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File photo of coho salmon swimming in a stream in Oregon's Tillamook State Forest.

Washington's Watershed Conditions Continue to Decline

The condition of watersheds in Washington state continues to decline. That’s according to the the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. The...

Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, sits in the main room of his laboratory school in Silicon Valley.

From YouTube Pioneer Sal Khan, A School With Real Classrooms

Sal Khan, a pioneer of online tutorials with his successful Khan Academy, has established a private brick-and-mortar laboratory school in Silicon Valley. He plans to share its lessons with educators.

Listener Composes A Hard Rockin' Version Of 'Morning Edition' Theme

James Gardner of Lacey, Washington, says for his take on the Morning Edition theme, he started with surf rock as his base and added ingredients from punk and metal.

Orange County Sheriff's Office Releases Information About Orlando Shooting

New details about what happened inside the club were made public. A law enforcement agency has released records of what dispatchers heard from deputies on the scene and 911 callers trapped inside.

Afghan police inspect the site in in Kabul, Afghanistan, where a bus convoy was attacked on Thursday. The buses carrying police cadets were targeted as they were on their way from the neighboring Maidan Wardak province to Kabul.

Taliban-Claimed Attack On Afghan Police Trainees Kills Dozens, Reports Say

Two suicide bombers struck a convoy of buses carrying recently-graduated Afghan police cadets, according to wire service reports. The Taliban has claimed responsibility.

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Daryl James was just 15-years-old when he arrived at the Army Apprentice School in the 1970s. He says he was repeatedly abused, as were many others. Now he returns every year just to confirm that the school is still gone. "The ghosts have gone now, " he told NPR.

In Australia, Decades Of Abuse Against Military Recruits Comes To Light

A commission is investigating complaints by military academy students who say systematic sexual abuse was inflicted on new recruits dating back to the 1970s.

In Prison, The Passion That Drove A Yogurt-Maker To Arson Still Burns

The yogurt entrepreneur who set fire to his factory remains in prison, but he's in better spirits now. "He's dreaming again," says his wife.

European Union Faces New Challenges Without The U.K.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Hans Kundnani of the German Marshall Fund of the United States about where the European Union goes from here post Brexit.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (shown here delivering one of his "Intimate Talks" to the nation in 1934) helped push through the first firearms law in the U.S., a tax and registration scheme of fully automatic weapons.

Prohibition-Era Gang Violence Spurred Congress To Pass First Gun Law

In the 1930s, criminals with portable machine guns unleashed a torrent of violence that often caught civilians in the crossfire. The violence led to a tax and registration scheme still in effect now.

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