Clare Lombardo
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It's not the first time that the administration has asked the Supreme Court to intercede in the appeals process.
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After no one won the jackpot in a drawing on Friday night, the winnings surpassed the record $1.586 billion for the Powerball prize in January 2016. The next drawing will be on Tuesday night.
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Florence is now a tropical depression, but major flooding will continue, the National Weather Service says. At least 14 people have died in the storm and its aftermath. That number's expected to rise.
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The holy event starts Sunday and lasts until next Friday.
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Former Guantanamo guard Steve Wood recently took a trip to Mauritania to visit Mohamedou Ould Slahi, the prisoner he watched for almost a year.
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A Las Vegas sculptor's version of Lady Liberty mistakenly ended up on a U.S. Postal Service stamp. He won a lawsuit last week.
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Photographs of a young planet orbiting a star provide useful information about how planets form and grow.
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The pitch goes all-in on workforce development and imagines a mobile-first platform for student borrowers. It's part of a proposal to restructure federal government. Congress would have to approve.
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Ben Lecomte is the first person to try to swim across the Pacific Ocean. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to him from Choshi, Japan, before he departs to attempt the 5,500-mile journey.
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Arizona teachers headed back to school Friday after a six-day walkout. On Thursday, the governor signed a new education funding bill. Walkouts across the country have started a national conversation about teacher pay.