, a judge had given the DOJ 30 days to disclose parts of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' security clearance form that dealt with contacts with foreign governments.