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Pope Francis ends landmark U.S. visit amid fanfare, skepticism
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio HARI SREENIVASAN: In Philadelphia, Pope Francis is in the final hours of his first ever visit to the United States. At a seminary this morning, the pope met privately with five survivors of sexual abuse by priests and ot
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What you need to know about the ‘supermoon’ lunar eclipse
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio HARI SREENIVASAN: Look up in the sky tonight, and you may see a rare supermoon total lunar eclipse. The sun, Earth, and a full moon will be in a straight line, making the moon, in its closing point of orbit, appear much
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On the journey to meet the high standards of education in Japan
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio KEN HIGASHIGUCHI: Baseball’s taught me to appreciate my parents, my mentors, and my fellow teammates. That’s something I learned in elementary, middle and high school. TAMARA TUNIE, NARRATOR: Ken Higashiguchi is six year
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How data is helping asthmatics breathe easier
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio CHRISTOPHER BOOKER: Every night, usually somewhere between dinner time and putting her children to bed, Louisville nurse Dawn Sirek reaches for her inhaler. DAWN SIREK: It’s really simple … and that’s it. CHRISTOPH
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To fight climate change, California air regulators restore fuel-emission cuts
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio HARI SREENIVASAN: Volkswagen’s emissions test cheating scandal has us talking about the level of pollutants coming out of cars. But California’s air resources board decided Friday to require automakers to cut
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Inside the British government’s sweeping cyber surveillance program
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio HARI SREENIVASAN: For years, the British government has reportedly tracked and stored billions of records of Internet use by British citizens and people outside the U.K., in an effort to track every visible user on the i
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Meet the new priests of the Catholic church
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio STEPHEN FEE: At the St. Charles Borromeo seminary outside Philadelphia, 146 men are on the decade-long path to becoming priests. The classrooms look conventional, and you would find some of the courses like Spanish and p
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Under fire from House GOP, Boehner drops resignation bombshell
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: On this day, when a pope and two presidents were already making headlines, a surprise resignation came along to stun Washington. We begin with the announcement that the speaker of the United States House o
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News Wrap: Saudi officials blame pilgrims for deadly stampede
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio Meanwhile, in other news, recriminations set in after the deadly stampede in Saudi Arabia that left at least 719 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death. It happened yesterday at Mina, just outside Mecca, where more than two mi
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Is Boehner’s departure a win for conservatives?
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: We return now to the resignation of House Speaker John Boehner and how it’s seen by the most conservative members of the House. A short time ago, I spoke with Republican Congressman Reid Ribble of Wi
