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- U.S. Space Command Is Revived, As Vice President Pence Unveils Plan In Florida
"A new era of American national security in space begins today," Vice President Mike Pence said at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- SpaceX And Blue Origin Scrub Rocket Launches, Dashing Hopes Of A 4-Launch Day
SpaceX had been scheduled to launch a new GPS satellite; Blue Origin was supposed to follow with its own launch for NASA minutes later. Two other launches were to follow.
- How Does Your Community Debate Controversial Issues?
Today, there's a lot of talk about civility — and incivility — and who gets to define what those words actually mean. So we want to know: how is all of this playing out where you live?
- 2 Chicago Police Officers Killed By Commuter Train While Pursuing Suspect
Officers Conrad Gary and Eduardo Marmolejo were struck and killed Monday night while investigating a call of shots fired.
- Gulf Oyster Reefs Are Hurting. Now There's Help From Oil Spill Aid Money
Oyster harvests in the Gulf of Mexico have declined dramatically. Now scientists are working to rebuild oyster reefs, helped by settlement money from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
- VA Still Arbitrarily Cutting Caregivers From Program, Even As It Aims To Expand
Congress told the VA to expand its caregiver program to include pre-Sept. 11 vets, but the VA has failed to meet a deadline in the law.
- An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It
More than 2,000 miners in Appalachia are dying from an advanced stage of black lung. NPR and <em>Frontline</em> have found the government had multiple warnings and opportunities to protect them, but didn't.
- Sen. Cory Booker Calls For More Transparency In Medicaid Drug Decisions
Booker is introducing a bill this week in response to an investigation by the Center for Public Interest and NPR. He calls drug firms' infiltration into Medicaid's decision process "nefarious."
- New York Motorists Vote To Shift Wreaths That Have Infuriated Them For Years
The Holland Tunnel became the subject of a fervent petition to change which letters its holiday decorations should adorn. In what could be called a Christmas miracle, the Port Authority listened.
- Trump May Pardon Green Beret Suspected Of Killing Taliban Bomb-Maker
Green Beret Maj. Mathew Golsteyn is under investigation in the death of a suspected Taliban bomb-maker in U.S. custody in 2010. President Trump tweeted that he will review the case himself.
- At The Border, Some Families Still Face Separation
Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to separate families at the border in some cases. On a judge's order, a Salvadoran mother was recently reunited with her toddler after eight months.
- Listeners Share Their Least Favorite Holiday Traditions
Some holiday traditions are beloved, while others are considered annoying, infuriating and problematic. Listeners share their most hated traditions from mistletoe to Elf on the Shelf.
- Native American Adoption Law Challenged As Racially Biased
A federal judge has ruled the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act unconstitutional because it gives Native American families preferential treatment in adoptions of American Indian children.
- Google Will Spend $1 Billion For New York City Campus On Hudson River
"In fact, we're growing faster outside the [San Francisco] Bay Area than within it," says Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat, a senior vice president of both Google and its parent company, Alphabet.
- 2 Associates Of Michael Flynn Charged In Alleged Scheme To Smear Turkish Cleric
The men failed to register as foreign agents, prosecutors say, and they even developed a plot to disguise the ultimate origins of payments they were receiving from Turkey.
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