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In Intense Arguments, Supreme Court Appears Ready To Side With Trump On Travel Ban

Apr 25, 2018

The court's conservatives were clearly leaning in the government's favor Wednesday in the long-anticipated travel ban case. It would be a big win for one of the pillars of the president's politics.

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Air Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Arizona Water Managers Cause Tension Among River Users

Douglas County To Equip Sheriff's Deputies With Body Cameras

Do Campaign Ads Actually Do Anything?

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  • Campaign season has started and so have the campaign ads. But do they really work? Jon Ralston weighs in on the effectiveness of campaign ads.

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Federal Judge Upholds DACA, Calling White House Decision To Rescind It 'Capricious'

Apr 24, 2018

The U.S. District Court judge put his decision on hold for 90 days to give the Department of Homeland Security time to provide a better explanation as to why the program is unlawful.

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Couple Engaged After Surviving Las Vegas Mass Shooting

Apr 25, 2018

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas couple that met in the aftermath of the October mass shooting is happily engaged.

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Nevada Student Sues Over Dress Code Banning Pro-Gun Shirts

Apr 25, 2018
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Lawyers Say Others Were Hurt In Copperfield Illusion Show

Apr 25, 2018
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lawyers for a British tourist who claims he was badly hurt taking part in an illusion by Las Vegas Strip headliner David Copperfield told a judge on Wednesday that they've found three other people who were injured in Copperfield shows over the years.
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Police say Meredith Chapman was shot and killed Monday inside her home in Radnor Township, Pa.

'She Was Lying In Wait': Police Say Woman Killed Her Husband's Lover, Then Herself

Apr 25, 2018
Pennsylvania authorities said Jennair Gerardot found out her husband was cheating on her and then gunned down Meredith Chapman before turning the seven-shot revolver on herself.
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Azithromycin tablets.

Giving Antibiotics To Healthy Kids In Poor Countries: Good Idea Or Bad Idea?

Apr 25, 2018
Researchers administered doses of azithromycin to 190,238 children in sub-Saharan Africa. The death rate dropped, but fear of antibiotic resistance looms.
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By some estimates, nearly half of the people confined in U.S. jails and prisons have a mental illness, notes Alisa Roth, author of <em>Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness.</em>

'Insane': America's 3 Largest Psychiatric Facilities Are Jails

Apr 25, 2018
Alisa Roth's new book suggests U.S. jails and prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill. They often get sicker in these facilities, Roth says, because they don't get appropriate treatment.
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How Veterans Are Responding To The Allegations Against Ronny Jackson

Apr 25, 2018
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Joe Chenelly, executive director of AMVETS about the stalled confirmation hearing for Ronny Jackson, President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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