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Biden's Record On Iraq Is More Complicated Than How He Tells It
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told NPR his version of his decision to vote for use of force in Iraq — and that once the U.S. went to war, he immediately objected. Is this what happened?
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'Financial Times': U.S. Offers Cash To Tanker Captains In Bid To Seize Iranian Ships
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Demetri Sevastopulo of "The Financial Times" about the State Department offering tanker captains millions of dollars if they do not deliver their loads to Iran.
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Investigators Look Into Suspicious Deaths At West Virginia VA Hospital
Federal prosecutors are investigating suspicious deaths at the Veteran Affairs hospital in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Two deaths have been ruled homicides, but there could be more.
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FTC Fines Google $170 Million For YouTube Children's Privacy Violation
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rohit Chopra, an FTC commissioner, who says the agency's fine against YouTube owner Google, for violating children's online privacy rules, didn't go far enough.
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U.S. Drugmakers Target The Booming Opioid Market In India
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Sarah Varney of Kaiser Health News about how U.S. companies are contributing to the burgeoning pain management market, and rising opioid addiction crisis in India.
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Experts Warn U.S. Should Prepare For Election Interference From China
Social media giants such as Facebook revealed a Chinese government information operation in real time targeting protesters in Hong Kong. There are worries the 2020 U.S. election may also be a target.
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Hong Kong Democracy Activist Reacts To News That Extradition Bill Will Be Withdrawn
Pro-democracy activist Bonnie Leung tells Noel King that the protesters have five demands, including the bill's withdrawal, Carrie Lam's removal from office and a police brutality probe.
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Slow Moving Hurricane Dorian Is Threatening The Bahamas
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Joel Klein, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., about Hurricane Dorian which is battering the Bahamas with high winds and torrential rains.
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Chef Jose Andres Is In The Bahamas Preparing To Feed Dorian Victims
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with celebrity chef Jose Andres about deploying his nonprofit organization, World Central Kitchen, to the Bahamas to provide food aid after Hurricane Dorian.
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How High Heat Can Impact Mental Health
A new NPR probe found low-income areas in dozens of major U.S. cities are more likely to be hotter than wealthier ones, and people with severe mental illness are impacted by that increase in heat.
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Aid Agencies Struggle To Reach Damaged Areas Of The Bahamas
Following the catastrophic damage left by Hurricane Dorian, the big question now is: How to get help to the people who are in places that can't even be reached?
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Florida Family, Suspecting A Burglar, Alerts Sheriff's Department
The office posted a photo of the "cat burglar" looking bewildered, behind the barred windows of a police car. Good news though: Bones had a microchip and the cat will be returned to his owners.