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DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Our next guest, Brian Palmer, is a journalist, photographer and filmmaker who directed the film “Full Disclosure,” based on his time embedded with Marines in Iraq. Now he lives in Richmond, Va., where he focuses on cleaning up cemeteries where African-Americans are buried. He’s found that many of these cemeteries where former slaves are buried have been neglected, while the graves of confederate soldiers are well-maintained, often with…

Updated at 9:10 a.m. ET California Sen. Kamala Harris is running for president in 2020. The first-term Democratic senator made the announcement on ABC’s Good Morning America Monday morning. “I love my country, and this is a moment in time that I feel a sense of responsibility to fight for the best of who we are,” Harris said. The 54-year-old Harris has been seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party even before she…

The Standard’s news roundup gives you a quick hit of interesting, sometimes irreverent, and breaking news stories from all over the state. Teams from Texas A&M University returned home this week after a nearly month-long deployment to California to aid recovery efforts after the Camp Fire. That wildfire was the deadliest and most destructive in California history. Seven AgriLife Extension agents and twelve members of the Veterinary Emergency Team lent a helping hand at an…

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Survivors of California’s recent wildfires are bracing for the possibility that the utility Pacific Gas and Electric may go into bankruptcy protection by the end of this month. Investigators are looking into whether the company’s equipment started the Camp Fire. For victims suing PG&E, a company bankruptcy could impact their compensation. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Lily Jamali has more. LILY JAMALI, BYLINE: For the last several weeks, California’s Butte…

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Survivors of California’s recent wildfires are bracing for the possibility that the utility Pacific Gas and Electric may go into bankruptcy protection by the end of this month. Investigators are looking into whether the company’s equipment started the Camp Fire. For victims suing PG&E, a company bankruptcy could impact their compensation. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Lily Jamali has more. LILY JAMALI, BYLINE: For the last several weeks, California’s Butte…

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Survivors of California’s recent wildfires are bracing for the possibility that the utility Pacific Gas and Electric may go into bankruptcy protection by the end of this month. Investigators are looking into whether the company’s equipment started the Camp Fire. For victims suing PG&E, a company bankruptcy could impact their compensation. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Lily Jamali has more. LILY JAMALI, BYLINE: For the last several weeks, California’s Butte…

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Survivors of California’s recent wildfires are bracing for the possibility that the utility Pacific Gas and Electric may go into bankruptcy protection by the end of this month. Investigators are looking into whether the company’s equipment started the Camp Fire. For victims suing PG&E, a company bankruptcy could impact their compensation. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Lily Jamali has more. LILY JAMALI, BYLINE: For the last several weeks, California’s Butte…

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Survivors of California’s recent wildfires are bracing for the possibility that the utility Pacific Gas and Electric may go into bankruptcy protection by the end of this month. Investigators are looking into whether the company’s equipment started the Camp Fire. For victims suing PG&E, a company bankruptcy could impact their compensation. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Lily Jamali has more. LILY JAMALI, BYLINE: For the last several weeks, California’s Butte…