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Health
Texas doctor addresses the region's measles outbreak
NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Dr. Ron Cook of Lubbock, Texas, about the measles outbreak in his state – and what the Lubbock Health Department is doing to try to control it.
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National
Migrants fear tattoos may make them targets for deportation to Guantanamo
What role are migrants' tattoos playing in the Trump administration's efforts to identify, arrest and put on display criminal immigrants?
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National
Trump executive order aims to deport international students who have protested Israel
A recent White House order lays the foundations for the government to deport international students who've participated in protests against Israel. Critics call it censorship of protected speech.
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National
Los Angeles' anti-rent gouging effort
A small army of activists has mobilized to try to hold landlords accountable for price gouging on their rental listings after the Los Angeles wildfires.
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Fire crews get strong wind warnings as they continue to battle 2 major L.A. blazes
L.A. is bracing for a new round of high winds as crews continue battling to put out the two major wildfires that have been burning for a full week now. Officials are warning of the risk of new fires.
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National
Groups of Latino immigrants help to put out wildfires in Los Angeles area
Many Latino immigrants in Los Angeles worked to extinguish some of the fires with hoses. They aren't firefighters, they were just helping people in other neighborhoods.
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Politics
DACA recipients skeptical after Trump says he wants to protect them
Immigrants with protection under the DACA program worry they could targeted with mass deportations. But Trump now says he thinks so-called 'Dreamers' should be allowed to stay.
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Remembering Dolores Madrigal, the lead plaintiff in a landmark sterilization case
In the 1970s, doctors sterilized Dolores Madrigal without her knowledge. She became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit by Mexican-American women who said they were coerced into having their tubes tied.
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Politics
Meet the Latinos who voted for Trump in the Arizonian county bordering Mexico
On Arizona's border with Mexico, we look at one of many majority Latino counties that swung dramatically toward Donald Trump this election.
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Politics
As Puerto Rico elects a new leader, young people drive a huge political realignment
Puerto Ricans will elect a new governor on Tuesday. For the first time in decades, an upstart political movement is posing a viable challenge to the island's two main parties.
