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Residents seek shelter inside Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, early on Wednesday, as Hurricane Maria struck the island.
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The Two-Way

Reports Indicate Hurricane Maria May Have Knocked Out Power To All Of Puerto Rico

Sep 20, 2017
The storm, now a Category 2, is the strongest hurricane to have hit the island in decades. The head of Puerto Rico's emergency management agency says critical high-voltage power lines may be down.

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Air Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2017

CCSD Budget Cuts Prompt Hiring Freezes, Program Closures

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Will Nevada Lose Jobs If U.S. Sports Betting Is Legalized?

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  • The Clark County School District has a multi-million dollar shortfall that has the district scrambling to make cuts. But how is a shortfall possible after the Legislature raised taxes to put more money into schools? 

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High School Football Teams Forfeit Over Pepper-Sprayed Brawl ​

Sep 20, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada high school sports officials have issued sanctions against two Las Vegas-area football teams, blaming the adults for allowing a post-game brawl on the field that escalated enough for an officer to pepper spray the crowd.

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Nevada Panel To Address Gambling, Pot Industry Interactions

Sep 20, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has ordered a committee to make policy recommendations on the interactions between the state's gambling and recreational marijuana industries.

 

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Las Vegas Approves 24/7 Pot Shop

Sep 20, 2017

In a city where almost anything is available 24 hours a day, Las Vegas is now getting its first 24/7 pot shop.

The Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously today to let Oasis Cannabis be open all the time, despite city code forcing dispensaries to close between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m.

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The Two-Way
Volunteers remove rubble as they search for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on Wednesday.

Mexico Combs Rubble For Survivors After Earthquake Kills More Than 200

Sep 20, 2017
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake ravaged Central Mexico on Tuesday, leaving victims across Mexico City and five states. Rescue workers dug through the day Wednesday to find signs of life amid the debris.
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NDOT Stops De-Icer Use In Area Affected By Tainted Water ​

Sep 20, 2017

The Nevada Department of Transportation will stop using a road de-icer in parts of a mountain-side community outside Las Vegas after the product was linked to recent water contamination.

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Around the Nation
Irma and Oscar Sanchez were apprehended by the Border Patrol when they took their infant son, Isaac, to a children's hospital to have emergency surgery.

Border Patrol Arrests Parents While Infant Awaits Serious Operation

Sep 20, 2017
The Sanchezes, who are undocumented immigrants, were apprehended while taking their son to emergency surgery. Immigrant advocates fear this is the new normal under the Trump administration.
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Politics
Former President Barack Obama speaks at Goalkeepers 2017, at Jazz at Lincoln Center Wednesday in New York City.

Obama Argues Against Dark Worldview, Defends Health Care Law

Sep 20, 2017
"We have to reject the notion that we are suddenly gripped by forces that we cannot control," the former president said Wednesday, speaking in New York City while his successor was at the U.N.
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U.S.

Hurricane Maria Hits Areas Still Recovering From Hurricane Irma

Sep 20, 2017
NPR's Ailsa Chang gets a view of what's happening on the ground in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria from Carlos Mercader, the Washington, D.C.-based representative for the island's governor.
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