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Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial in the Senate on Monday.
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Trump Impeachment Inquiry

LIVE: In Final Day Of Arguments, Trump Defense Focuses On Bar For Impeachment

Jan 28, 2020
A leaked manuscript by former national security adviser John Bolton has renewed calls for witnesses in the trial, while the president's team insists there is no evidence of an impeachable offense.

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Air Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Traffic Fatalities Decrease in 2019, But Are The Roads Getting Safer?

  • Coming up on Tuesday's program...

  • Traffic-related fatalities fell in 2019 but does that mean our roads are really safer?

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Sports
Willie O'Ree (left) and Howie Young (center) of the Los Angeles Blades talk during warm ups before their game at the Los Angeles Sports Arena during the 1963-64 season in Los Angeles, Calif. O'Ree became the first black player in the National Hockey Leag

Black Hockey Players Celebrated In NHL's Mobile History Museum

Jan 28, 2020
The National Hockey League was the last major sports league to integrate, and is still the least diverse, with a lot to do to develop talent and build goodwill in minority communities.
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Law

Acclaimed Harvard Scientist Is Arrested, Accused Of Lying About Ties To China

Jan 28, 2020
An FBI agent says China's deal with Charles Lieber, the chair of Harvard University's chemistry department, paid him up to $50,000 monthly, along with another $150,000 per year.
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Desert Bloom
Winter Greens

Cool Season

Jan 28, 2020

Some people might think it’s a bit early to start talking about spring, and cool season planting, but this is Southern Nevada, where the seasons have their own peculiar ways of doing things.

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Shots - Health News
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar led a press briefing Tuesday laying out the agency's strategy for preventing the novel form of coronavirus from taking hold in the U.S.

As China's Coronavirus Cases Rise, U.S. Agencies Map Out Domestic Containment Plans

Jan 28, 2020
With cases growing quickly abroad, the federal government announced several measures to prevent the new coronavirus from taking hold in the U.S.
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Taco Bell Will Pay Some Managers $100K A Year

Jan 28, 2020
The fast food restaurant will begin testing raising the salaries of some general managers in some top-performing locations.
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Do Recycled Christmas Trees Really Prevent Erosion Along Louisiana's Coast?

Jan 28, 2020

Does a popular and long-running program to use dead Christmas trees to help prevent coastal erosion actually work?

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Politics
Amid impeachment and the 2020 election, surveys show political fevers running high at work, undercutting trust and productivity. And workers and employers are bracing for those dynamics to get worse.

I Can't Work With You! How Political Fights Leave Workplaces Divided

Jan 28, 2020
Amid impeachment and the 2020 election, surveys show political fevers running high at work, undercutting trust and productivity. And workers and employers are bracing for those dynamics to get worse.
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From left to right, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of The Clash, circa 1980. The band's classic album <em>London Calling</em> was released in the United States 40 years ago this month.

'London Calling' At 40: Greil Marcus Revisits His Original Review

Jan 28, 2020
"Rough. Funny. Expansive." That's how critic Greil Marcus described The Clash's album on our program in 1980. We brought him back to ask if he stands by his original review.
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