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Democrats accuse President Trump of intervening in the decisions involving the fate of the FBI's headquarters in Washington to help protect his hotel up the street.
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National Security

Trump Intervened In FBI HQ Project To Protect His Hotel, Democrats Allege

Oct 18, 2018
The president has been personally involved with the future of the FBI's Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters building, and Democrats say it is an abuse of power intended to help his hotel up the street.

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Air Date: Thursday, October 18, 2018

The City Of Las Vegas Might Ban Airbnbs

  • Coming up on Thursday's program... 

  • The City of Las Vegas was the only jurisdiction in Southern Nevada that had allowed short-term rentals to operate under some strict guidelines. Now, the city is considering banning the rentals completely.

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The 2018 Chapman University Survey of American Fears shows nearly 74 percent of Americans fear government corruption.

What's Scarier Than Zombies And Ghosts? Government Corruption And Running Out Of Cash

Oct 18, 2018
The Survey of American Fears reveals most Americans are preoccupied with the fear of corrupt government officials, for the fourth year running. Other anxieties include pollution and global warming.
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Middle East
<em>The Washington Post</em> has published the last column prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi wrote before he disappeared earlier this month.

Jamal Khashoggi's Last Column Before Disappearance Calls For Free Expression

Oct 18, 2018
The column's publication is "kind of an acknowledgement to ourselves ... that we don't have much hope that we're going to be able to edit this one with him," the Post editorial page editor told NPR.
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News

Quake Insurance? California Pushing People To Say Yes To Coverage

Oct 18, 2018
Almost 90 percent of Californians do not have earthquake insurance. That worries state officials and quake experts, who are renewing the push to boost insurance coverage.
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Pop Culture Happy Hour
Forging Ahead: Melissa McCarthy is Lee Israel in <em>Can You Ever Forgive Me?</em>

Melissa McCarthy's New Signature Role: 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'

Oct 18, 2018
Melissa McCarthy plays a real-life literary forger left behind by the publishing industry in a new and thoughtful comedy.
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NPR Ombudsman

Plan To Reduce NPR Corrections Misses Target

Oct 18, 2018
The newsroom wanted to halve the number of corrections, but after three months, there's been only a little progress.
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Politics
Activists march to the offices of Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand in New York City in September 2017, just before the start of Senate hearings on stabilizing the Affordable Care Act.

Poll Finds Wide Partisan Gaps On America's Biggest Problems

Oct 18, 2018
A new Pew poll shows that there are few issues that Democrats and Republicans agree need to be fixed — and even then, they often don't agree on how to fix them.
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National
Brian Bartlett from the South Florida Search and Rescue team checks in on Tom Garcia, who stayed in his home through Hurricane Michael. Experts say people's decisions to stay are almost always carefully considered.

Why Stay During A Hurricane? Because It's Not As Simple As 'Get Out'

Oct 18, 2018
As rescues continue after Hurricane Michael, officials expressed frustration at people who didn't evacuate. But experts say people's decisions to stay are almost always carefully considered.
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Asia
A cherry blossom along the Meguro River in Tokyo on Thursday. The blooms are an unusual occurrence this time of year.

In Japan, A Strange Sight: Cherry Blossoms Blooming In The Fall

Oct 18, 2018
"I have never seen anything like this," said tree surgeon Hiroyuki Wada. Two typhoons that recently struck the country are a likely cause of the sudden flowering.
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