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This Week's Air Quality Is Worst On Record For San Francisco Bay Area

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This Week's Air Quality Is Worst On Record For San Francisco Bay Area

As wildfires spread through Northern California counties, clouds of smoke and ash are spreading, too, far beyond the flames. Air quality officials have a database that's searchable by ZIP code.

What Happens When Trump Sends Key Policy Issues To Congress

by Tamara Keith

What Happens When Trump Sends Key Policy Issues To Congress

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Parker's Mood The Roy Hargrove Quintet

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Cardboard Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride et. al.

Week In Politics: Trump Announces End To Obamacare Subsidy Payments

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Investigators Find Out Why The El Faro Cargo Ship Sank

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New York District Attorney On The Defense Over Handling Of Weinstein Allegations

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New York District Attorney On The Defense Over Handling Of Weinstein Allegations

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New York District Attorney On The Defense Over Handling Of Weinstein Allegations

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Seven Minute Mind The Bad Plus

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Midnight in Harlem Tedeschi Trucks Band

Health Care

Insurance Companies Say Premiums May Increase After Government Subsidies Stop

by Alison Kodjak

Insurance Companies Say Premiums May Increase After Government Subsidies Stop

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Pennsylvania Republican Says He's Concerned About Cost-Sharing Reductions Ending

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Dat Dere Art Blakey

Business

Equifax Hack Brings Renewed Attention To The Credit Reporting Industry

by Kenny Malone

Equifax Hack Brings Renewed Attention To The Credit Reporting Industry

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Outta-Space Billy Preston

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Revolution Soulive

Movies

Hollywood's Biopic Fever: 5 Fact-Based Films Released This Week

by Bob Mondello

Hollywood's Biopic Fever: 5 Fact-Based Films Released This Week

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Right Now Mocean Worker

Sports

The Nationals Vs. The Cubs: One Of The Strangest Half Innings In Baseball

by Robert Siegel

The Nationals Vs. The Cubs: One Of The Strangest Half Innings In Baseball

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game Ray Brown

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game King Curtis

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Hundreds Missing In Northern California Where Fires Continue To Burn

by Nathan Rott

Hundreds Missing In Northern California Where Fires Continue To Burn

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The sky over Santa Rosa, Calif., on Monday. Lesley McClurg/KQED hide caption

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This Week's Air Quality Is Worst On Record For San Francisco Bay Area

by Lesley McClurg

This Week's Air Quality Is Worst On Record For San Francisco Bay Area

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Trump Says He Won't Recertify Iran Nuclear Deal And Tells Congress To Take Next Steps

by Michele Kelemen

Trump Says He Won't Recertify Iran Nuclear Deal And Tells Congress To Take Next Steps

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Skopje Trilok Gurtu and Arkè String Quartet

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Jook The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

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New Information Revealed About Shooting At Route 91 Harvest Music Festival

by Leila Fadel

New Information Revealed About Shooting At Route 91 Harvest Music Festival

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The Future Of the Marchesa Brand Amid The Harvey Weinstein Scandal

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International Affairs Expert Says Not Recertifying Iran Deal Is A Mistake

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A Look At Eminem's Anti-Trump Rap

by Rodney Carmichael

A Look At Eminem's Anti-Trump Rap

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Conservative Christians Express Frustration Toward Congressional Republicans

by Susan Davis

Conservative Christians Express Frustration Toward Congressional Republicans

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One In Seven Alan Evans, Neal Evans et. al.

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Fever Quincy Jones

'The Butchering Art': How A 19th Century Physician Made Surgery Safer

Joseph Lister directing the use of carbolic acid spray in one of his earliest antiseptic surgical operations, circa 1865. Bettmann Archive hide caption

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'The Butchering Art': How A 19th Century Physician Made Surgery Safer

by April Fulton

'The Butchering Art': How A 19th Century Physician Made Surgery Safer

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Do It Again The Bad Plus

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