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An interdisciplinary team in San Francisco uses acupressure, massage, counseling and other methods, as well as medicine, to help kids get relief from chronic pain. But such pediatric centers are rare.
Aug. 5, 2019
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Project Puffin interns spend the summer cataloging the health and habits of endangered Atlantic puffins. The job is loud and messy.
Aug. 5, 2019
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He was seen as a chief architect of the regime's brutal collectivist policies that led to the deaths of some 1.7 million people. He was found guilty of war crimes by a U.N.-backed tribunal last year.
Aug. 5, 2019
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The China's central bank appears to have orchestrated the renminbi's fall against the U.S. dollar. A weaker currency makes Chinese goods more competitive on the world market.
Aug. 5, 2019
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The unidentified vessel was reportedly taken last Wednesday near Farsi island, where Iran maintains a naval base. Iraq's oil ministry has denied it has any connection with the ship.
Aug. 5, 2019
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Officials offered a timeline of the deadly events that left nine people dead and 27 injured in less than a minute early Sunday morning.
Aug. 4, 2019
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The nine people who died in the shooting early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, range in age from 22 to 57. They include four women and five men.
Aug. 4, 2019
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The U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, John Bash, said the investigation into the deadly attack is proceeding with a "view towards bringing federal hate crime charges."
Aug. 4, 2019
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Most famous for his Bob Dylan documentary Dont Look Back and Bill Clinton presidential campaign chronicle, The War Room, Pennebaker died of natural causes on Aug. 1.
Aug. 4, 2019
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The government asked sunscreen manufacturers do safety studies on the active ingredients in sunscreens — by November. In the meantime, what do you need to know about the goo you slather on your skin?
Aug. 4, 2019
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When parents in the U.S. paid huge sums to secure places for their children in top schools, it was a scandal. In India, it's acceptable for parents to pay private universities for this purpose.
Aug. 4, 2019
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Officials named those killed in the attack on Sunday morning; their ages range from 22 to 57. Among them is the suspect's sister. It was the second major mass shooting in the U.S. in under 24 hours.
Aug. 4, 2019
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the Texas Democrat, who represents El Paso in the Texas House of Representatives.
Aug. 3, 2019
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Pro-democracy demonstrators have continued to voice opposition to an extradition bill. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has suspended the legislation, but protesters have additional demands.
Aug. 3, 2019
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More than two dozen were also injured in the shooting, according to state and local officials. A white man was taken into custody without incident.
Aug. 3, 2019
