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美国国家公共电台 NPR New Hampshire Mothers Struggling With Opioid Addiction Fight To Keep Their Children

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A record number of women who are struggling with opioid addiction are being forced to give up their newborn children. As Rachel Gotbaum reports, the state has few services to offer these mothers before they risk losing their childr

美国国家公共电台 NPR States Aim To Halt Sexual Abuse Of People With Intellectual Disabilities

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Earlier this year, we told you about a group with some of the highest rates of sexual assault. In a series of NPR stories, we reported about people with intellectual disabilities and how our data shows they are sexually assau

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Anyone listening to NPR knows this truth - we do love a good book. We also love a good book list. And this summer, we're asking booksellers and writers for their reading recommendations. John Evans has a few. He's the owner of Di

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NOEL KING, HOST: Congregants of a church in Oakland, Calif., say they feel like too many people are too quick to call the police when they feel threatened by people of color. So now they're taking what they consider to be a moral stand - to not call

美国国家公共电台 NPR WWII Soldier Receives Medal Of Honor Posthumously

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Tomorrow, President Trump will present the Medal of Honor posthumously to First Lieutenant Garlin Conner. In January of 1945, Conner dashed ahead of the American lines and slipped into a drainage ditch to call in artillery st

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The agency guarding the southwest border of the United States says it will suspend President Trump's zero tolerance policy. It will stop referring every person caught crossing the border for criminal prosecution. It was the prose

美国国家公共电台 NPR Supreme Court Sides With California Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Abortion rights opponents are celebrating a victory in the U.S. Supreme Court today. In a 5-4 decision, the court sided with crisis pregnancy centers which counsel women against abortion. They argued that a California state l

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美国国家公共电台 NPR What Summit? On North Korean TV, The News Is All About Rice Farming

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The proposed summit between the U.S. and North Korea is dominating headlines around the world - except in one place, North Korea itself. Our Seoul correspondent Elise Hu has a look at what North Koreans are learning in advance of

美国国家公共电台 NPR Lessons From Hurricane Irma: When To Evacuate And When To Shelter In Place

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's hurricane season in the Atlantic. And people who live along coastal areas throughout the southeastern U.S. are once again being urged to have a plan ready in case they have to evacuate. After last year, it's a message that c

美国国家公共电台 NPR Women Of LA's Skid Row Tell Their Stories Through The Anger, Despair On Their Faces

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. Homelessness here in Los Angeles has gone down by 5 percent according to the city's annual count that was released yesterday. The one area where numbers increase, though - the unsheltered homeless, up 32 percent over th

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Pence's Midterm Message Shows How His Future Depends On Trump's Success

NOEL KING, HOST: In addition to his statements and moves on immigration, President Trump has also been holding a lot of campaign rallies lately. Last night, he was in South Carolina, where Governor Henry McMaster faces a primary runoff today. (SOUNDB

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The potential summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has put the spotlight on U.S. service members who are stationed on the Korean Peninsula. American troops have been there for nearly 70 years. More re

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Democrats have high hopes to take control of the House of Representatives in the midterms. But to do it, they need almost every corner of California. The party has even targeted Orange County, a one-time Republican stronghold won

美国国家公共电台 NPR Domestic Violence's Overlooked Damage: Concussion And Brain Injury

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Studies of traumatic brain injury have revealed links to dementia and memory loss among veterans and athletes. It's also linked to PTSD among current and former service members. And another group maybe suffering so largely in sil

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Artificial intelligence is getting a foothold in medicine. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved a computer algorithm that can help doctors identify wrist fractures. Researchers at Johns Hopkins have much more

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hawaii's Volcanic Eruption Draws Scientific Interest

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Priscilla Renea Refuses To Be Quiet About Racism In Country Music

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally, today, even if you don't know her name, you probably know Priscilla Renea's work from the lyrics she's written for stars like Pitbull and Rhianna and Fifth Harmony over the past decade. Now you can hear her words in her