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  • The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold the nationwide subsidies called for in the Affordable Care Act. Justice Antonin Scalia, in his dissent, calls the court's rationale "quite absurd."
  • NPR kept track of how long every candidate spoke during the third debate. Fiorina ended up with the most time.
  • Subtropical storm Ana is expected to make landfall Saturday evening. The area is forecast to receive 45 mph winds and up to 6 inches of rain.
  • An American Cancer Society report found the U.S. cancer death rate has fallen 27 percent from 1991 to 2016: There were 2.6 million fewer cancer deaths in that period than expected.
  • The article cites "incitement of insurrection," charging that Trump's comments to supporters on Jan. 6 led to a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
  • After playing a three-day match, he falls to an unranked player.
  • Loma Linda University Health hosted a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, August 6th, to celebrate the grand opening of its new Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus.
  • Our annual requirement to uphold the name ALL THINGS CONSIDERED is met again today - we chronicle a few tabloid items that we would have otherwised missed: JUNIOR ROYALS TO SPLITSVILLE; MADONNA & CHILD; STERN SHOCK - GUN THREAT. (2:30) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. UNABOM PROSECUTOR - NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the case against Theodore Kaczinski, the man suspected of being the Unabomber...and on the New Jersey prosecutor who has been tapped to try the case. He also delves into the likely investigative and trial strategies.
  • Noah Adams talks with Tim Cohen, a political correspondent with Business Day in Cape Town. Cohen has being following the constitutional process in South Africa. Today, South African politicians passed the post-apartheid constitution. The constitution will be phased in between now and 1997. The constitution is loosely based on the our Constitution and has a Bill of Rights that protect basic freedoms. (4:30) -b- 6. FREEBIES ON THE STUMP -- The Democratic Party hopes to raise $11 million at a Washington, DC shindig tonight, just a little less than Republicans hauled in at a gala of their own early this year. What do donors get for the checks? What about voters? Peter Overby reports.
  • A government report finds that efforts to limit human exposure to toxins aren't helping kids as much as they are helping adults. The report, issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that children between the ages of 6-11 are sponging up the chemicals found in cigarette smoke and soft plastic toys. It also found that Mexican-Americans have abnormal levels of the pesticide DDT in their bodies and that pregnant women carry more mercury than expected. NPR's John Nielsen reports that federal officials say they are concerned but not alarmed by the findings.
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