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February 19, 2020
New Classical Tracks: 20-Year-Old Cello Phenom Sheku Kanneh-Mason Releases Second Solo Album
This week on New Classical Tracks, 20-year-old British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason discusses his second solo album, "Elgar: Cello Concerto," which he recorded with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra.
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California Made It Easier For Voters To Switch Parties, But Retraining Election Staff Could Pose Challenges
County election officials say they support the new law, but they acknowledge they may be hiccups.
February 18, 2020
Surge In Covered California Enrollment As Californians Avoid Penalty, Receive State Aid
Although a new state tax penalty and state financial aid motivated people to sign up for health insurance this year, Covered California is reopening enrollment for those who said they weren’t aware.
February 18, 2020
Leaf Blowers Could Be Banned In Sacramento On Bad Air Days
A council member is proposing to disallow both gas and electric blowers on days when the air quality index is at or above 100.
February 18, 2020
The Presidential Race Moves West
Another week, another news cycle. With the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary in the rear view mirror, all eyes are now trained on the Nevada caucuses, the South Carolina primary and the more than a dozen primaries on Super Tuesday, March 3.
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February 18, 2020
Nevada Caucuses Preview: New Plans, New Rules
After the debacle in Iowa, resulting from the failure of the app to report results, Nevada’s Democratic Party has abandoned the same app in favor of paper ballots, iPads and a Google form.
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February 18, 2020
More Than 50 Years After Stonewall, John O’Brien Is Still Fighting Injustice
On June 28, 1969, John O’Brien was one of four men who confronted police during a raid on the Stonewall Inn. It was a place where gay men could socialize, and the Stonewall Rebellion is considered to be the start of the modern gay rights movement.
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February 17, 2020
Fourteen Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Among 171 Brought To Travis Air Force Base
The number of U.S. citizens brought to the base because of coronavirus fears has doubled.
February 17, 2020
California To Formally Apologize For Mistreatment Of Japanese Americans
Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi announced plans to introduce a resolution apologizing for the state’s history of mistreatment toward Japanese Americans.
February 16, 2020
44 Americans On The Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Diagnosed With Coronavirus
Not all of the Americans on board the vessel, which is currently quarantined in Japan, are sick. Those who are will remain in Japan for treatment.
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Politics
Barr Has Considered Resigning Over Trump's Remarks
February 19, 2020
A spokeswoman says the attorney general has "no plans to resign," but the news adds to questions about the politicization of the department under President Trump.
World
The Wide-Ranging Ways In Which The Coronavirus Is Hurting Global Business
February 19, 2020
Some factories are beginning to reopen, but labor shortages continue. In a recent poll of U.S. companies by Shanghai's American Chamber of Commerce, 78% said they lack staff to resume full production.
Law
Newlywed Police Officers Cut Date Night Short To Stop Armed Robber At Restaurant
February 19, 2020
"We just looked at each other: 'Is this what's going on? Let's go,' " Elizabethtown (Ky.) Detective Chase McKeown said, describing how he and his wife acted to stop a man with a gun.
Book News & Features
5 Finalists Still Have A Chance At Aspen Words Literary Prize
February 19, 2020
The annual award, doled out in partnership with NPR, honors fiction that doesn't shy from grappling with thorny social issues. Just one of the five books remaining will win $35,000 come April.
Education
Food Fight: How 2 Trump Proposals Could Bite Into School Lunch
February 19, 2020
The pending federal rule changes could push a million kids off free or reduced-price school meals, at least temporarily.
Asia
China Expels 3 'Wall Street Journal' Reporters, Citing 'Racist' Headline
February 19, 2020
The move comes a day after the U.S. State Department designated five Chinese state media outlets as foreign government missions, thus treating them as extensions of Beijing.
Elections
Poll: Sanders Rises, But Socialism Isn't Popular With Most Americans
February 19, 2020
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that socialism is unpopular with a general-election electorate, even as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is gaining in the Democratic primary.
The Picture Show
'We Are Part Of The United States': The 1st People Counted For The 2020 Census
February 19, 2020
Weeks before the 2020 census rolls out to the rest of the U.S., the head count has already wrapped up in Toksook Bay, a fishing village in southwest Alaska that's home to the Nunakauyarmiut Tribe.
Elections
6 Democrats Are Set To Debate In Nevada. Here's What You Need To Know
February 19, 2020
Three days before the Nevada caucuses, six candidates will face off in a debate Wednesday night in Las Vegas.
Politics
Nevada Debate Could Be A 'Make Or Break' For Bloomberg, Analysts Say
February 19, 2020
How Mike Bloomberg defends against expected attacks from his Democratic rivals could impact how well he does on Super Tuesday, where he is placing a big bet, analysts say.
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Election Heads West / Nevada Caucus / Stonewall Remembered
With the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary in the rear view mirror, all eyes are now trained on the Nevada caucuses. We also look at one man’s actions at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 that led to the modern gay rights movement.
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