The Census Bureau is set to count every resident in the U.S. based on where they're living on April 1, 2020. The agency's new director is facing many challenges in these final months before the count.
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Federal prosecutors say the pharmaceutical company paid off doctors and manipulated insurance companies to increase the number of patients taking its opioid Subsys.
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Some manufacturers evaded scrutiny by slightly modifying the molecular structures of substances. Monday's announcement "puts a wider array of substances under regulation," a Chinese official says.
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Faced with weeks of mounting protests, Algeria's longtime president plans to resign by the end of the month.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Claudia Ivette Canjura de Centeno, El Salvador's ambassador to the U.S., about the Trump administration's latest move to end funding to three Central American countries.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with NPR's David Greene about his reporting from the Southern border and his reporting on the surge of migrants.
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No matter who wins, a black woman will make history by succeeding Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago in Tuesday's election.
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California's Department of Motor Vehicles received thousands of vanity plate applications last year. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Los Angeles Magazine writer Sam Braslow about the review process.
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