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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence a “public health crisis.” NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Cedric Dark, an emergency physician at Baylor College of Medicine about the report.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S. government. He's expected to plead guilty to conspiring to obtain and disclose information related to the national defense.

After he didn't make the debate stage, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign announced counter programming that will see the candidate answer questions simulcast with the live presidential debate.

The war between two armed groups in Sudan has been going on for over a year and has engulfed much of the country. About 12 million people are internally displaced, there is a potential for famine in many parts of the country and there are again fears of genocide in Darfur. The International Rescue Committee has put Sudan at the top of their emergency watchlist and their report says that the international community has failed in Sudan. We talk to the IRC country director about the dire situation.