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Astros Bring Cheer To Flood-Damaged Houstonians

5:05am October 27, 2017

by Florian Martin

The World Series moves to Houston for Game 3 between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers. For Houstonians still dealing with flood damage from Hurricane Harvey, it's a welcome distraction.

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Tennessee Prepares For White Nationalist Rallies

5:05am October 27, 2017

by Julieta Martinelli

Many businesses are closing, a university is locking down and weekend festivities have come to a halt in two Tennessee towns preparing for white nationalist rallies.

Mattis Calls For 'Denuclearization Of Korean Peninsula'

5:05am October 27, 2017

by David Welna

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is meeting with officials in South Korea to discuss the ongoing threat posed by North Korea's nuclear program.

South Florida Worries About Possible Dike Failure

5:05am October 27, 2017

by Peter Haden

All is not well with Lake Okeechobee in south Florida. All the water is being held back by a troubled earthen dike that surrounds the lake. After strong storms, there's concern it could collapse.

How Politics Have Complicated Business For Kushner Companies

11:46pm October 26, 2017

by Kelly McEvers

Jared Kushner is both a Senior Advisor and son-in-law to President Trump, and, like the president, he and his family were in the real estate business before getting into politics. The Kushner Companies' troubled development on 5th Avenue in New York City shows how politics have complicated that business.

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Trump Declares Opioid Crisis A Public Health Emergency

11:46pm October 26, 2017

by Tamara Keith

Today, President Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. What difference will that make in the effort to fight the problem?

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Addiction Prevention Advocate On Trump's Public Health Emergency Declaration

11:46pm October 26, 2017

Gary Mendell lost his son to addiction in 2011, and went on to form the group Shatterproof, which advocates for better prevention and treatment for addiction. He was at the White House today to hear President Trump's announcement designating the nation's opioid crisis a public health emergency, and he shares his reactions with NPR's Robert Siegel.

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Lee Harvey Oswald is pictured on November 22, 1963, after being arrested for the murder of President John F. Kennedy.

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New Kennedy Documents Say FBI Was Tipped Off Oswald Was In Danger After Arrest

11:28pm October 26, 2017

by Jessica Taylor

In one memo written just after President Kennedy's suspected assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was murdered by Jack Ruby, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called it "inexcusable" he wasn't protected.

The National Archives has released a batch of government files on the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas.

2,800 JFK Assassination Files Have Been Released, Others Withheld

11:28pm October 26, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The vast majority of what's being held secret is at the request of the FBI and CIA. The White House is establishing a six-month review process for those remaining records.

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Attorneys for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — Eugene R. Fidell, left, and Army Lt. Col. Franklin D. Rosenblatt — leave the Ft. Bragg military courthouse on Thursday in Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Bowe Bergdahl And The Troops Who Searched For Him Come Face-to-Face In Court

11:22pm October 26, 2017

Mlitary prosecutors have called on several current and former service members who looked for Bergdahl in the days immediately after he walked away from his post in Afghanistan.