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Air Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2018

John L. Smith On Red-Light Runners And Light Rail

  • Coming up on Tuesday's program ...

  • Students at CCSD are back to school and their new superintendent has hit the ground running. Jesus Jara talks to us about his plans for the district's future. 

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A New Dawn, A New Day For New CCSD Superintendent

Aug 13, 2018

The new school year started Monday for the 322,000 students and 39,000 staff members in the Clark County School District. 

And it’s the first school year with Jesus Jara at the helm as the district’s new superintendent. 

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Tires form a wall at a squalid makeshift living compound where five adults were arrested on child abuse charges and remains of a boy were found.

New Mexico Compound Members Are Granted Bail, Judge Receives Death Threats

Aug 15, 2018
Prosecutors allege that a child's body recovered at the site is a compound member's disabled son. Defendants' bail is set at $20,000 each.
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Asia

Australian Lawmaker's Speech Calling For Muslim Immigration Ban Sparks Outrage

Aug 15, 2018
In his maiden speech, newly minted Sen. Fraser Anning of the far-right Katter's Australian Party called for a revival of long-rescinded racially based immigration policies.
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National
In this May 2018 photo, residents without power from the municipality of Yabucoa protested outside the Electric Power Authority office. A protester's sign read "Light now!"

Nearly A Year After Maria, Puerto Rico Officials Claim Power Is Totally Restored

Aug 14, 2018
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority says all homes without power from the devastating hurricane now have electricity. Other reports say some residents are still waiting.
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Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu on stand-up comedy, meeting Prince and "unpopular opinions"

Aug 15, 2018
Badu joins the guys for a freewheeling conversation about her daily visit to "the five doctors," how she became a certified doula, her desire to try stand-up comedy and getting critiqued by Prince.
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In 'Crazy Rich Asians,' Jon Chu Directs All-Asian Cast

Aug 15, 2018
The best-selling novel is about Southeast Asia's super wealthy. Jon Chu directs the movie, which is set mostly in Singapore. The movie's themes of identity, class and family are universal.
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Politics
Activists from NARAL Pro-Choice America stand outside the office of GOP Sen. Dean Heller in Reno, Nev. Heller is facing a tough reelection bid in a state that voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and activists on the left are putting pressure on him to opp

Supreme Court Fight Focuses On States That Could Decide Senate Control

Aug 15, 2018
Judge Brett Kavanaugh meets Wednesday with Democratic Sens. Joe Donnelly and Heidi Heitkamp, who are both up for reelection in red states while under intense — and expensive — pressure by activists.
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Technology
The logo for the Tinder app, seen on a mobile phone screen in London in November 2016.

Tinder Co-Founders Sue App's Owners For At Least $2B, Saying They Were 'Cheated'

Aug 14, 2018
The lawsuit also says the parent companies "whitewashed" sexual harassment claims against an executive carrying out a plan to hide Tinder's full value. The companies blast the suit as "sour grapes."
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Sports
University of Maryland President Wallace Loh speaks at a news conference about the death of student athlete Jordan McNair, who collapsed at football practice and later died.

University Of Maryland Accepts Responsibility For Football Player's Death

Aug 14, 2018
President Wallace Loh admitted at a news conference on Tuesday that the school's athletic training staff "misdiagnosed" Jordan McNair's collapse and that their failures led to his death.

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