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Ex-Florida Deputy Faces 11 Charges After Not Intervening In School Shooting

8:23am June 05, 2019

Former sheriff's deputy Scot Peterson faces charges after not taking action during the 2018 Parkland school shooting. NPR's Noel King talks to Celeste Higgins of the University of Miami School of Law.

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A View From Both Sides Of The Border On Planned U.S. Tariffs On Mexico

6:56am June 05, 2019

U.S. and Mexican negotiators are meeting, less than a week before tariffs are set to take effect on all imports from Mexico. President Trump wants Mexico to crack down on Central American migrants.

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Va. Gov. Northam Asks Lawmakers To Try To Tighten Gun Laws

6:32am June 05, 2019

by Ben Paviour

After a mass shooting in Virginia last week, Republicans say they don't plan to work with Gov. Ralph Northam on gun control. Political resistance also followed the shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007.

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N.Y. Court Hearing To Examine Motives Behind Census' Citizenship Question

5:49am June 05, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

A federal judge in New York is set to hear allegations Wednesday that the Trump administration concealed the real reason it wants to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

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Climate Change Adds New Urgency To U.S. Navy's Arctic Strategy

5:49am June 05, 2019

by Zachariah Hughes

As the polar ice cap recedes because of warmer weather, more countries are interested in developing the region. That's forced the U.S. Navy to shift its attention north.

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Tourists who have just disembarked from a cruise liner tour Havana, Cuba, on Tuesday. The Trump administration has imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to the island by U.S. citizens.

Trump Administration Clamps Down On Travel To Cuba, Bans Cruise Ships

8:46pm June 04, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The changes, which bar "people-to-people" tours, are intended to further squeeze the Cuban economy while keeping U.S. dollars "out of the hands" of the communist government.

Griselda, a domestic longhair already declawed when she was surrendered by her owner for adoption, plays inside her enclosure at the Animal Haven pet shelter in New York on Tuesday. The New York Legislature has passed a bill that would make the state the

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New York Is One Step Closer To Becoming First State To Ban Cat Declawing

7:40pm June 04, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Both houses of the state egislature voted on Tuesday — Animal Advocacy Day in the state capital — to make it illegal to perform the controversial procedure.

In this 2015 photo, then-school resource officer Scot Peterson spoke at a school board meeting of Broward County in Florida. Peterson was arrested on Tuesday and faces 11 charges in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

'His Inaction Cost Lives': Deputy In Parkland Shooting Arrested, Faces 11 Charges

6:52pm June 04, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Scot Peterson, if convicted, could get more than 96 years in prison. He is charged with criminal counts that include child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury.

Trump Administration Orders Halt To Cruises To Cuba And 'People-To-People' Exchanges

6:41pm June 04, 2019

by Michele Kelemen

The Trump administration has ordered a halt to cruises to Cuba. This is part of a broader effort by the administration to roll back Obama-era openings to the Communist island.

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How Extreme Weather Is Affecting People's Opinions Of Climate Change

6:03pm June 04, 2019

by Nathan Rott

An increasing body of research finds people's beliefs about climate change can be changed by big disasters, like the current flooding across America's heartland.

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