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- As Pope Holds Sex Abuse Summit, U.S. Catholics Not Hopeful For 'Bold Moves'
American Catholics have become disappointed as Pope Francis described the meeting as featuring "prayer and discernment" — hardly an ambitious vision for what could have been a momentous event.
- Conservationists In New Mexico Are Concerned About A Border Wall's Impact
The Department of Homeland Security is able to waive environmental regulations for national security reasons. Environmentalists worry about the impact on flood plains and wildlife migration patterns.
- Plotted From A Prison Cot, Wrongly Accused Man Whips Smoothie Dream Into Reality
As an exoneree, Mark Schand did not qualify for job training, tuition help or other re-entry services offered to people on parole. But he did fight for, and receive, monetary compensation.
- Trump Threatens To Cancel California's $929 Million High-Speed Rail Grant
The president is in a Twitter war with Gov. Gavin Newsom over the project and the president's emergency declaration to build a border wall.
- Burberry Apologizes For Nooselike Knot On Fashion Hoodie
A runway model who objected to the impression made by the drawstring says she was initially told to "keep it to yourself."
- 16 States File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over National Emergency
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Robert Chesney of <em>Lawfare</em> about the latest lawsuit brought by 16 states against President Trump and his national emergency declaration to build a border wall.
- National Security Analyst Discusses Diverting Military Funds For Border Wall
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with national security analyst Mackenzie Eaglen of the American Enterprise Institute about why she thinks diverting military construction funding to a border wall is a mistake.
- USA Gymnastics Announces New CEO, The Fourth In Less Than 2 Years
USA Gymnastics has hired a new CEO: the embattled organization's fourth leader in the past two years. The organization is trying to get beyond a widening sexual abuse scandal.
- Uranium Ore Stored At Grand Canyon Park Museum Unlikely To Have Been Dangerous
A safety director issued a public warning that buckets of ore may have exposed employees and tourists to unsafe radiation. But being near natural uranium ore is unlikely to cause an unsafe dose.
- Publisher Of An Alabama Newspaper Calls For The KKK To 'Clean Out' Washington
"We'll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them," said Goodloe Sutton, publisher of the <em>Democrat-Reporter, </em>after admitting he wrote an incendiary editorial.
- Seeking To Bounce Back From Nassar Fallout, USA Gymnastics Names New President
Li Li Leung, a former gymnastics competitor, will now head an organization in turmoil, as USA Gymnastics seeks to recover from its widespread sex abuse scandal.
- Houston Police To Cease 'No Knock' Warrants, Chief Announces After Deadly Raid
"I'm very confident that we're going to have criminal charges on one or more police officers" from a raid that left two suspects dead, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said.
- Trump Pushes Ahead With 'Space Force' Despite Hurdles
It would be under the umbrella of the Air Force to try to simplify the process. This represents a shift; Trump had stated that he wanted a space force that is "separate but equal" from the Air Force.
- Andrew McCabe: FBI Investigations Into Trump 'Were Extraordinary Steps'
"We don't have a lot of experience with investigating presidents of the United States," McCabe says. "There is not a standard S.O.P. on the shelf that you pull down to say, 'Here's how it's done.' "
- White House Plan To Stop HIV Faces A Tough Road In Oklahoma
Trump's plan includes a focus on fighting HIV in the rural Midwest and South. But there are doubts in Oklahoma, where the state's uninsured rate and stigmatization of HIV are high.
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