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September 17, 2018: Hour 1

A 26-year-old man died over the weekend after he was attacked by a shark off the coast of Cape Cod. It's the first shark attack death in Massachusetts since 1936. We learn more about factors that might be behind it with a researcher and professor at the University of New England. Also, U.S. Border Patrol agents are boarding buses from private lines within 100 miles of a U.S. border, asking passengers if they're American citizens. And Canada is one month out from a major milestone: The country is set to legalize recreational marijuana on Oct. 17. The country's former Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, who helped lay the groundwork for legalization and regulation, discusses how the process is going to work and whether Canada is ready. That and more, in hour one of Here & Now's Sept. 17, 2018 full broadcast.

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