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#Breaking NBA Finals Are No Surprise For a fourth straight year it's the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. It's the matchup that many figured would happen at the beginning of the season. Read more on NPR

#Breaking News Brief: North Korea Summit Plans Continue, Europe And Iran, NBA Playoffs A top North Korean official is meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to plan a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. Also, an update on Europe and the Iran nuclear deal. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Ex-Penguin Goalie, Capitols Find Redemption In Stanley Cup Final Rachel Martin talks to ESPN's Greg Wyshynski about the unlikely matchup for the Stanley Cup Final: Las Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitols, and the Knights standout goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Sherman Works On Unblocking 49er Fans He'd Blocked On Twitter Richard Sherman used to play for the Seahawks but he's now with the 49ers, and he's doing damage control. Over the weekend, he sent a tweet about unblocking 49er fans he'd blocked. Read more on NPR

#Breaking It's Déjà Vu All Over Again: Warriors To Meet Cavs In NBA Finals For the fourth year in a row, the Golden State Warriors will play the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. The "fourmatch" is unprecedented in NBA history. Read more on NPR

#Breaking How Mini-Golf Played A Big Role In Desegregating Public Rec Spaces Washington, D.C., is home to one of the oldest continuously running mini-golf courses in the U.S. The sport became popular in the early 1900s, when there were more than 25,000 courses nationwide. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Danica Patrick's Career Ends With Crash At Indy 500 The 36-year-old racer returned to the same track that skyrocketed her career as she steps away from racing. Sunday marked Patrick's eighth appearance at the Indianapolis 500. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The NFL's Rule New On Kneeling NFL owners announced this week that players must stand during the playing of the National Anthem. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Howard Bryant of ESPN and author of the book The Heritage. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Indy 500 Pioneer Janet Guthrie Savors The Day She Made History In 1977, the racing world was fascinated with driver Janet Guthrie's presence at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The day she sealed her spot in the race-day lineup, nothing seemed to be going right. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Danica Patrick's Last Race This Sunday, it's the end of "start your engines" for racing star Danica Patrick. The only woman to win an IndyCar race, Patrick leaves motor sports with a last run at the Indy 500. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: NFL And Knee Protests The NFL announced a new policy that will fine teams if any of their players kneel during the national anthem. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Friday News Roundup - Domestic Commemorative coins are available. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Do You Trust Your Child's Sports Coaching Staff? After recent stories of athlete abuse, NPR's All Things Considered wants to have a discussion about the dynamic of trust between families and sports staff. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Runner Lines Up In The Marathon Line By Mistake A North Dakota man accidentally lined up for a marathon instead of the half. He could've stopped at mile 13 but he decided to finish. Because of his registration, he was given a half marathon medal. Read more on NPR

#Breaking It Took 11 Rounds Of Rochambeau To Decide Baseball Game's Winner When rain canceled a quarterfinal matchup between North Haven and Amity high in Connecticut, players turned to an alternative way to settle the score: an epic 11-rounds of rock, paper scissors. Read more on NPR

#Breaking NFL Tells Players To Stand And Respect The Flag And National Anthem The NFL says its players are no longer allowed to kneel during the national anthem. The league says those who do will be fined. Protests became a huge issue last season. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Divorce Is Prohibited In The Philippines, But Moves Are Underway To Legalize It The Philippines is one of only two countries where divorce remains illegal. But a new bill permitting it has passed the House. A recent survey found 53 percent of Filipinos favor allowing divorce. Read more on NPR

#Breaking All NFL Players 'Shall Stand And Show Respect' For Flag And Anthem, League Says Anyone who doesn't want to stand can stay in the locker room — but teams will be fined if athletes or staff on the field don't stand, the NFL says in its new policy. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Echoes Of Cuba? U.S. Employee In China Hit With 'Sensations Of Sound And Pressure' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said "the medical indications are very similar and entirely consistent" with symptoms reported by American diplomats in Cuba, where there were reports of sonic attacks. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA All NFL Players 'Shall Stand And Show Respect' For Flag And Anthem, League Says Anyone who doesn't want to stand can stay in the locker room — but teams will be fined if athletes or staff on the field don't stand, the NFL says in its new policy. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Trying Physical Therapy First For Low Back Pain May Curb Use Of Opioids A study of patients with low back pain finds that those who got physical therapy first needed fewer pricey scans and surgeries and had "significantly lower out-of-pocket costs" for treatment overall. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Famed Vegas Casinos Could Be Hobbled As Thousands Of Workers Authorize Strike The union representing the hospitality workers says they could walk out as early as June 1 if their demands, including protection against sexual harassment and technology advances, are not met. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Trump Intensifies Push On What He Calls Improper Snooping With 'Spygate' Brand President Trump argues the story about the FBI investigating his campaign's potential conspiracy with Russia actually is a story about unlawful surveillance. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Judge Backs N.Y. Parents, Saying Their 30-Year-Old Son Must Move Out "I don't see why they can't just, you know, wait a little bit for me to leave the house," Michael Rotondo told the judge in the case. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Head Of Southern Baptist Seminary Removed Over Remarks On Rape, Abuse Of Women Paige Patterson has been under fire for past counsel to women of abuse to simply pray for their husbands. On Tuesday, a new allegation surfaced that he advised a student not to report a rape. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Top Stories: Primary Results Analyzed; Baptist Seminary Leader Removed Also: American novelist Philip Roth dies; President Trump will travel to New York to discuss combating gangs; and thousands of unionized casino workers in Las Vegas authorize a potential strike. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Missouri May Be First State To Get Serious About The Definition Of Meat A bill that awaits a signature by the state's governor would restrict "meat" labeling on anything that doesn't come from livestock or poultry. The topic is also being considered at the federal level. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The Resemblance Is Less Than Striking For Brandi Chastain's Plaque Brandi Chastain was one of the stars of the 1999 U.S. women's team that won the World Cup. The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame unveiled a bronze plaque to honor her that was less than flattering. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Olympic Officials Testify On Sexual Abuse Scandal Top U.S. Olympic and sporting officials will testify before Congress. They're expected to get tough questions about a widening sexual abuse scandal that has victimized hundreds of athletes. Read more on NPR

#Breaking News Brief: Hopes Dwindle For North Korea Meeting, Southern Primary Results, Olympics Scandal President Trump sounded a lot less optimistic on Tuesday when asked about plans for a summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Also, we look at primary election results in several states. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Janet Guthrie On Making Indy 500 History Janet Guthrie is the first woman to qualify and compete in the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Primary Takeaways: Voters Send Parties Further Apart Republicans And Democrats are heading in totally different directions, highlighted by Georgia's primaries for governor. And the progressive vs. establishment fight fizzled on the Democratic side. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA California's Message To Hospitals: Shape Up Or Lose 'In-Network' Status Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, will exclude hospitals from insurance networks if they don't reduce their numbers of C-sections, back scans and opioid prescriptions. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Trump, GOP Prepare New Pincer Attack Against Justice Department And The FBI As Republicans are scourging DOJ and the FBI over the Russia investigation, a blistering new report about the FBI's Clinton email probe could further undercut both law enforcement agencies. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA A Woman Has Been Named As NYSE CEO, It Only Took 226 Years Stacey Cunningham, who started her career at the exchange as a summer intern on the ground floor, has been appointed to lead the Big Board starting Friday. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Judge Orders Boy Who Started Oregon Wildfire To Pay $36 Million In Restitution The judge acknowledged that the boy is unable to pay the full amount. The boy admitted throwing fireworks that started the Eagle Creek Fire, burning nearly 47,000 acres last year. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA China Cuts Tariffs On Autos, Possibly Easing Trade Tensions With U.S. China is cutting tariffs on vehicles from the U.S. and other countries after President Trump railed against the imbalance in trade tariffs. The cuts could help German automakers as well as Tesla. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA What The World Needs To Do After Venezuela's Vote Venezuela's latest vote will worsen its crisis as it consolidates its socialist authoritarian system. But Washington is not well-positioned to lead the charge to stop it, writes Ted Piccone. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Kilauea's Wrath Threatens Power Plant — And Hawaii's Most Powerful Industry The volcano's lava has crept near a geothermal energy plant, risking the release of dangerous fumes. Meanwhile, the fiery flow is already hurting a major tourist stop and the locals who rely on it. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA After Minting Coin For North Korea Summit, White House Accused Of Early Celebration The White House is readying for a meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un on June 12. Despite Pyongyang's threats to back out, the White House has made a coin commemorating the event. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Watch: Mark Zuckerberg Speaks To European Union Parliament Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with European Union Parliament members on Tuesday to discuss allegations that the personal data of European Facebook users was misused. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Scientists Take A Ride On The Pacific's 'Shark Highway' Biologists knew the sharks sometimes traveled from waters off Costa Rica south to the Galapagos Islands, but they'd never actually witnessed it. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Progressive Fights, More Women On The Ballot In Tuesday's Primary Contests A Texas House runoff has become ground zero for Democrats' fight between progressives and centrists, while two Democratic women are taking different approaches in their race for Georgia governor. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Artist Robert Indiana Dies At 89: The Story Behind 'LOVE' Fifty years ago, his LOVE painting made Robert Indiana a worldwide sensation. But for the artist, the work also had an intensely personal meaning. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Orlando Police Testing Amazon's Real-Time Facial Recognition The low-priced, cloud-based facial recognition can track and identify people as they walk down the street. U.S. police have generally held off on using Amazon's service in real time. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA This Salvadoran Woman Is At The Center Of The Attorney General's Asylum Crackdown Attorney General Jeff Sessions is personally intervening in the case of one woman from El Salvador. He is questioning whether she and other domestic violence survivors deserve asylum in the U.S. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Top Stories: Education Dept. Reviews Grant Program; Venezuela Sanctions Also: South Korea's President meets President Trump today at the White House; a deadly new virus appears in India; and a Florida city mistakenly sends residents a "zombie" alert. Read more on NPR

#Breaking New Dallas Mavericks CEO Has A Big Job Ahead Of Her Cynthia Marshall was tapped to help the franchise through a sexual assault and domestic abuse scandal. Skeptical at first, Marshall is determined to make the Mavericks a shining example for the NBA. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Nothing Certain In Search For 'Regulatory Certainty' At EPA Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt often cites the need for "regulatory certainty." But even some supporters of his sweeping rollbacks say they're creating the opposite. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Education Department Launches 'Top-To-Bottom' Review Of Teachers' Grant Program Public school teachers across the country say they've been improperly hit with thousands of dollars in debt when paperwork erros turned their grants into loans that they're now supposed to pay back. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Trump And South Korean President Plot Strategy On North Korean Nukes President Trump meets Tuesday with his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in. They're putting their heads together ahead of a planned summit next month between Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Routine DNA Screening Moves Into Primary Care The Pennsylvania-based health care chain Geisinger Health System plans to soon offer DNA sequencing as part of routine care for all patients. Is there a downside? Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA President Trump Approves New Sanctions On Venezuela The executive order meant to prevent the country's leaders from liquidating assets follows an election that returned Nicolas Maduro to power amid an opposition boycott and accusations of fraud. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Foreign Investors Shrug Off Miami's Rising Sea Levels Sea-level rise is so acute in South Florida that local governments are eyeing hundreds of millions in spending to mitigate floodwaters. But wealthy foreign investors don't seem fazed. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Richard Goodwin, Crafter Of Johnson's Famous 'We Shall Overcome' Speech, Dies Speechwriter Richard Goodwin, a driving force in American politics during the upheavals of the 1960s and the husband of Doris Kearns Goodwin, has died at age 86. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Experimental Ebola Vaccinations, Considered 'Paradigm Shift,' Begin In Congo The vaccine is still unlicensed but has passed drug trials with flying colors. Authorities have begun administering thousands of doses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to fight the outbreak. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Reggie Lucas, Guitarist And Producer Of Madonna's Debut, Has Died "He was never not busy," his daughter Lisa says of the musician, who also lent his playing and songwriting talents to Miles Davis, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Justice, FBI, Intelligence Bosses Meet At White House Amid Snooping Standoff Top leaders from the Justice Department, FBI and the intelligence community headed for the White House amid a new dust-up about the FBI's use of confidential informants. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA NASA Launching New Satellites To Measure Earth's Lumpy Gravity The two satellites, which are collectively called GRACE and will replace two retired probes, are one of the most important tools for understanding the effects of climate change. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA VA's Caregiver Program Still Dropping Veterans With Disabilities An NPR investigation last year revealed that a number of VA centers were ejecting hundreds of caregivers from the program. The VA promised reform, but a year later few have returned to the program. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Video Campaign Aims To Unify Poland Through The Power Of Bread Hate crimes are on the rise in Poland. In response, a new YouTube video aspires to foster tolerance by having people from marginalized groups bake and sell bread to customers at a Warsaw bakery. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA As Trump-Kim Summit Approaches, South Korea's Leader Heads To White House The talks are still expected to happen next month in Singapore, despite North Korea's threats to back out. The South Korean president is playing mediator to keep things on track. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA A Texas Town Mourns, And A Nation Struggles To Find New Ground In Gun Debate Public schools in Santa Fe, Texas, are closed as the community grapples with how to move on. But authorities in Texas disagree about whether guns are to blame for the violence. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Hawaii Volcano's Lava Spews 'Laze' Of Toxic Gas And Glass Into The Air Lava from the Kileaua volcano is pouring into the Pacific Ocean, generating a plume of "laze" — hydrochloric acid and steam with fine glass particles — into the air. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Ohio Police Help Man Who Was Being Followed Home By A Pig The North Ridgeville Police Department received a call early Saturday morning from what they thought was an "obviously drunk guy." Turns out, the pig just wanted to be petted. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Levees Make Mississippi River Floods Worse, But We Keep Building Them For more than 150 years, scientists have known that levees increase flood risk on the Mississippi River. That hasn't stopped local officials from building up levees in response to more severe floods. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Supreme Court Decision Delivers Blow To Workers' Rights The high court ruled for the first time that workers may not band together to challenge violations of federal labor laws. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Bipartisan Group Of DOJ Veterans Calls For Confirmation Of Nominee Five former Justice officials are urging senators to advance the nomination of Brian Benczkowski to head the criminal division. Benczkowski performed work for a controversial Russian bank. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 'I Don't Want To Leave My House': Santa Fe's Invisible Wounds A gunman killed eight students and two teachers at Santa Fe High School — and scarred hundreds, perhaps thousands more. Read more on NPR

#Breaking At Age 93, Ohio Golfer Finally Gets A Hole-In-One Ben Bender of Zanesville played golf most of his life, and at last decided it was his final round. That final round was when he hit his first hole-in-one. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Top Stories: Trump Wants FBI Probe Of Alleged Informant; Venezuelan Elections Also: Services begin for the slain Santa Fe, Texas students; the Las Vegas Golden Knights defy expectation and advance to the NHL Final; and barbecuing while black: Oakland challenges racism. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Cinderella Team: Vegas' NHL Team Reaches Stanley Cup Finals The Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion NHL team in its first season, beat all the odds and made it to the finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Stacey Vs. Stacey: The Democratic Fight For Governor In Georgia There are two Democrats running for governor in Georgia — Stacey Abrams, who's black and Stacey Evans, who's white. It's a contest that's underscored how complicated race remains for Democrats. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Is Sleeping With Your Baby As Dangerous As Doctors Say? Many doctors in the U.S. say the practice puts an infant at risk of sleep-related death. A close look at the research reveals a different picture. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Election Night Shakeup: Here Come The New 'Exit' Polls Fox News and the Associated Press are upending a quarter century of how elections are measured — and races called — launching a new approach for this fall's midterm elections. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Saudi Women's Activists Arrested Ahead Of Driving Ban For years they fought for the right to drive and an end to their country's male guardianship system. This week they were taken into custody by authorities. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA For Trump's Evangelical Advisers, Prison Reform Becomes a Front-Burner Issue "The incarceration rate in this country is just insane," said Johnnie Moore, an evangelical leader and informal adviser to President Trump. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Archaeologist Who Uncovered China's 8,000-Man Terra Cotta Army Dies At 82 Zhao Kangmin reconstructed the first warriors after farmers digging a well stumbled on fragments in 1974. They were commissioned by China's first emperor — to guard his tomb. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Bishop Michael Curry's Royal Wedding Sermon: Full Text Of 'The Power Of Love' The presiding bishop of the American Episcopal Church delivered a powerful and emotive sermon to those in attendance and millions more watching across the world on embracing the power of love. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA With Prosecutors Zeroing In, Trump Ally Roger Stone Rails Against Mueller Probe Stone said he could be under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller for alleged crimes unrelated to his role in the 2016 presidential election. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA After U.S. Embassy Move, What Actually Changes For Israelis And Palestinians? Have the past week's developments changed anything in their conflict? Demands are the same and impasses remain, but the United States' role in potential peace talks appears to be shifting. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The War Over Confirming Federal Judges Is Heating Up — Again Republicans leaders, worried about possibly losing control of the Senate in the November elections, are racing against the clock to push through as many judicial nominations as they can. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Former Neighbor And Victim, Kyle Stephens, Reacts To MSU's Larry Nassar Settlement NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Stephens about her reaction to the $500 million settlement between Michigan State University and the hundreds of victims of disgraced doctor Larry Nassar. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Surprising Images From Up-And-Coming Photographers Winners of the Flash Forward competition focus on a beauty pageant for black Brazilians, Somalians coping with drought and transgender fashionistas living under a bridge. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Tina Fey Hosts Star-Studded 'SNL' Season 43 Finale The season ender of Saturday Night Live opened Trump style with a nod to the finale of The Sopranos. It was Fey's sixth time hosting the show and her musical guest was Nicki Minaj. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Kenya's Crackdown On Fake News Raises Questions About Press Freedom The law allows for a fine of up to $50,000, two years of jail time, or both, to be imposed on any person who intentionally publishes false information. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA What We Know About The Alleged Texas High School Shooter Officials have not released a motive, but some information on the suspect and attack is coming into focus. It appears the rampage at Sante Fe High School was planned. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 8 Students, 2 Teachers Killed In Santa Fe High School Shooting The attack is the worst school shooting since 17 people were killed at a Parkland, Fla., high school in February. Here's what we know about the students and teachers who died. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA What We Know About Dimitrios Pagourtzis, The Alleged Texas High School Shooter Officials have not released a motive, but some information on the suspect is coming into focus. It appears the shooting rampage at Sante Fe High School was planned. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA WATCH LIVE: The Royal Wedding Of Prince Harry And Meghan Markle The couple tied the knot on Saturday at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Bill Of The Month: Audience Reacts To Big Bill For Tiny Screws The latest installment in our Bill of the Month series about a huge bill for four orthopedic screws drew lots of responses from readers and listeners. Some had ideas for improving the health system. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: Is Cleveland Done Rocking? NPR's Scott Simon discusses the week's biggest sports stories with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA USDA Unveils Prototypes For GMO Food Labels, And They're ... Confusing The labels use the letters BE, for bioengineered, not GMO, which critics say could baffle consumers. One design features a smiling sun that a skeptic calls "essentially propaganda for the industry." Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Venezuela To Hold Presidential Election But Main Opposition Is Boycotting It Deep economic crisis and distrust of the government seem to have corroded many Venezuelans' faith in politics. Main opposition parties are even boycotting Sunday's vote. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Fake And Faulty Drugs: A Problem No One Wants To Talk About A new book explores why getting a properly formulated medicine is hit-or-miss in much of the developing world — and why the issue is massively underreported. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA The Russia Investigations: Big Questions Answered, More Big Questions Raised This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee unleashed everything it has about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting. But many answers remain elusive. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA DeVos Bypasses NYC Public Schools; For-Profit College Enforcement; NC Teachers Walk A school shooting in Texas, plus a new government report on university-hired consultants and student borrowers, in our weekly roundup of education news. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA WATCH LIVE: The Royal Wedding Of Prince Harry And Meghan Markle The couple is to tie the knot on Saturday at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Kentucky Derby Winner Justify Is Favored To Win Soggy Preakness An eight-horse field is set for Saturday's race at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, and it's expected to be a two-horse race: Justify and Good Magic. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Kentucky Derby Winner Justify Is Favored To Win Soggy Preakness An eight-horse field is set for Saturday's race at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, and it's expected to be a two-horse race: Justify and Good Magic. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Anti-Abortion-Rights Group Reacts To Restrictions On Clinics Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List, responds to news that the White House will revive a rule to bar groups that provide abortions from receiving federal funds. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Anti-Abortion-Rights Group Reacts To Restrictions On Clinics Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List, responds to news that the White House will revive a rule to bar groups that provide abortions from receiving federal funds. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Ebola Outbreak: How Worried Should We Be? The world is mobilizing to send staff and resources to the Democratic Republic of Congo to address the outbreak. That's a tough job when the epicenter is an 11-hour drive from the nearest airstrip. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Plane Carrying More Than 100 People Crashes After Takeoff In Havana, Reports Say The Boeing 737 operated by Cuba's state airline crashed just after takeoff at José Martí International Airport, local media report. First responders rushed to put out the flames. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Fox's Cavuto: Trump Skeptic, Genial Workhorse Neil Cavuto is something of a rarity at Fox: a civil presence and a critic of the president. He also hosts 17 hours live every week despite health issues so severe he can hardly read a teleprompter. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA A Royal Wedding With Global Appeal Interest in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle transcends borders in a way that past royal weddings have not, writes Autumn Brewington, who anchored the Washington Post's royal wedding blog in 2011. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA What #HeyJohnKelly Reveals About America's Immigrant Past White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told NPR that many undocumented immigrants don't easily assimilate because they are rural, lack education and don't speak English. Twitter reacted. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Deep Contradictions Remain At The Core Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict The contradictions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are always on display, but rarely so starkly as this week, when the U.S. opened its embassy in Jerusalem and protests erupted in Gaza. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA School Shooting Reported Near Houston NPR's David Greene talks to Houston Public Media's Davis Land about reports of a gunman at a high school in Texas. The school was put on lockdown. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA New Type Of Drug To Prevent Migraines Heads To Market An antibody-based drug reduces the frequency of migraine headaches, according to data reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration. The agency approved Aimovig, priced at about $6,900 a year. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Shooting Reported At High School Near Houston The shooting reportedly began before 8 a.m. on Friday. It's not yet clear what the status of the gunman is. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA House Farm Bill In Jeopardy As Leaders Court Conservatives House leaders spent the days leading to Friday's farm bill vote negotiating with key conservatives, aiming to ensure that the bill could pass without the support of Democrats. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Report: Most Former Research Chimps Should Move To Retirement Sanctuaries A working group convened by the National Institutes of Health looked at where chimps that had been used in research should live now. Unless relocating chimps would endanger them, a sanctuary is best. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Officials In Hawaii Hand Out Thousands Of Masks As Kilauea Spews More Ash County officials have distributed about 2,000 N95 masks as they warn that ash fallout is the biggest health concern for residents. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Police 'Neutralize' Gunman Who Fired Shots At Trump National Doral Miami Golf Club The man entered the lobby of the club and yelled something about President Trump as he opened fire, police say. Five officers returned fire and the suspect was taken into custody. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Why The $#%& Can't He Wash The Dishes?! The Chores That Can Sink A Relationship A study finds that washing dishes is a big deal for women when it comes to the division of labor. But it taps into an even bigger idea — that women are emotionally exhausted by household management. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Former Spy Sergei Skripal Released From Hospital, Recovering From Exotic Nerve Agent Hospital officials say Sergei Skripal, 66, will continue his recovery elsewhere. He was found slumped over on a bench on March 4 along with his daughter, Yulia Skripal, 33. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Top Stories: Federal Funding Rule And Abortion; Black Gubernatorial Candidates Also: The U.S. is worried about an American jailed in Venezuela; the W.H.O. considers whether ebola is an international emergency; and a decades old message in a bottle is found in Mississippi. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA California Winemakers Nervous About U.S.-China Trade Talks China is one of the top exports for U.S. wine, but last month in retaliation to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, China imposed a tariff on U.S. wine, and other food and agricultural exports. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA State Dept. Has 'Serious Concerns' For Safety Of Utah Man Imprisoned In Venezuela Earlier this week, 26-year-old Joshua Holt, who has been jailed in the South American country since 2016, uploaded a video to Facebook expressing fear that fellow inmates were trying to kill him. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Malaysian Police Seize Cash, Jewels, Designer Bags From Ousted Premier's Residence The pre-dawn raid on a condominium belonging to former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who was defeated in last week's elections, comes in connection with a long-running corruption scandal. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA 50 States And No Black Governors, But That Could Change In 2018 Only two black governors have ever been elected in the United States. But in 2018, more than half a dozen African-Americans are running in gubernatorial races. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Small Business Owner Fears U.S.-China Trade War Will Destroy Her Company Mary Buchzeiger's auto parts company may be fighting for its life if it doesn't get relief from Trump's proposed tariffs. "They're attacks on U.S. companies that are using Chinese goods," she says. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Illinois Imposes Sweeping Control Over Chicago's Special Education Program Illinois is taking the unusual step of imposing a state monitor on Chicago's special education program, after a WBEZ investigation found the state systematically delayed and denied services to needy students. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA WHO Official Discusses Task Of Containing Ebola NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to World Health Organization Deputy Director General of Emergency Preparedness and Response Peter Salama about reports of Ebola hitting a port city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making it much harder to contain. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Ex-Deputy Who Stayed Outside During Parkland Shooting Getting $8,702 Monthly Pension Parents of some of the 17 people killed in the February massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Florida are expressing outrage over the payments to Scot Peterson. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Senate Confirms Gina Haspel As CIA Director Haspel faced criticism for her role in the agency's waterboarding program. But several Senate Democrats joined almost all the Republicans to confirm her as the first woman to lead the CIA. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Starbucks Training Focuses On The Evolving Study Of Unconscious Bias Scientists and leadership trainers says it's nearly impossible to train people out of their biases, but organizations can develop ways of mitigating the effects of it. Often, it involves teamwork. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA Banned, Ozone-Depleting Chemical Is Still Being Produced Somewhere, Scientists Say Trichlorofluoromethane, or CFC-11, hurts the ozone layer and was supposed to have been phased out of production by 2010. Supposedly. But NOAA scientists say CFC-11 emissions began to rise after 2012. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA How Trump's 'War' On The 'Deep State' Is Leading To The Dismantling Of Government New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos says that hundreds of non-partisan civil servants, considered not loyal enough to the administration, have been marginalized or pushed out of government entirely. Read more on NPR

#Breaking #News #USA A Personal Testimony Of The Migrant Caravan Verónica G. Cárdenas tells the story behind her photos of the migrants traveling to the U.S.: "I want to show that indeed, it is a tiresome and dangerous journey, but along the way, life goes on." Read more on NPR