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It turns out you are way more likely to have major complications, including death, at the hands of an unskilled surgeon than a specialist. Now three leading teaching hospitals are changing the rules.

Lawmakers in South Carolina began debating Monday whether to remove the Confederate flag that flies in front of the State House in Columbia, S.C.

Organizers of The Miss America contest will end the swimsuit part of the competition and instead focus on talent and personality. Regina Hopper, president and CEO of the Miss America organization, discusses the change.

There have been loud criticisms from protesters around the country and from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, condemning the Trump administration for separating families that have crossed illegally into the country. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the changes she thinks would improve the system.

Congressional Republicans are increasingly frustrated with President Trump's trade policies and some are pushing new legislation to review new tariffs implemented by the administration.

The Kate Spade brand of bags is immensely popular, pioneering a wave of playful but still luxury fashion. The designer and entrepreneur behind the brand, Kate Spade, died Tuesday from an apparent suicide.

Groff's new short story collection, Florida, is a dark, visceral tribute to the state she has called home — though sometimes reluctantly — for the past 12 years.

For Nik Dahl, fan of the U.S. Women's soccer team, Attorney General Loretta Lynch saved the sport of soccer by exposing corrupt FIFA leaders. To show his appreciation, he brought her to the Women's World Cup Final — well, a 3-foot cutout of her face that is.

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews MaryClaire Dale, an Associated Press reporter, about the court documents showing Cosby said in 2005 he got quaaludes to give to a woman with whom he wanted to have sex.

In upstate New York, an experimental staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic sets a key scene in total darkness and adds coldblooded murder to the plot.

Music critic Will Hermes went to one of the Grateful Dead's last shows that broke all kinds of records.

Six techniques to energize you when you feel sluggish and relax you when you feel stressed. Feel the transformation in 15 minutes or less.

The Trump administration's policy of separating children from their incarcerated immigrant parents has received much attention lately. Justice Department spokesman Devin O'Malley clarifies the rationale of the government over the handling of this challenging issue.

Prosecutors have accused Paul Manafort of witness tampering in new charges. In court documents filed Monday, the special counsel says Manafort violated the terms of his bail and asks a judge to make changes or send him to jail until his trial date. The judge will hear arguments from both sides in two weeks.

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: What happens when our obsession with spectacle turns dangerous? Michael Abels’s Nope Suite, drawn from his score written for Jordan Peele’s genre-blending film, rides the line between sci-fi, horror, Western, and family drama — with a score that gallops, pursues, and holds space for both awe and fear.Then: Waves crash, skies open — and the piano becomes a landscape. In Pacific Triptych, Peter Scott Lewis captures the drama and majesty of the Pacific Coast across three movements, with a sense of scale that feels orchestral, even in its quietest moments.

Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo calls the mandates an intrusion on parents' rights. Some requirements can be ended by the state health department and others would require legislative action.

Teachers voice worries that ending vaccine requirements could bring back preventable illnesses, worsen absenteeism, and endanger medically fragile students.

Many parents, doctors and other public health workers worry that diseases controlled by vaccines for decades could resurface.

It would include only chickenpox and a few others unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases.

Expertos afirman que el cambio climático es la amenaza número uno para los arrecifes de corales en la Florida en este momento, ya que también enfrentan la enfermedad de la pérdida de tejido del coral pedregoso.

Experts say climate change is the No. 1 threat to Florida's coral reefs right now, as they also battle stony coral tissue loss disease.

El condado aún no ha comenzado el dragado de Phillippi Creek, y muchos en Sarasota están preocupados por la repetición de las inundaciones del año pasado durante esta temporada de huracanes.

The county has not yet begun dredging Phillippi Creek, and many in Sarasota are concerned about a repeat of last year's floods this hurricane season.

Manatee officials say that SB 180 has hamstrung them when it comes to protecting the county's natural resources.

A Florida congressman wants the federal government to consider a Florida Springs National Park. Environmental stakeholders are skeptical.