DAVID GREENE, HOST: Puerto Rico is grappling with a severe Zika outbreak. We still don't know how many people have been infected since the mosquito-borne virus appeared on the U.S. territory more than a year ago. Nearly 40,000 cases of Zika have been

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By Brian Wagner Washington 19 April 2007 Students competing at the Final Four of Chess tournament Chess is one of the oldest and most popular games in the world. An estimated 45 million Americans play chess, and many universities and colleges have ch

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Climate Change Blamed for Dying African Trees A lot of trees are dying in Africas Sahel region and new study says climate change caused by humans is to blame. Whats more, many tree species are also disappearing. The study appears in the Journal of Ar

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With the American economy failing to produce jobs in the wake of the recession, and the dangers for undocumented workers along the route to the United States increasing, the rewards of making the long trip north from Central America are lower than e

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to start the program today in South Florida, where something remarkable is happening. In Parkland, the scene of that school shooting last week that left 17 people dead, the kids are organizing. High school students wh

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Nashville, Tenn., the opioid epidemic has become a personal tragedy for the mayor. Her 22-year-old son died last month in an apparent overdose. Mayor Megan Barry spoke about it publicly for the first time yesterday. Barry is c

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: And let's turn now to Mexico. Ford Motor Company's decision this week to cancel construction of an auto plant there has shocked that country. And people are especially disappointed in the place where the Ford plant was under const

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In South Texas, Fair Wages Elude Farmworkers, 50 Years After Historic Strike DAVID GREENE, HOST: Fifty years ago this summer, farmworkers in South Texas walked off the fields to protest poor wages and appalling working conditions. They marched 400 mi

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Forty-five days - that is how long it had been since Guatemalan migrant Yeni Gonzalez saw her children after they were separated at the southwest border. Their reunion today in New York City was emotional. It was also tempora

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