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Court Rules Detained American Must Be Allowed To Study In Israel

6:25am October 19, 2018

by Daniel Estrin

An American graduate student held at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv for two weeks has been allowed to enter Israel to study, after winning her case at the country's supreme court.

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Lara Alqasem appears in court in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The Supreme Court said she would be allowed to enter the country.

Detained American Graduate Student Allowed To Study In Israel, Court Rules

6:18am October 19, 2018

by James Doubek

Israel's Supreme Court said Lara Alqasem should be allowed to study in the country despite her past association with a student group that supports boycotting Israel.

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Violence Delays Afghan Elections In Kandahar Province

6:17am October 19, 2018

Saturday was supposed to be an election day in Kandahar Province, but those elections are postponed a week. Steve Inskeep talks to Pam Constable of The Washington Post, about why the delay.

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News Brief: Midterm Elections, Montana Rally, Afghan Election

5:13am October 19, 2018

There's a tight race in California's 48th Congressional District. President Trump praises a candidate who body-slammed a reporter in 2017. For candidates in Afghanistan, it's a life or death gamble.

Irakere Picon, 29, and Arianna Hermosillo, 30, on their wedding day earlier this year in Oak Park Conservatory in Chicago.

When Immigration Status Puts Couple's Life 'At Pause'

4:49am October 19, 2018

On their first date, Irakere Picon told Arianna Hermosillo that he was undocumented. He works as an immigration lawyer, and the couple, now married, face anxieties related to his status.

Honduran migrants walk toward Tecún Umán, a Guatemalan town along the Mexican border, as they leave Guatemala City on Thursday.

As Caravan Of Migrants Heads North, Trump Threatens To Close Southern U.S. Border

10:21pm October 18, 2018

Hundreds of people have arrived at a Guatemalan town just across the border from Mexico. It's uncertain how Trump would block the group from crossing at a legal port of entry.

'The Washington Post' Publishes Jamal Khashoggi's Last Column

7:08pm October 18, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor from The Washington Post, about the publication today of what seems to be Jamal Khashoggi's final column and the Post's effort to get to the bottom of Khashoggi's disappearance.

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Prague 1968: Reforming A Soviet Communist Regime

4:45pm October 18, 2018

by David Welna

In Prague, the year 1968 began with a bold attempt to reform and liberalize its creaking Soviet communist regime from within - "socialism with a human face." Moscow responded harshly, dispatching tanks and hundreds of thousands of troops to crush the movement. 50 years later, authoritarianism is again on the rise in Eastern Europe. NOTE TO STATIONS: The word "bastard" is heard at 4:19.

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Saudi Arabians React To The Alleged Murder Of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

4:45pm October 18, 2018

by Deborah Amos

Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Deborah Amos about how people in Saudi Arabia are reacting to Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance and alleged murder.

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The barley used to make beer as we know it may take a hit under climate change, but growers say they are already preparing by planting it farther north in colder locations.

Bye-Bye, Beer? Brewers Say They've Got A Plan On Climate Change

4:34pm October 18, 2018

by Alastair Bland

A scientific paper published this week predicts climate change will send beer prices skyrocketing and drastically reduce the barley crop. It got tons of media attention. But is beer really doomed?