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NPR's Stephen Basaja reports that credit card debt is being held by lower-income families.

AAA says the nationwide average price of gasoline dropped 3 cents to $4.30 on Friday.

Diesel is now at $5.52.

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Louisiana Friday enacted new congressional districts that could give Republicans one more seat in the House.

The new map eliminates one of the seats in a black-majority district represented by Democrats.

Louisiana State Senator Royce Duplissis says the map will face additional legal challenges going forward.

No timetable has been set on filing a lawsuit.

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The Centers for Disease Control says cigarette smoking, the rate among U.S.

American adults, has dropped to an all-time low.

The government survey says now about one in every 11 adults said they are currently smoking.

In the 1960s, 42 percent of adults said they smoked.

The rate has been gradually dropping.

The new rate is now 9 percent.

The CDC said cigarette smoking is a risk factor for heart disease, strokes, and a wide variety of cancers and is considered the leading cause of preventable death.

President Trump Friday issued an executive order aimed once again at trying to revamp the number of routine childhood vaccinations.

NPR's Rob Stein reports.

The NTSB is taking the lead on the investigation into Friday morning's deadly bus crash on Interstate 95 near Washington, D.C.

Five people died.