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Court documents released Thursday includes details about Donald Trump directing then-lawyer Michael Cohen to help arrange payments to Stormy Daniels and another woman.

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Politics

New Documents Reveal How Trump, Cohen, Aides Worked To Seal Hush Money Deals

Jul 18, 2019

Official records describe Trump's direct involvement with negotiations that led to a $130,000 payment to an adult film star to buy her silence about her alleged extramarital affair with Trump.

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Air Date: Thursday, July 18, 2019

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While the City of Las Vegas and Clark County have moved to ban short-term rental homes in their jurisdictions, the City of Henderson decided to allow the controversial practice within its borders.

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Politics

Eugene Scalia, left, talking with Missouri Sen. Kit Bond before Scalia's confirmation hearing to be Solicitor of Labor in 2001.

Trump To Nominate Eugene Scalia, Late Supreme Court Justice's Son, As Labor Secretary

Jul 18, 2019

The president offered the Washington attorney the job, and he accepted. He's 55 and a partner at a firm where he handles labor and employment cases.

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National

A woman cools off in the fountain at Washington Square Park in New York. Temperatures at or close to 100 degrees are expected in the city this weekend.

Heat Wave Blankets Much Of The U.S. This Week

Jul 18, 2019

It is bringing dangerous, record-breaking temperatures to the Central and Eastern states.

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National

Tania and her husband, Joseph, initially had to stay just across the border in Mexico under a Trump administration program that requires thousands of people to wait in northern Mexico cities while their immigration cases are heard in U.S. courts.

Border Protection Disputes Account Of 3-Year-Old Asked To Choose Between Parents

Jul 18, 2019

Customs and Border Protection officials are denying an NPR report that a Border Patrol agent asked the girl to choose which of her parents would be sent back to Mexico.

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National

Acting Chief of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan says he doesn't expect the asylum rule announced this week to be in place for very long.

Acting Head Of Customs and Border Protection Says New Asylum Rule In 'Pilot' Phase

Jul 18, 2019

"Although the new federal regulation allows us to apply that all 2,000 miles along the Southwest border, we're not going to do that," Mark Morgan told NPR.

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Shots - Health News

Nationally, drug overdose deaths reached record levels in 2017, when a group protested in New York City on Overdose Awareness Day on August 31. Deaths appear to have declined slightly in 2018, based on provisional numbers, but nearly 68,000 people still

U.S. Overdose Deaths Dipped In 2018, But Some States Saw 'Devastating' Increases

Jul 18, 2019

Provisional overdose data for 2018 show a note of hope in an overall bleak picture. But in some states, the numbers actually got worse. What explains the disparities?

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World Cafe

Duff McKagan & Shooter Jennings' 'Tenderness' Is Art In Motion

Jul 18, 2019

Between gigs with time on his hands, Duff, the Guns N' Roses bassist, recorded Tenderness, produced by his old friend, Shooter.

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Shots - Health News

A federally funded study is testing aerobic exercise as a way to prevent the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Is Aerobic Exercise The Right Prescription For Staving Off Alzheimer's?

Jul 18, 2019

Researchers are testing exercise in people at high risk for Alzheimer's. The goal of a federally funded study is to learn whether aerobic physical activity can protect the brain.

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Middle East

The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), seen here in a 2016 U.S. Navy photo, shot down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, President Trump said.

U.S. Navy Ship Destroys Iranian Drone Over Strait Of Hormuz

Jul 18, 2019

President Trump says that after the drone closed to within approximately 1,000 yards of the U.S. warship and ignored calls to stand down, it was "immediately destroyed."