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Ahead Of Comey Hearing, Intelligence Officials Testify Before Senate Committee

4:42pm June 07, 2017

by Scott Horsley

Some of America's top intelligence officials testified Wednesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The hearing was a kind of warm-up for Thursday's blockbuster session featuring fired FBI Director James Comey.

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Free Speech Legal Center Threatens To Sue Trump For Blocking Twitter Users

4:42pm June 07, 2017

by David Folkenflik

A First Amendment law center at Columbia University is threatening to sue President Trump if he doesn't stop blocking people whose comments he doesn't like on Twitter. The group says Trump cannot lawfully block people from viewing what they contend are presidential statements.

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President Trump Outlines Infrastructure Plan In Trip To Cincinnati

4:42pm June 07, 2017

by David Schaper

President Trump went to Cincinnati Wednesday to push his plan to invest heavily in infrastructure, focusing on the aging locks, dams, levees and ports in the nation's inland waterways.

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Ohio River's Brent Spence Bridge Serves As Symbol Of U.S. Infrastructure Woes

4:42pm June 07, 2017

by Ann Thompson

Part of President Trump's infrastructure plan could be helping to pay for a dilapidated double-decker bridge over the Ohio River. It's a bridge that motorists say shakes, subject to back-ups without emergency lanes, and carries way to many vehicles than it was designed to carry a half century ago.

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Why Have American Teens Stopped Looking For Summer Jobs?

4:42pm June 07, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Ben Steverman of Bloomberg about the steady decline in the number of teenagers who have jobs.

The Cincinnati Reds' Scooter Gennett (center) celebrated his big night against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday, when he went 5-for-5 at the plate and smashed four home runs.

MLB's Scooter Gennett Calls 4-Homer Game 'Surreal,' And Others Agree

4:25pm June 07, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Cincinnati Reds utility player Scooter Gennett was responsible for more runs than 24 of the 30 MLB teams that played Tuesday night, ESPN reports.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige, shown here in 2014, has signed a bill to implement goals of the Paris Agreement in his state.

Hawaii Signs Legislation To Implement Goals Of Paris Climate Accord Anyway

3:18pm June 07, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Gov. David Ige signed the Senate bill on Tuesday, saying he was motivated by the evidence of climate change visible in Hawaii. It's a commitment to reducing the state's greenhouse gas emissions.

Democratic candidate for Georgia's 6th Congressional District Jon Ossoff speaks to supporters during an election-night watch party in Dunwoody, Ga., in April.

Costliest Congressional Race In History Sees First Debate

2:26pm June 07, 2017

by Brian Naylor

Georgia's 6th Congressional District has been in Republican hands for decades. Democrats are betting this month's special election will change that.

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More than 1 million cars pass through the roughly 60-mile stretch of the Big Sur coastline each year.

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Commuting By Foot: Big Sur Residents Struggle With Life After Mudslide

2:08pm June 07, 2017

by Kirk Siegler

Most mornings and afternoons, a newly built footpath that plunges through a grove of towering redwoods is clogged with workers and school kids.

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President Trump's nominee for FBI director, Christopher Wray, served for several years as an assistant attorney general before working in private practice.

Christopher Wray Is Trump's Nominee To Be The New FBI Director

2:07pm June 07, 2017

by Bill Chappell

President Trump says he has chosen Christopher Wray, who worked in the Justice Department during President George W. Bush's administration, to head the FBI.