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#Breaking #News #USA Detroit Released From Financial Oversight, 3 Years After Emerging From Bankruptcy The city has been monitored by the state of Michigan since December 2014, when city officials retook control after the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 'No More Hope': Slain Afghan Photographer Covered His Country's Turmoil For 2 Decades Shah Marai, the chief photographer for Agence France-Presse in Kabul, was among those killed in twin suicide blasts Monday. His work in Afghanistan spanned more than two decades. Read more on NPR

#Breaking IAAF Creates Rule To Ban Women With Naturally High Testosterone Levels From Competition Last week, the International Association of Athletics Federations issued a new rule that bans women with naturally high testosterone levels from competing unless they medically reduce their testosterone levels. NPR's Audie Cornish talks about the new rule with bioethicist Katrina Karkazis. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Comedian Michelle Wolf Is Standing Her Ground After Controversial Routine At D.C. Gala Comedian Michelle Wolf's controversial routine at the White House Correspondents' dinner on Saturday has prompted backlash from both sides of the aisle. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and Audie Cornish preview an interview with Wolf airing tomorrow on WHYY's "Fresh Air." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA IAAF Creates Rule To Ban Women With Naturally High Testosterone Levels From Competition Last week, the International Association of Athletics Federations issued a new rule that bans women with naturally high testosterone levels from competing unless they medically reduce their testosterone levels. NPR's Audie Cornish talks about the new rule with bioethicist Katrina Karkazis. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Businesswoman Lubna Olayan On How She Shattered The Stereotype Of Saudi Women One of the most influential business women in the world is from what might seem like an unlikely place — Saudi Arabia. She sat down for a rare interview to discuss what she's done to get more Saudi women into the work force. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Closing Arguments Heard In DOJ's Lawsuit To Block Potential AT&T, Time Warner Deal Closing arguments in the Department of Justice's lawsuit to block AT&T from buying Time Warner were heard Monday. The trial marks the first time in 40 years the Justice Department has sued to block a merger between companies in different lines of business. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Wall Street Journal telecom reporter Drew FitzGerald. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Central Americans From Migrant Caravan Arrive At U.S. Border To Find Crossing At Capacity Migrants who traveled in a caravan through Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego face slow processing by U.S. immigration officials. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA How Saguaro National Park Hopes To Catch Prickly Cacti Thieves Microchip IDs — similar to those in pets — have been embedded in hundreds of cacti at Saguaro National Park near Tucson to guard against theft. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Even Before Hurricane Maria Hit, Puerto Rico Was In Financial Ruin NPR and the PBS's FRONTLINE have investigated the devastating toll of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico and how the federal response, Wall Street and a century of colonial neglect left 3.5 million Americans struggling to survive. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA As Iraq Tries To Deal With Remnants Of ISIS, Wives Of Fighters Sentenced To Life In Prison An Iraqi court this weekend sentenced more than a dozen women — some with their children in hand — to life in prison because they were married to ISIS fighters. Many of the women are foreigners from Russia. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Former Intelligence Analyst Weighs In On North Korea's Promise To Shut Down Nuclear Site North Korea has agreed to shut down its main nuclear test site called Punggye-ri. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Patrick McEachern, a former intelligence analyst for the State Department. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Israel's Prime Minister Levies New Accusations Against Iran Surrounding Nuclear Weapons NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution about the latest on the Iran Nuclear deal following comments from Israel's Prime Minister that the deal was "based on lies." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Trump Says He's Optimistic About Nuclear Deal With North Korea While Criticizing Iran's President Trump talked up the potential of a nuclear deal with North Korea even as he trashed the current nuclear deal with Iran. He spoke at a news conference Monday with Nigeria's president. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant; It's Headed To The Arctic It's the first nuclear power plant of its kind, Russian officials say. Called the Akademik Lomonoso, it was towed out of St. Petersburg. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA WATCH: Surfer Rides Record-Breaking, 80-Foot Giant Rodrigo Koxa tackled the goliath last November, but it wasn't until Saturday, upon winning biggest wave of the year, that his record was confirmed. Check out the ride and other Big Wave Award winners. Read more on NPR

#Breaking WATCH: Surfer Rides Record-Breaking, 80-Foot Giant Rodrigo Koxa tackled the goliath last November, but it wasn't until Saturday, upon winning biggest wave of the year, that his record was confirmed. Check out the ride and other Big Wave Award winners. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Why Are Gas Prices Up? These Frenemies Get Some Of The Blame Russia and Saudi Arabia have been longtime adversaries over geopolitics and military operations in the Middle East. Now, they've formed a surprising bond that is helping boost oil and gasoline prices. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Danish Man Is First Person Convicted Under Malaysia's Anti-Fake-News Law Danish citizen Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman was charged with spreading fake news after he posted a video to YouTube accusing police in Kuala Lumpur of a slow response to a shooting. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA So A Rice Grower And A Wheat Grower Walk Into A Coffee Shop A new study suggests that modern-day Chinese might behave differently in coffee shops — depending on whether their ancestors grew rice or wheat. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA President Trump Meets With Nigeria's Leader Muhammadu Buhari Nigeria's president is the first from a sub-Saharan nation to visit the Trump White House. The two leaders are expected to discuss trade and security issues. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Kids, Meet Alexa, Your AI Mary Poppins? Amazon has announced new kid-friendly features and parental controls for the Echo home assistant. What do AI experts think about encouraging kids to spend more time with Alexa? Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Australia Investing $377 Million To Protect Great Barrier Reef Storms, warmer waters and coral-eating starfish have harmed the iconic coral reef system off Australia's coast. Now the Australian government has announced a plan to boost funding for the reef. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Macron's Gift Tree Gone From White House Lawn. Ambassador Says It's In Quarantine The gift was symbolic, honoring U.S. troops' sacrifice during a World War I battle and the ongoing alliance with France. What to make of it, then, when the young oak went missing? Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 15 Years After U.S. Invasion, Some Iraqis Are Nostalgic For Saddam Hussein Era "Many people, when they compare between the situation under Saddam Hussein and now, find maybe their life under Saddam Hussein was better," says an Iraqi general. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 'Trump Should Win The Nobel Peace Prize,' South Korea's Moon Says South Korean President Moon Jae-in's remark follows Friday's historic summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, which produced an apparent breakthrough. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA In Retirement, America's Spies Are Getting Downright Chatty Spies used to retire and fade away as quietly as when they were on duty. Now they go on cable TV. They write op-eds. They take to Twitter and criticize the president. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Top Stories: Concussion Risks With Shoulder-Fired Weapons; Kabul Blasts Also: President Trump meets Nigeria's leader in Washington; a report says Dr. Ronny Jackson won't return as White House doctor; and a toxic caterpillar causes breathing problems and rashes in London. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Suicide Bomb Attacks In Kabul Leave Dozens Dead, Scores Wounded A motorbike-riding suicide bomber detonated himself near the Afghan intelligence service's headquarters. When police and journalists rushed to the scene, another bomber struck. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Report To Army Cites Concussion Risk Of Weapon's Blast To The Shooter Service members who fire certain weapons can get concussion-like symptoms from the blasts, an Army-commissioned report finds. It urges taking measures to cut the risk of lasting brain damage. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Probiotics For Babies and Kids? New Research Explores Good Bacteria Sales of probiotics are soaring. While some studies on this beneficial bacteria show it can treat specific health issues in children, scientists are exploring how it may help gut health more broadly. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Britain's Home Secretary Steps Down Amid Row Over Deportation Targets Amber Rudd had denied that she had ever discussed deportation targets, but The Guardian on Sunday published a letter she sent to Prime Minister Theresa May proposing a 10 percent increase in removals. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Jackson Won't Return As Trump's Personal Physician, Report Says Dr. Ronny Jackson, who abandoned his nomination to be VA secretary amid numerous allegations, will stay with the White House medical unit but won't be the president's physician, Politico reports. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Puerto Rican Comedy Troupe Aims To Lift Up Spirits Of Those Living On, Off The Island Teatro Breve is a popular Puerto Rican sketch comedy group and that has been touring the U.S. mainland with an ironic take on how Puerto Ricans living off the island dealt with Hurricane Maria. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Comedian's Controversial Performance At D.C. Gala Prompts Renewed Criticism Saturday night's White House Correspondents Dinner featured a controversial performance by comedian Michelle Wolf, prompting renewed criticism of the annual event. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA South Korean Officials Say North Korea Has Pledged To Shut Down Its Main Nuclear Site North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to close the country's main nuclear testing site in May. For more on what this signifies, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jean Lee of the Wilson Center. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA French Museum Discovers More Than Half Its Collection Is Forged The gallery dedicated to the work of artist Étienne Terrus underwent a six-figure renovation only to find that 82 of its paintings are fakes. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Central American Migrants Arrive At U.S. Border To An Uncertain Future A group of migrants, mostly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador are seeking political asylum in the U.S. Their trip has garnered heavy attention following remarks by President Trump. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 'A Silent Extinction': Finding Peace And Saving Giraffes On A Lake In Kenya Nearly 40 percent of giraffes were wiped out in one generation. Now, Kenyan conservation efforts are helping to bring them back. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA T-Mobile, Sprint Announce A Plan For Merger The combined company would be called T-Mobile, and have a total value of $146 billion based on current stock prices. The deal, subject to regulatory review, comes after years of failed merger talks. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Pro-Regime Syrian Forces Take Control Of At Least Two Villages Near Iraq Border A U.S. official confirmed to NPR that pro-regime forces took control of two villages near Syria's border with Iraq where Kurdish-led forces are in control. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Pompeo Urges Unity Among Gulf Countries, Pressure Against Iran Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is urging easing economic tensions with Qatar amid efforts by the U.S. to apply new sanctions against Iran. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 'Failing Patients': Baltimore Video Highlights Crisis Of Emergency Psychiatric Care A viral video is drawing attention to a problem in hospital emergency rooms across the country. More and more patients with urgent psychiatric conditions aren't receiving the care they need. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA A New Approach To Incarceration In The U.S.: Responsibility Authorities in Massachusetts want to cut the recidivism rate for men ages 18 to 24. They're trying a new program based on a German model that teaches responsibility as a means to greater freedoms. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Amid Keystone XL Fight, The Lakota Treaty Of Fort Laramie Turns 150 Native Americans of the Northern Plains are gathering this weekend to commemorate an 1868 agreement with the United States — one often invoked in the debate on pipeline construction. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA What's An 'Incel'? The Online Community Behind The Toronto Van Attack Reporter Arshy Mann breaks down the ideology of violent misogyny linked to the Toronto suspect: "It's quite a disturbing part of the Internet." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Who Stole The Torahs? Twenty-three years after a brazen theft, the mystery still divides a tiny sect known as the Samaritans. Here's the story of the international hunt to bring the manuscripts home. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Kim Jong Un Pledges To Shut Down Main Nuclear Test Site In May, South Korea Says North Korea's leader told South Korea's president he would invite security experts and journalists to the site. South Korea's president also spoke with President Trump about a U.S.-North Korea summit. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA What 'A Nation At Risk' Got Wrong, And Right, About U.S. Schools Thirty-five years after the landmark report warned of a "rising tide of mediocrity" in U.S. education, the statistics have been questioned, but the concerns still feel urgent. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Comedian Faces Criticism After Controversial Remarks At D.C. Gala Twitter was abuzz after the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, with several political journalists sounding off on comedian Michelle Wolf's routine and soul-searching about the event. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Burning Man Co-Founder Larry Harvey Dies At 70 The co-founder of the annual arts and culture festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert died on Saturday at 70. The event was born after Harvey burned a giant effigy on a beach in 1986. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA James H. Cone, Founder Of Black Liberation Theology, Dies At 79 The Arkansas native is remembered for his fierce challenges to traditional Christian norms of his era. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA After Push From Activists, Chicago's South Side Gets An Adult Trauma Center The University of Chicago's hospital will reopen the center on May 1. The move comes after years of pressure from young black activists, who mobilized when an 18-year-old died from gunshot wounds. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA New Data About Schools; Teacher Walkouts Spread Plus an unpaid faculty position and disparities in access to advanced courses, in our weekly roundup of education news. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Texas Voter ID Law Stands For Midterm Elections, Court Rules Arguments that the law disproportionately affected black and Latino voters were deemed insufficient in the U.S. Circuit Court's decision. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Merkel And Trump Meeting Includes Some Strange Moments, But No Tangible Results Handshakes and cheek kisses from the U.S. president surprised onlookers, but they were the only unanticipated events to happen during Friday's two-hour talk between the world leaders. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Homes Or Gardens? Developers And Urban Farmers Grapple Over Vacant Land In communities where both housing and fresh food are needed, the fight over valuable vacant land is prompting policy reform — and tense collaboration — between developers and gardeners. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: LeBron, Golden State Warriors And Condoleezza Rice ESPN's Howard Bryant joins Scott Simon to talk about the biggest sports stories of the week. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The Military Doesn't Advertise It, But U.S. Troops Are All Over Africa The U.S. military has some 20 missions across the continent. Most are for training African armies, not for combat. But there are risks as U.S. troops venture into the field. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The Russia Investigations: The House Intel Committee Duels Over Evidence. Again Democrats complain about the lack of evidence present in Republicans' report because Republicans didn't look for it. But it might also not be there because it doesn't exist. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 3 Lessons The White House Could Learn After The Downfall of Another Trump Nominee The troubled nomination of White House doctor Ronny Jackson has plenty of lessons for this president — if he heeds them. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA At Least 3 Palestinians Killed As Deadly Violence Again Roils Gaza Protests More than 40 Palestinians are dead after weeks of protests on the Gaza-Israel border, where Israeli troops have sometimes used live fire — including on Friday, when some protesters rushed a fence. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Syrian 7-Year-Old: 'I Want To Be A Doctor So I Can Help In A Chemical Attack' As chemical weapons inspectors assess an attack site in Douma, Syrian families from the town offer NPR witness accounts of what they describe as a chlorine strike in Douma. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Beyond A Failed Nominee: Whistleblower Retaliation Another Problem At The VA The VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection has taken on dozens of new cases of alleged retaliation. But some VA employees are skeptical the office will be able to protect them. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Remains Found Of More Than 140 Children Who Were Sacrificed In Peru They died 500 years ago and it may be the world's largest sacrificial killing of children, reported National Geographic. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Pentagon Acknowledges Mistakes As It Briefs Families Of Troops Killed In Niger The military has completed an investigation into the ambush that killed four U.S. soldiers last October. The report has not been released, but the military is briefing families of those killed. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA How Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo Did On His First Official Trip As Chief Diplomat Mike Pompeo, the newly-minted secretary of state spent his first full day on the job at a NATO meeting in Brussels. It's his first official trip in the role as America's chief diplomat. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Group Of Central Americans Seeking Asylum Reach U.S.-Mexico Border A much diminished group of 200 to 300 asylum seekers are straggling into Tijuana, with the bulk arriving Friday. On Sunday, they plan to approach and cross the U.S. border and ask for asylum. The Justice Department has directed U.S. Attorneys to "take immediate action" to send judges and prosecutors to the border to adjudicate cases quickly. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Why Prosecutors In Bill Cosby's Case Focused On Addressing Misconceptions About Rape NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Barbara Ziv, the forensic psychiatrist who testified at the retrial of Bill Cosby, about the focus that the prosecution put on educating the jury about common misconceptions around rape. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Tactics Used To Find Golden State Killer Raise Privacy And Legal Questions Investigators used DNA and an online genealogical database to hunt down and arrest the Golden State Killer. But now those tactics are raising privacy and legal issues. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Take A Ride On These Private Railroad Cars Known As 'Yachts On Rails' There's a form of railroad travel that few people ever see: private railroad cars, which attach to normally-scheduled Amtrak trains and pull riders paying top-dollar across the country. Jordan Salama took a ride on one, traveling between Chicago and Huntington, W.V., to bring us the story of these "yachts on rails." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA NBC Culture Questioned As Former Anchor Tom Brokaw Faces Sexual Harassment Allegations Former NBC News Anchor Tom Brokaw is the latest to be accused of sexual harassment allegations at the network, as reports raise new questions about the workplace culture at NBC. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Why Former CIA Director John Brennan's Criticism Of Trump Is Extremely Rare Former CIA Director John Brennan is out of the agency but not the public eye. He's made a point of attacking President Trump ever since his Inauguration. Critics say that can sow discord, but Brennan says he's doing what he thinks is right. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Patrick Meehan Resigns After Sexual Harassment Scandal The congressman had already said he wasn't going to run for re-election. Now, he will repay a $39,000 taxpayer-funded settlement. Meehan's resignation will trigger a special election. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Elizabeth Warren To Consumer Chief: 'You Owe The Public Straight Answers' On Thursday, the senator sent a scathing letter to the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency she helped build. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA In South Korea, Summit With North Korea Is Greeted With Hope — And Skepticism News of the agreement to seek a peace treaty ending the Korean War and achieve nuclear disarmament has inspired some to dream of a nation reunited. Others warn that big problems are likely to remain. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The Wrong Stuff: Prize-Winning Wildlife Photographer Accused Of Using Taxidermy Marcio Cabral's The Night Raider won him honors as a 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year — but judges disqualified the photo Friday, saying the raider in question, an anteater, was really stuffed. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 'Allegedly' No More: Cosby Conviction Marks A New Chapter For #MeToo As pop culture critics and onetime fans try to sort out Bill Cosby's legacy, it's possible this all boils down to a simple message: What was once overlooked, will be overlooked no longer. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Merkel's Low-Key Visit With Trump Focuses On Trade, Foreign Policy The leaders will speak to media at the White House after meetings on Friday in which Merkel is expected to echo many of the concerns about foreign policy raised by French President Macron. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Merkel's Low-Key Visit With Trump To Focus On Trade, Foreign Policy The leaders will speak to media at the White House after meetings on Friday morning in which Merkel is expected to echo many of the concerns about foreign policy raised by French President Macron. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Are We Prepared For A Killer Flu Epidemic? An 21st century outbreak could be as nightmarish as the 1918 pandemic, which killed about 40 million. So the Gates Foundation wants to spur the development of a flu vaccine. Don't we already have one? Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Unauthorized Immigrants Shy Away From Signing Kids Up For Food Aid Fearing deportation, some families eligible for SNAP would rather face food insecurity than risk enrolling in the program. Food pantries are stepping up to help unauthorized immigrants feel safe. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA EU To 'Completely Ban' Outdoor Use Of Pesticides Blamed For Devastating Bees Citing concerns for food production, the environment and biodiversity, the European Union moves to protect bees from a popular insecticide. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA House Intelligence Committee Releases Final Report On Russia Probe The House Intelligence Committee released its final report on its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA NASA Mars Mission Faces Setback After Heat Shield Cracks Under Pressure The heat shield, which is as light as balsa wood but can withstand temperatures of nearly 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, broke during testing earlier this month. NASA will now have to build a replacement. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Veterans Affairs In Limbo After Jackson Withdraws As Nominee Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson was tapped by President Trump to replace David Shulkin, who was fired in March. Now, the Veterans Affairs Department awaits its fourth secretary in four years. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Emergency Evacuation Finally Lifted After Huge Oil Refinery Fire In Superior, Wis. The evacuation zone had extended for miles. The Canadian-owned refinery processes crude from the Canadian tar sands in Alberta and from North Dakota's Bakken shale oil fields. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The U.S. Has No Clear Strategy For Africa. Here's Why It Really Needs One The U.S. relies on a threat-focused approach, when the international community should also support economic and governance development in the region, argues the ex-special forces commander for Africa. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Och, No! Some Scots Cry As Their Beloved Soda Gets A Less Sugary Revamp The makers of Irn Bru, Scotland's "other national drink," have slashed its sugar content in the face of a tax that aims to battle obesity. Not everyone is pleased with the health-minded tweaks. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Despite So Much Winning, The Right Feels Like It's Losing Donald Trump's victory ushered in a level of conservative dominance in American politics not seen in nearly a century. But fears of losing a culture war can stoke "apocalyptic" feelings on the right. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Economy Probably Started 2018 Off Slow, Short Of Trump's Growth Target Consumers likely didn't keep up with the blistering pace of spending, which means slower economic growth, analysts say. But recently, growth has tended to pick up momentum later in the year. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Hungary Has A Xenophobia Problem Just 10 percent of Hungarians polled say they feel totally comfortable making friends with an immigrant. In a survey, Hungarians even rejected a group that doesn't exist. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Family Caregivers Finally Get A Break — And Some Coaching Across the U.S., community groups, hospitals and government agencies are stepping up to support the estimated 42 million stressed and strained family caregivers, who are often untrained and unpaid. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Golfer Removes His Pants (For A Legitimate Reason) Golfer Justin Rose was playing at a golf tournament in Louisiana and his ball went into the water. He took off his pants and shoes and stepped into the water to hit it out. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Amazon Reports Huge Quarterly Profits, Hikes Prime Membership Fee Amazon's first quarter sales reached $51 billion, a 43 percent increase over last year. Its net income was $1.6 billion. Amazon also increased its annual Prime membership fee to $119 a year from $99. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Former NBC Correspondent Accuses Tom Brokaw Of Sexual Misconduct Linda Vester, who worked for a decade at NBC before moving to Fox News, says the legendary news anchor groped her and forcibly tried to kiss her on two separate occasions in the 1990s. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Viral 'Rescue' Videos Ignite Dispute Between Philippines And Kuwait Kuwaitis did not appreciate the videos released online last week which purport to show Philippine Embassy staff "rescuing" Filipino domestic workers. Now, the countries are publicly trading barbs. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA New York Gov. Cuomo To Federal Immigration Officials: 'The State Will Sue' On Wednesday, the governor sent a cease and desist letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying their arrest of a dairy farmer in upstate New York last week violated the law. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Mass Graves Discovered 24 Years After Rwandan Genocide Up to 3,000 bodies are thought to be buried in the graves, victims of a 100-day massacre that left 800,000 people dead. Survivors wonder why the sites are just being uncovered. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Senate Ethics Panel Admonishes Sen. Menendez The bipartisan panel unanimously agreed that Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., violated Senate rules and codes of conduct in his relationship with a longtime friend who was convicted of Medicare fraud. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA After Testifying In Cosby Trial, 1 Accuser Says 'He Had No Power Over Me' NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lise-Lotte Lublin, one of the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault. Cosby was convicted Thursday on three counts of aggravated indecent assault in the case brought by Andrea Constand. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Fancy An American Football Match? NFL Owner Bids For London's Wembley Stadium Shahid Khan, the American billionaire owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, has reportedly offered nearly $835 million for the facility. The move could pave the way for more NFL games in London. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Fancy An American Football Match? NFL Owner Bids For London's Wembley Stadium Shahid Khan, the American billionaire owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, has reportedly offered nearly $835 million for the facility. The move could pave the way for more NFL games in London. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Waffle House Hero, Honored By Lawmakers, Raises Thousands For Victims' Families James Shaw Jr., credited with saving lives after grabbing the shooter's rifle, was lauded by Tennessee lawmakers who said that "if his heroism is equaled by anything," it's his penchant for honesty. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA In Indiana, Advocates For Senior Citizens Form Army Of Guardians To Offer Care When a senior citizen loses the ability to make medical decisions, a guardian is chosen to help them through the last years of their life. But many states offer meager financial support to their guardianship system, leaving some of the country's most vulnerable citizens without a guardian and in a perpetual limbo. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Ford To Ditch Cars In North America, Focus On Trucks And SUVs Its pioneered the American auto industry with the mass market Model T. Now Ford is gutting its lineup of cars in the North America, saying it will sell only two models in 2020 as it focuses on trucks and SUVs. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Lawmakers Ask EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Tough Questions Amid Ethics Allegations Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt faced questions from lawmakers Thursday amid a myriad of ethics allegations and tepid support from the White House. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Though Criminal Investigation Closed, Prince's Heirs Still Hope To Hold Someone Responsible It's been two years since the pop star Prince died of an opioid overdose. Minnesota authorities closed the criminal investigation last week, saying they couldn't figure out who gave Prince the counterfeit pain pills. But the musician's heirs still hope to hold someone responsible. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Trump Acknowledges Lawyer Michael Cohen Represented Him In Stormy Daniels Deal President Trump in an interview with Fox News acknowledged for the first time that Michael Cohen represented him in "the crazy Stormy Daniels deal." Cohen, who is currently under investigation in New York, said Wednesday that he will assert his Fifth Amendment rights in connection with the Daniels' case. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA How Glasgow Cut Crime After Once Being The 'Murder Capital Of Europe' Once described as "murder capital of Europe", the city of Glasgow, Scotland has cut its crime rate dramatically, in part by helping offenders find a place in society. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Trump's Lawyer Michael Cohen Says He Will Plead The Fifth Regarding Stormy Daniels President's Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says he will assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in connection with a lawsuit filed by adult film star Stormy Daniels. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ken White, a former federal prosecutor who now works as a criminal defense attorney, about what it means to take the fifth. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Guilty Verdict In Bill Cosby Trial Effectively Ends Comedian's Career The end of Bill Cosby's trial also in effect marked the end of his career as a beloved entertainer and cultural icon. NPR looks back at Cosby's work as an entertainment pioneer, and how his growing conservatism and legal troubles have dimmed that luster for many of his admirers. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Teachers In Arizona And Colorado Walk Out To Protest Working Conditions Teachers in Colorado and Arizona walked out Thursday to march to the state capitol buildings. It's a continuation of protests around the country over working conditions and pay for teachers and support staff. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA VA Nominee Ronny Jackson Withdraws Amid Conduct Allegations Ronny Jackson, President Trump's choice to be Veterans Affairs Secretary, pulled out of consideration amid allegations about his conduct Thursday. But Trump calls the accusations false. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Otto Warmbier's Parents Sue North Korea, Alleging Torture Of Their Son Warmbier, an American college student, died last summer after spending more than a year in North Korean custody. He was returned home in a coma. A lawsuit accuses Pyongyang of killing him. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA After Arrest Of Suspected Golden State Killer, Details Of His Life Emerge Joseph James DeAngelo has been charged with eight murders, and is suspected in dozens of other crimes. He had recently retired after working 27 years in a supermarket distribution center. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA When What Was Good For Bill Cosby Was Good For Black America The few, tepid defenses of Bill Cosby during his criminal trial for sexual assault are an illustration of just how much his influence as Black America's emissary to the wider world has waned. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Hair Removal Ad Makes Pakistani Women Go 'Wow' — But Not In A Good Way The commercial celebrates hairlessness. And it prompted a cricket star to speak out, charging that the ad promotes "body shaming and objectification." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Caravan Arrives In Tijuana, As Migrants Prepare To Request Asylum A group of Central American asylum-seekers, who have been traveling through Mexico for weeks, are gathering near the border with the U.S. They say they will request asylum on Sunday. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Scores Of Schools In Arizona Close As Teachers Embark On Massive Walkout Thousands of demonstrators descended on Phoenix, where they are marching on the Capitol to demand pay bumps and boosted budgets. Across state lines, teachers in Colorado are also protesting. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Bill Cosby Convicted On 3 Counts Of Aggravated Indecent Assault Jurors listened to more than two weeks of testimony from 25 witnesses, including five women who had never before confronted Cosby in a criminal courtroom. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA CNN's Jake Tapper On McCarthyism, Trump And The 'Jar Jar Binks Principle' Tapper's new novel, The Hellfire Club, takes place in 1954 during Sen. Joseph McCarthy's Communist "witch hunt" — a time he describes as "very resonant" to the current political climate. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Arkansas Installs A New Ten Commandments Monument At Its Capitol The first version of a Ten Commandments monument at the Arkansas Capitol lasted less than 24 hours before it was destroyed by a car last June. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Bill To Protect Mueller Investigation Approved By Senate Judiciary Committee While the bill lacks support from GOP leaders in the House and Senate, it's intended to send a message to President Trump to avoid interfering with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Benzodiazepines: America's 'Other Prescription Drug Problem' Drugs like Valium, Xanax and Ativan are more popular than ever. Frequently used to treat anxiety, the medicines can be risky, especially when mixed with alcohol or opioids. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA What To Expect From Friday's Summit Between North And South Korea "President Trump is in for a rude surprise if he thinks ... Kim Jong Un is going to say, 'Sure, I'll hand over my nuclear weapons,'" North Korea expert Jean H. Lee tells NPR. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Ford To Phase Out 'Traditional Ford Sedans' Such As Fusion And Taurus In The U.S. Ford Motor Co. reported a $1.7 billion profit for the first quarter, but it's planning big changes — such as phasing out nearly all of its cars in favor of trucks and SUVs. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Ronny Jackson Withdraws As VA Nominee Jackson decried "baseless and anonymous attacks on my character and integrity," following detailed accusations including improper prescribing of drugs and wrecking a government vehicle while drunk. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA On The Hunt For The Elusive Morel Mushroom In Ohio's Appalachian Country It's early spring in southeastern Ohio. Foodies and opportunists are starting to scour the trails for morels. But finding the tiny, wrinkled gems requires perfect weather, patience and a little luck. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 'The Peace House' Is All Set For Kim Jong Un's First Summit In South Korea The stage is set for a historic meeting between leaders of the rival Koreas inside the Demilitarized Zone. The frenzied preparations have left very little to chance. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Pro Football Draft Finds Moments To Have Fun The San Francisco 49ers will announce one pick using Chewbacca. And the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lean into their pirate theme — using a parrot to reveal their fourth-round draft pick. Read more on NPR