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11 hours ago | ktep.org | Alana Wise

Pharmaceutical company AvKare has issued a voluntary recall on several of its over-the-counter products for dry and irritated eyes, citing regulatory "deviations" identified during an audit by the Food and Drug Administration. "Health Hazard to the user is unknown," AvKare said in a statement on its website.

1 week ago | ktep.org | Grace Tatter

The Endless Thread team looks at the origin and implications of apps that allow us to know where our family and friends are at all times. Endless Thread’s Grace Tatter reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

1 week ago | ktep.org | Megan Lim |Michael Levitt |Ari Shapiro |Christopher Intagliata

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:There were some very persuasive people on Reddit recently who were not actually people. They were part of an experiment. Researchers at the University of Zurich wanted to see how persuasive AI could be. Problem is the scientists did not get permission to do research on the actual humans on Reddit that the AI was interacting with. That's created a huge controversy about the ethics of the research. Reporter Tom Bartlett recently wrote about the experiment in The Atlantic.

2 weeks ago | ktep.org | Alfredo Corchado

EAGLE PASS – President Trump’s threatened tariffs, attacks on social programs and draconian immigration policies have unsettled many along the Texas-Mexico border, a region that jolted national voters in decidedly supporting his election. Traditionally Democratic and overwhelmingly Hispanic, border communities favored Trump in last November’s election, giving him 12 of the Texas borderlands’ 14 counties, up from just five in 2016.

2 weeks ago | ktep.org | Angela Kocherga |Aaron Montes

The gunman who carried out the August 3, 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart killing 23 people has been transferred to the custody of the state of Texas to begin serving 23 life sentences. Now 26, Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder and 22 counts of assault with a deadly weapon. He then listened listened to victim impact statements from relatives of those gunned down and survivors of the attack.