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The popular elite runner was found dead in an apartment complex's pool in the Phoenix area. Torrence ran in last year's Summer Olympics and had been training for more races.
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Bill Chappell (via NPR - Top Stories)
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8/29/17
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One year ago, then-candidate Trump laid out a 10-point plan to fight illegal immigration, including building a wall and suspending visas for some travelers. Here's a look at what he's done so far.
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Joel Rose (via NPR - News)
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8/22/17
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A commuter train smashed into an unoccupied train car at the 69th Street Terminal station, 10 miles west of the city. Officials say none of the injuries was life-threatening.
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Scott Neuman (via NPR - News)
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8/22/17
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For reaction to Trump's Afghan strategy plan, Ailsa Chang talks to Rep. Jim Banks, a Republican from Indiana, who also served in Afghanistan. Banks sits on the House Armed Services Committee.
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8/22/17
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David Greene talks to Michèle Flournoy, who served as undersecretary of defense for policy under President Obama, for reaction to President Trump's strategy for the war in Afghanistan.
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8/22/17
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The president will hold a rally downtown Tuesday night after visiting a Marine Corps base in Yuma, Ariz., along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Kirk Siegler (via NPR - News)
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8/22/17
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Adm. Scott H. Swift, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, says remains have been found in damaged areas of the destroyer that collided with a merchant tanker in waters off Singapore.
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Scott Neuman (via NPR - News)
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8/22/17
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Anne Gisleson was reeling from a series of family tragedies when she began meeting with friends to discuss books and life in post-Katrina New Orleans. Her new book chronicles a year of those meetings.
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Jason Heller (via NPR - Books)
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8/22/17
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The guitarist was singing Wonderwall's "Oasis." A statement by police said the busker was "loud, bad and noisy" and "just because you can play Wonderwall does not mean you should."
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8/22/17
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The answer: high-visibility vest. A bed and breakfast owner in Scotland fitted some of her hens with bright pink vests. When they wander off her property, there's a better chance they'll be seen.
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8/22/17
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A recent presidential tweet called Flake "WEAK" and "toxic." Flake says Trump and his supporters "have given in to the politics of anger."
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Jude Joffe-Block (via NPR - News)
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8/22/17
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Testing President Trump's promise to get tough on trade, two U.S. solar panel manufacturers are seeking to impose a tariff on panels made overseas. But many in the industry warn it could cost jobs.
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Will Stone (via NPR - News)
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8/22/17
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A new book examines the lives of six different women — such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown — through the food they ate. It's called What She Ate by Laura Shapiro.
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Susan Stamberg (via NPR - Books)
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8/22/17
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A new book examines the lives of six different women — such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown — through the food they ate. It's called What She Ate by Laura Shapiro.
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Susan Stamberg (via NPR - Morning Edition)
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8/22/17
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President Trump holds a rally in Phoenix on Tuesday. Ailsa Chang talks to Republican Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona about what he hopes to hear from the president.
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8/22/17
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President Trump didn't disclose the number of additional troops his administration will send to Afghanistan — though it's reported to be about 4,000. Trump holds a campaign rally Tuesday in Phoenix.
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Ailsa Chang (via NPR - Morning Edition)
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8/22/17
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The president addressed the nation about U.S. engagement and "the path forward" in Afghanistan and South Asia. He criticized Pakistan for offering "safe haven to agents of chaos, violence and terror."
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Diaa Hadid (via NPR - Morning Edition)
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8/22/17
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Ailsa Chang talks to Chris Buskirk — publisher of the blog "American Greatness" — about President Trump's return to Arizona — his first political event since race-driven violence in Virginia.
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8/22/17
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The Secret Service is bumping up against statutory limits on overtime pay, as it struggles to provide protection for President Trump and his family, all of whom travel frequently.
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Brian Naylor (via NPR - Morning Edition)
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8/22/17
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The president went against what he called his own instincts by agreeing to deploy about 4,000 more troops in an open-ended extension of America's longest war.
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Philip Ewing (via NPR - News)
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8/22/17
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