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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks with NPR in July.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Treated Again For Cancer

Aug 23, 2019
The 86-year-old justice just wrapped up weeks of treatment after a new cancerous tumor was found on her pancreas. Doctors say there's no evidence of cancer elsewhere.

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Air Date: Friday, August 23, 2019

Joke Or Not, Lincoln County Hopes To Be Prepared For The Storming Of Area 51

The Planet's Climate Is Changing, But Is It Time To Panic?

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  • What started as a joke on Facebook, now has leaders in Lincoln County concerned. The Storm Area 51 event has thousands of RSVPs and now leaders are worried not only about that event but also about the other events that have sprung up around it.

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David Koch underwrote both old-fashioned charitable causes, such as the David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care, and the conservative movement, reshaping U.S. politics.

David Koch Dies; Conservative Billionaire Helped Reshape U.S. Politics

Aug 23, 2019
Koch and his brother Charles built one of the nation's largest private businesses and created a network of secretly funded organizations that attacked Democrats.
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Top Publishers Sue Audible, Alleging Encroachment On Text Territory

Aug 23, 2019
The seven plaintiffs, which include all of the publishing industry's Big Five, say the audiobook company is violating copyrights with a planned feature that would transcribe audiobooks for listeners.
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Federal agents hold a detainee (second from left) at a downtown Los Angeles parking lot after predawn raids in the L.A. area on Thursday.

Feds Charge 80 People Over Massive Online Fraud Conspiracy

Aug 23, 2019
One of the victims is a Japanese woman who sent more than $200,000 to a person she thought was a U.S. service member in Syria, according to the federal complaint.
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National
Court orders that the state of Idaho pay for gender confirmation surgery for Adree Edmo, a transgender inmate who was incarcerated at the Idaho State Correctional Institution, pictured above.

Court Says Idaho Must Provide Gender Confirmation Surgery To Transgender Inmate

Aug 23, 2019
Friday a panel of judges ruled that in denying a transgender inmate gender confirmation surgery, the state violated the Eighth Amendment.
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California says revenue from marijuana sales has risen — but analysts say the illegal market is still thriving. Here, an employee puts down an eighth of marijuana after letting a customer smell it at the Magnolia cannabis lounge in Oakland.

California Says Its Cannabis Revenue Has Fallen Short Of Estimates, Despite Gains

Aug 23, 2019
The tepid results have prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to revise his office's estimates of how much money the state will net from its cannabis industry.
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Law
A weather-worn sign protesting the Keystone XL pipeline stands in Fullerton, Neb. On Friday the state's Supreme Court dealt the pipeline's protesters a significant defeat, approving an alternate route that runs through Nebraska.

Keystone Pipeline's Alternate Route Gets The Go-Ahead From Nebraska Court

Aug 23, 2019
A group of activists, Native American tribes and local landowners had challenged the controversial pipeline's 2017 approval. But the state Supreme Court unanimously rejected that challenge Friday.
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National
U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted and seized 52,601 illegal firearms parts from China in recent months.

Customs Agents Make 'Unusual' Seizure Of Nearly 53,000 Chinese Gun Parts

Aug 23, 2019
The illegal stocks, muzzles and other items were intercepted in recent months. "There was no attempt to hide the importation attempt," CPB spokesperson Jaime Ruiz told NPR.
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When children are held for long periods away in detention centers, such as this center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas, they may suffer psychological harm.

Lengthy Detention Of Migrant Children May Create Lasting Trauma, Say Researchers

Aug 23, 2019
The Trump administration is trying to legalize indefinite detention of migrant families. But detention can be emotionally crushing for kids, leading to long-term mental health problems like PTSD.
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