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China Halts Transportation Out Of Wuhan To Contain Coronavirus. Could It Backfire?

By Nurith Aizenman • 16 hours ago

Just a few months ago, Tom Inglesby helped gather top officials from governments, businesses and health organizations around the world to play a kind of war game.

"It was a scenario looking at global consequences of a major new epidemic," says Inglesby, who directs the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University.

Democratic Impeachment Managers Continue Their Oral Arguments To Remove Trump

By editor • 18 hours ago

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And now to politics - the impeachment trial of President Trump continues today in Washington.

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JOHN ROBERTS: The Senate will convene as a court of impeachment.

Tourists To The U.S. Capitol Have A Particularly Close Vantage To Impeachment

By Jenny Gathright • 20 hours ago

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The Surprising Legacy Of Occupy Wall Street In 2020

By Sam Sanders • 20 hours ago

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Trump EPA Dramatically Reduces Amount Of Waterways Under Federal Protection

By Nate Rott • 20 hours ago

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Amtrak Reverses Course On $25,000 Bill

By Joseph Shapiro • Jan 22, 2020

Amtrak will dump a policy that led to two people who use wheelchairs being told they'd have to pay $25,000 for a train ticket that usually costs just $16, the rail service announced Wednesday.

"After further review, Amtrak has determined to suspend the policy in question," said Amtrak spokesperson Marc Magliari. "It was never meant to be applied to this situation. And we apologize for the mistake."

He spoke shortly after a group of people with disabilities demonstrated outside an Amtrak station in Illinois, chanting: "We will ride."

On 'Seeking Thrills,' Georgia Channels A Lifetime On The Dance Floor

By Ari Shapiro & Dave Blanchard • Jan 22, 2020

Music is a kind of family inheritance for Georgia Barnes. The stories she tells of her relatives usually come back to music or dancing some way or another. Her dad used to play in an electronic group called Leftfield.

"My bedroom was actually Leftfield's studio," she says. "It was keyboards, drum machines, wires, bits of percussion, microphones."

Why Milk And Water Are The Only Drinks Allowed On The Senate Floor

By Ari Shapiro & Ailsa Chang • Jan 22, 2020

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As the U.S. Senate solemnly considers the fate of a president, Twitter has been somewhat less solemn, considering another question. Can you drink milk on the Senate floor?

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President Trump, Climate Change And 1 Trillion Trees

By editor • Jan 22, 2020

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Amtrak has announced that it will change a policy that brought it a lot of criticism. It's dumping a new rule that led to two people who use wheelchairs being told they would have to pay $25,000 for a train ticket that usually costs just 16. NPR broke this story last week. Here's Joseph Shapiro from the NPR Investigations Unit with an update.

JOSEPH SHAPIRO, BYLINE: A spokesman, Marc Magliari, said Amtrak will end the policy that led to that big bill.

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What Day 1 Of Impeachment Sounded Like

By Ailsa Chang & Ari Shapiro • Jan 21, 2020

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Shortly after noon on this cold and bright Tuesday in Washington, President Trump's impeachment trial began. First, some tradition and ceremony - Senate Chaplain Barry Black opened the trial with a prayer.

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A Newfound Importance For A Longstanding Senate Tradition — The Candy Drawer

By Ari Shapiro & Ailsa Chang • Jan 21, 2020

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Twenty-four hours over three days - that's how long each side gets to make its case in the Senate impeachment trial.

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Dozens Of Indians, Mostly Muslims, Have Been Killed By Police During Recent Protests

By Lauren Frayer • Jan 21, 2020

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Recapping Day 1 Of The Trump Impeachment Trial

By Franco Ordoñez • Jan 21, 2020

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The Senate impeachment trial kicked off today with arguments about the rules for the hours of arguments and debate to come in the days ahead. Today we got our first preview of President Trump's defense from White House counsel Pat Cipollone.

NASA Taps Snowstorm-Chasing Team To Improve Forecasting

By editor • Jan 20, 2020

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Women And The Legal Bounds Of Self-Defense

By editor • Jan 20, 2020

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New Coronavirus Infects More Than 200 In China

By Jason Beaubien • Jan 20, 2020

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San Francisco's New DA: 'What We Have Been Doing Is Not Working'

By editor • Jan 19, 2020

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Florida Supreme Court Rules Convicted Felons Must Pay Fines To Vote

By editor • Jan 19, 2020

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Impeachment Trial Takes 4 Candidates Off Campaign Trail

By Scott Detrow • Jan 19, 2020

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From Obscurity To Impeachment Figure: Who Is Robert Hyde?

By Bobby Allyn • Jan 18, 2020

Updated 3:30 p.m. Sunday

A quiet New England community west of Hartford, Conn., has found itself roped into the impeachment saga with the emergence of an improbable character in the ongoing Ukraine scandal: Robert Hyde.

Hyde is a 40-year-old congressional candidate and former landscaper in Simsbury, Conn., who is known for being brash, foul-mouthed and for hitching his candidacy on his fervent support for President Trump.

Beyoncé Teams Up With Adidas For Brand Relaunch

By editor • Jan 18, 2020

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A Dermatologist On Ayanna Pressley's Alopecia

By editor • Jan 18, 2020

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U.S.-China Trade Deal Implications

By editor • Jan 18, 2020

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House Intelligence Committee Releases New Lev Parnas Documents

By Claudia Grisales • Jan 17, 2020

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3 Years In, 'A Very Stable Genius' Authors Say Trump Decisions Are 'More Chaotic'

By editor • Jan 17, 2020

After three years of covering the Trump administration, Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, longtime and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters for The Washington Post, were dizzy.

"It's been such an exhausting three years, I think, for all of us — for all Americans," said Post White House bureau chief, Philip Rucker, in an interview with NPR's All Things Considered on Friday. "The news is sped up so much."

So Rucker and Leonnig decided to step back from the daily hurricane.

Earthquake-Stricken Puerto Ricans Seek Engineers To Inspect The Safety Of Their Homes

By Adrian Florido • Jan 17, 2020

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Who Is Robert Hyde, And What Does He Have To Do With Ukraine?

By Bobby Allyn • Jan 17, 2020

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2 Wheelchair Users Faced A $25,000 Fee To Travel On Amtrak

By Joseph Shapiro • Jan 17, 2020

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A one-way ticket on the Amtrak train from Chicago to Bloomington, Ill., costs $16 - unless you're the two people who use wheelchairs who were told their tickets would cost not $16, but $25,000. Yeah. Here's NPR's Joseph Shapiro.