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The evacuation zone had extended for miles. The Canadian-owned refinery processes crude from the Canadian tar sands in Alberta and from North Dakota's Bakken shale oil fields.

One official predicted that anyone involved in opening a box containing radioactive cobalt-60 could be in grave danger of dying within days.

The opioid epidemic caused U.S. life expectancy to fall for the second year in a row, marking the first time that has happened since the early 1960s. Death rates also continued to rise.

Four days after a former Russian spy was poisoned by a nerve agent in the U.K., British authorities have yet to publicly accuse anyone of the attack. Yet speculation swirls about Russian involvement, and, as Luke Harding of The Guardian says, the poisoning looks very similar to previous Russian assassination attempts.

The Golden State Warriors took game 4 of the NBA finals Friday night, going up 3-1 in the series over the Cleveland Cavaliers. NPR's Tom Goldman joins NPR's Scott Simon to talk about he game, and the Stanley Cup finals.

Clinton won big; Trump continued his triumphant streak, with the notable exception of Kasich's win in Ohio; Rubio dropped out after a dismal showing in Florida. What that means, in five stories.

The Senate agreement is now before the House, which needs to act by midnight to avert a shutdown. The deal appears to include almost every health priority Democrats have been pushing in recent months.

Juniper Russo wants what is best for her daughter, Vivian, and she sometimes questions mainstream medicine. But after three years of soul-searching, she decided vaccination was best.

Many Republicans have indicated they will object to the formal electoral vote count. There is a good chance it will become a spectacle, but there's next to no chance it will change the outcome.

Impeachment managers said Trump's lack of contrition indicates he remains a threat to democracy and must be disqualified from holding office.