This NPR News segment covers a narrow Senate confirmation of Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General, rising public concern over extreme heat and its impacts on daily life, new CDC travel restrictions due to Ebola outbreaks, the death of a Ukrainian volunteer known for recovering war casual
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