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Navigating The Immigration Court System In The Rural Mountain West

Javier Dominguez at his home in Dillon, Colo. Dominguez is appealing his deportation orders and has to travel over the mountains to immigration court in Denver for his hearings. Ali Budner/KRCC hide caption

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Navigating The Immigration Court System In The Rural Mountain West

Immigrants risk deportation if they miss their court date. But with just 3 immigration courts across the rural west, it can be hard for immigrants there to get to the hearings, and lawyers are scarce.

Technology

Google Restricts Huawei's Access To Android Systems After Trump Ban

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Google Restricts Huawei's Access To Android Systems After Trump Ban

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Business

Lessons For Today From The U.S.-Japan Trade War Of The 1980s

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Europe

Lost In Austria? McDonald's Can Help With A Hotline To The U.S. Embassy

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Harry Lime Theme (Der Dritte Mann) Anton Karas, Die 2 Rudis et. al.

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Technology

Microsoft President Brad Smith Discusses The Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence

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In Which Our Hero Frees the Damsel in Distress Dntel

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World

Palestinians Say They Won't Take Money Over Aspirations For An Independent State

by Daniel Estrin

Palestinians Say They Won't Take Money Over Aspirations For An Independent State

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Europe

Ukraine's New President Announces Plans To Dissolve Parliament, Hold New Elections

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Navigating The Immigration Court System In The Rural Mountain West

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Navigating The Immigration Court System In The Rural Mountain West

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Sprained Ankle Julien Baker

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Food

Chef Roy Choi Explores Food Activism In His New Show, 'Broken Bread'

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'Broken Bread' theme Dan the Automator

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Politics

White House Directs Former Counsel Don McGahn Not To Testify Before Congress

by Tamara Keith

White House Directs Former Counsel Don McGahn Not To Testify Before Congress

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Health Care

What Abortion Was Like In The U.S. Before Roe V. Wade

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Former Federal Prosecutor Lori Lightfoot Sworn In As Chicago's Mayor

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Former Federal Prosecutor Lori Lightfoot Sworn In As Chicago's Mayor

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National

Operation Identification Helps Repatriate Remains Of Migrants Who Don't Make It

by John Burnett

Operation Identification Helps Repatriate Remains Of Migrants Who Don't Make It

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Education

Billionaire Robert F. Smith Pledges To Repay Loans For 2019 Morehouse College Class

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The Other Reasons Kids Aren't Getting Vaccinations: Poverty And Health Care Access

Band-aid at the ready, Sara McRae, a medical assistant at Unity Health Care, heads in to vaccinate a pediatric patient. Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR hide caption

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The Other Reasons Kids Aren't Getting Vaccinations: Poverty And Health Care Access

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Other Reasons Kids Aren't Getting Vaccinations: Poverty And Health Care Access

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California Teachers Pay For Their Own Substitutes During Extended Sick Leave

Heather Burns at Martin Elementary School in South San Francisco, where she now teaches third grade. Burns was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 and had to pay for her own substitute while on sick leave. Stephanie Lister/KQED hide caption

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California Teachers Pay For Their Own Substitutes During Extended Sick Leave

by Julia McEvoy

California Teachers Pay For Their Own Substitutes During Extended Sick Leave

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Had to Hear Real Estate

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Mirages Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Jonathan Fitoussi

Television

Are Fans Satisfied With The 'Game Of Thrones' Series Finale?

by Glen Weldon

Are Fans Satisfied With The 'Game Of Thrones' Series Finale?

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For Charly Bliss, Bad Relationships And Growing Pains Commingle With Crystal Synths

Young Enough, the latest album from Charly Bliss, is out now. Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Music Reviews

For Charly Bliss, Bad Relationships And Growing Pains Commingle With Crystal Synths

by Miguel Perez

For Charly Bliss, Bad Relationships And Growing Pains Commingle With Crystal Synths

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Bleach Charly Bliss

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Politics

House Intelligence Committee Releases Transcripts Of Michael Cohen's Testimony

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House Intelligence Committee Releases Transcripts Of Michael Cohen's Testimony

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