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Omarosa says she secretly taped her firing, plays audio

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman said Sunday she secretly recorded conversations she had in the White House, including her firing by chief of staff John Kelly in the high-security Situation Room. It was a highly unusual admission.

Have au pairs been exploited as a cheap source of labor?

By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green

Thousands of young people are admitted each year to the U.S. as cultural exchange participants through the J-1 visa program, often to work as live-in childcare providers known as au pairs. Now, a lawsuit lodged on behalf of 90,000 current…

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Vermont exec would be nation’s first transgender governor

By Wilson Ring, Associated Press

A former energy company executive from Vermont has a shot at becoming the nation's first transgender governor — but she says that's not the main reason she's running.

Charlottesville victim’s mother: ‘So much healing to do’

By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press

Heather Heyer's mother said Sunday there's much healing to do a year after the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

‘You’re mostly isolated and alone.’ Why some domestic workers are vulnerable to exploitation

By Ivette Feliciano, Corinne Segal

Many domestic workers in the U.S. labor behind closed doors in private homes, exempt from certain types of federal labor protections.

NASA spacecraft rockets toward sun for closest look yet

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before.

In some areas, controlled fires can prevent runaway blazes

By PBS News Hour

As massive fires continue to rage in California, firefighters are setting backfires, dropping flame-retardant from planes and hoping for a break in hot, dry conditions. Another method is to intentionally set fires to tamp down the prospect of larger blazes.

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One year after violent white supremacist rally, Charlottesville activists focus on racial justice

By PBS News Hour

One year ago this weekend, Charlottesville, Virginia was the scene of violent clashes between white supremacists holding a rally in the city's downtown and counter-protesters. But what has changed in the city since the summer of 2017? Nicole Hemmer, an…

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