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H. Ross Perot died Tuesday morning at age 89, of leukemia. He was born in Texarkana and became a bigger than life entrepreneur and Texas billionaire.…
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Round 2 of the first Democratic primary debate in Miami was a fiery one. The stage was headliner-heavy with former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Sen.…
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It's Night 1 of the first primary debate of the 2020 election cycle. Follow NPR reporters' live analysis and fact checks of the candidates' remarks.Twenty…
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A long-term study finds that children who are bullied or shamed for their weight may gain more weight over time than peers who aren't teased.
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New findings about the health effects of e-cigarettes add to a small but growing body of research that undercuts the widely presumed safety of the alternative to conventional cigarettes.
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Over 10,000 immigrant children are in U.S. custody. In the past year, lawyers say at least 170 willing sponsors were arrested and put in deportation proceedings after coming forward for the child.
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Harris County, Texas, took a giant step toward representation this month when it sat 19 black women judges to the bench.
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About 400,000 federal workers are called "excepted" and are required to work without pay. They sued for an injunction that would end that requirement, but the judge said no.
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We ask two historians: Whose idea was it to close the government when lawmakers and the president can't agree on how to fund it?
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President Trump says he is willing to declare a national emergency unless Democrats go along with his demands for $5.7 billion for a border wall.Trump's…
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There's a huge market for books, classes and smartphone apps that teach baby sign language and claim it can speed up spoken language development.
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It is indeed dark during the day as a total solar eclipse makes its way from Oregon to South Carolina. Eleven states are in the path of total…