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Annapolis Residents Work Around Mideast Meeting

Tuesday's Middle East peace meeting has caused congestion and closures around the Naval Academy. Diners at Chick and Ruth's Deli, boaters along "Ego Alley," where sailors show off their rides, and people on Main Street weigh in.

In this photograph taken on April 27, 2016, an Indian villager carries pots of water after filling them from from a well in the village of Dargai Khurd in Mohanganj area on the outskirts of Tikamgarh district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Tikamgarh is part of central India's parched Bundelkhand region -- consisting of 13 districts, half of which lie in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh state- which is reeling from years of below-par monsoon rains. (Money/Sharma/AFP/Getty Images)

Heat Wave And Drought Hit India

Hundreds of people have died and millions don't have enough water as India bakes under a heat wave.

Kissing Couple Oblivious To Robbery

Three people robbed a bar at gunpoint in Billings, Mont. Surveillance video shows a man and a woman kissing throughout the robbery. They didn't even notice what was going on.

New homes are mixed with old homes and vacant lots in the Lower Ninth Ward next to ships passing on the Industrial Canal on August 24, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The area was one of the most heavily devastated areas of the city following a levee breach on the Industrial Canal during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Listening Back To The News Coverage Of Hurricane Katrina

It's been 10 years since the storm devastated the Gulf Coast and killed more than 1,800 people.

Per the CDC, health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every American adult to have a bottle of pills at home. (Ryan Caron King /WNPR)

Dealing With Unwanted Opioids

As overdose deaths rise, people are taking a second look at how doctors prescribe opioids and how the leftover pills are disposed of.

Facebook Announces Plans To Launch Cryptocurrency Called Libra

Facebook says that by next year people on apps like Whatsapp and Messenger will be able to basically text payments. This news comes as regulators are asking if the tech giant is already too powerful.

Residents Mark Passage of ADA

Dozens of area residents with disabilities celebrated the 23rd anniversary the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on Friday.The day-long…

Florida Leads Nation in 2012 Death Sentences

Florida led the nation in new death sentences in 2012. A new report shows the state sent 21 convicts to death row during the last year.The report from the…

Margarito Castro, father of Manuel "Manny" Castro Garcia, 19, visits his son's grave at a cemetery Thursday, July 14, 2016, in Phoenix. The teen was killed in June, and is one of a growing number of victims associated with a serial killer according to police. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)

Phoenix Police Search For 'The Serial Street Shooter'

He or she has shot nine people, killing seven, in eight separate incidents since St. Patrick's Day.

Houstonians Continue To File In To Shelters

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says 5,500 people are in shelters. Host Rachel Martin talks to Rachel Osier Lindley, an editor for the Texas Station Collaborative, about the conditions in the city.

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