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Migrant Kids Survive Hardship To Reunite With Parents. Then What?

Nov 17, 2018

Most children moving to the U.S. from Central America come without adults, hoping to join parents or family already living in the U.S. To succeed, psychologists say, these families need support.

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Air Date: Friday, November 16, 2018

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For some people, the fun of slot machines and blackjack tables ends and the compulsion to gamble begins. That is why a new court aims to divert people who have turned to crime to feed the habit away from jail and into treatment.

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Goats and Soda

Francescangeli says boys sometimes work long hours and are often tasked with pushing carts to move rocks out of the mines. "Being a child in these places is really hard," he says. "If they have some time to spend in a free way, they like to be children.

PHOTOS: Dust And Danger For Adults — And Kids — In Bolivia's Mines

Nov 17, 2018

When photographer Simone Francescangeli took pictures of the miners, he was struck by the dangerous environment — and the number of children he saw working in the mines.

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National Security

President Trump makes remarks prior to signing a bill in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday. The president also took questions from reporters.

The Russia Investigations: Trump Says His Answers For Mueller Are Done. Now What?

Nov 17, 2018

The president told reporters that he wrote the answers to questions from the special counsel and that he did so "very easily." He also said he suspected some were designed to be a "perjury trap."

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Politics

A Utah County election worker verifies signatures on mail-in ballots for the midterm elections on Nov. 6.

Sign Here: Why Elections Officials Struggle To Match Voters' Signatures

Nov 17, 2018

Officials are still counting ballots from the midterm elections in several states — in part because of the signature verification process. But signatures change over time, especially young people's.

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Fresh Air Weekend

Humans would do better to accept many of the life forms that share our space, than to scrub them all away, says ecologist Rob Dunn.

Fresh Air Weekend: Bugs And Bacteria In Your Home; Actor Steven Yeun

Nov 17, 2018

Ecologist Rob Dunn talks about the tiny life forms living in different parts of the home. Geoff Nunberg explains why "nationalist" is his pick for word of the year. Yeun discusses his film Burning.