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Trump Administration Revising U.S. Citizenship Test
The Trump administration is planning changes to the U.S. citizenship test. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services says it is revising the test to ensure that "it continues to serve as an accurate measure of a naturalization applicant's civics knowledge." The test was introduced in 1986 and last revised in 2008. In a USCIS statement , acting Director Ken Cuccinelli said, "Updating, maintaining, and improving a test that is current and relevant is our responsibility as an agency in order...
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U.K. Fears Iran Is Taking A 'Dangerous Path' After Seizure Of Tanker
Updated at 11:58 p.m. ET The U.K. Foreign Office is summoning the Iranian charge d'affaires following Iran's seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. The Stena Impero was traveling to a port in Saudi Arabia, when, according to Iran's Fars News Agency , the ship collided with an Iranian fishing boat. Iran's Revolutionary Guards took control of the tanker, and Iran says the vessel and its crew will remain in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas during an investigation...
In India's Assam State, Residents Of River Islands Face Uncertainty Over Citizenship
By 8 a.m., the sun hasn't pierced through dark clouds hanging over India's Brahmaputra River, but it's already warm and humid. People wait for a boat to take them to the Chandanpur char, an island in India's northeastern state of Assam, an hourlong ride from the mainland. A char is a river island formed by silt carried downriver. Chars rise up and are submerged every few years. Every time a char erodes, the people living there dismantle their homes and move to the next-closest char by boat....
Trump Says He'd Vouch For A$AP Rocky Amid Growing Demands For The Rapper's Release
President Trump said he told Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in a phone call on Saturday morning that he would "personally vouch" for the rapper A$AP Rocky's bail. Rocky has been detained in Sweden since July 3. A Change.org petition calling for Rocky's release is gaining traction online, with over 600,000 signatures as of late Saturday afternoon. Rocky is reported to be a suspect in an assault, and a video posted on various sites shows what appears to be Rocky throwing a person to the...
In 'Queen Of The Sea,' The Story Rides On Goatback
Cartoonist Dylan Meconis's new book Queen of the Sea is set in a convent on a tiny island, somewhere off the coast of a country that could be Tudor England, but it isn't, not quite. The story plays out in a mysterious, possibly magical alternate world just a few degrees off what you might have learned in history class — but it's packed with intricate, well-researched details. And goats. "It's about a young girl named Margaret, she's 11 years old, growing up in an isolated island convent. And...
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Parents, Sometimes You're The Problem When It Comes To Tech Use
Anya Kamenetz is an NPR education correspondent, a host of Life Kit and author of The Art Of Screen Time . This story draws from the book and recent reporting for Life Kit's guide, Parenting: Screen Time And Your Family . Elise Potts picked up her 17-month-old daughter, Eliza, from daycare recently. When they got home they were greeted by a strange scene. "My husband ... he's waving his arms around like a crazy man." Potts says. "He has these things in his hands, he has a black box on his...
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Inside 'Family Reunion,' A Sitcom With An All-Black Writers Room
In Family Reunion , the new Netflix series, Tia Mowry-Hardrict plays Cocoa McKellan, a free-spirited mother of four and wife of a retired football player, Moz (Anthony Alabi, himself a former NFL player). The McKellans packed their bags in Seattle, Wash., and have moved to Columbus, Ga. to live with Moz's parents — including his old-fashioned mother M'Dear (Loretta Devine). The family sitcom is penned entirely by black writers, and draws from the personal stories of its writers, including...
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Sunday Puzzle: Rhyme Time
On-air challenge: I'm going to give you two 4-letter words. Rearrange the letters in each of them to make two new words that rhyme. Example: CAFE, SAVE -- FACE, VASE 1. COLA, LOSE 2. NEAR, RENT 3. LIVE, LIMA 4. DAIS, DEAL 5. SING, DENY 6. EACH, BEAK 7. OPUS, POLO 8. PALE, KEEN 9. RELY, RITE 10. ONCE, NEWS 11. OARS, OGRE 12. WENT, ROTO 13, THAW, THUS 14. ISLE, ZEAL Last week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Eric Berlin. Take an 11-letter word with two D's in it. If you...