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Gun Rights Group In Idaho Pushes For Looser Firearm Restrictions

1:07pm March 12, 2020

by Heath Druzin

While mass shootings prompt gun control bills in many states, conservative states are considering bills loosening gun restrictions. We meet an influential Idaho group that makes the NRA look liberal.

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A Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis is shown in June. The clinic has all but ceased providing abortions after Missouri tightened restrictions.

As Missouri Clinic Awaits Its Legal Fate, Abortions In State Have Virtually Halted

12:23pm March 12, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

The state has one remaining clinic in St. Louis, but Planned Parenthood officials say just three abortions were performed there in February, down from 174 in the same month a year ago.

Coronavirus Adds Another Challenge To Beleagured 2020 Census

11:17am March 12, 2020

by Hansi Lo Wang

The Census Bureau is relying on public participation in the 2020 census to produce accurate data about the country. But earning the public's trust has been especially difficult this time around.

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Students at Pole Pressure in Washington, D.C. combine strength, flexibility and creativity to learn routines in class.

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Pole Dancing Made It To The Super Bowl. Now It Wants Another Stage: The Olympics

9:01am March 12, 2020

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The International Pole Sports Federation is working to get pole dancing permanently recognized as a sport. Advocates say it combines strength, flexibility, creativity and a whole lot of training.

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Florida Reconsiders Fireworks Ban As Bill Heads To Governor's Desk

6:57am March 12, 2020

Residents can buy fireworks if they sign a form swearing to use them only to scare birds away from farms and fisheries. Lawmakers decided that Floridians shouldn't be put in a position to lie.

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Washington State's Largest School District Closes Due To Coronavirus

5:14am March 12, 2020

by Ann Dornfeld

Seattle Public Schools are shutting down for at least two weeks. The move is meant to slow the spread of coronavirus but it's also creating child care problems for parents.

Apartment Dwellers At New Complex Benefit From Rooftop Solar Panels

5:06am March 12, 2020

by Leia Larsen

A Utah company is expanding the solar panel business to apartment complexes, where renters can benefit from renewable energy usually reserved for individual homes.

The moon, in its waning gibbous state, rises near the Jupiter Lighthouse in 2013, in Jupiter, Fla. The 108-feet tall, brick structure was first lit in 1860. The lighthouse sits atop a Native American archaeological site, which is at risk from the rising s

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Protecting And Preserving Ancient Sites At Risk From Sea-Level Rise In Florida

5:01am March 12, 2020

by Greg Allen

Archaeologists are working to identify historic sites that are threatened by rising sea levels in Florida. If they can't be preserved, efforts will be made to document them before they're lost.

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A U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal is seen as a TSA official moves a bin for additional screening at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

3 TSA Screeners In San Jose, Calif., Have Contracted Coronavirus, Agency Says

9:20pm March 11, 2020

by Andrew Becker

The security officers, all of whom work at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, are the first confirmed cases of the virus within the Transportation Security Administration, officials say.

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Clothing hangs to dry at a makeshift migrant camp for asylum seekers in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on earlier this month. About 60,000 migrants live in filthy and dangerous conditions as they await their day in U.S. immigration court.

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U.S. Supreme Court Allows 'Remain In Mexico' Program To Continue

6:47pm March 11, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

The high court will allow the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy to stand across the entire southern border. The decision marks another immigration victory for the White House.