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Ex-Marjory Stoneman Douglas Student's Quest To End Gun Violence

7:35am February 13, 2019

On Thursday, it will be 1 year since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. David Greene talks to David Hogg about the March for Our Lives movement that he co-founded.

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82-Year-Old Woman Is Reunited With Lost Purse From 1955

6:50am February 13, 2019

Workers demolishing part of an old school in Indiana found the purse behind classroom cabinets. Martha Everett got back her lipstick, photos, gum wrappers and a letter inviting her to the prom.

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San Francisco Bay's Chilly Currents Stoke The Flames Of Romance

6:50am February 13, 2019

by Chloe Veltman

A husband and wife swim together in San Francisco Bay. But the choppy water can separate them. To find one another, they've developed calls which began decades ago under secret circumstances.

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Southern Baptists Face Calls For Criminal Probe Into Sexual Abuse Report

6:35am February 13, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Anne Marie Miller, who was sexually abused by a pastor at her Southern Baptist church. Recent reports show decades of sexual abuse by church leaders.

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News Brief: Border Security Budget, 'El Chapo' Conviction, Migrant Shelter

5:44am February 13, 2019

President Trump is not happy with a budget deal but thinks a government shutdown is unlikely. A drug lord is convicted on all charges. Migrant children are sent to a Florida shelter — we get a tour.

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Virginia's Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax continues to preside over the state Senate amid calls for his resignation after two women accused him of sexually assaulting them.

Fairfax Continues To Preside Over Va. Senate As Staffers Resign, Investigation Begins

10:35pm February 12, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

Virginia's Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a Democrat, is on leave at his full-time employer, an international law firm, as it pursues an investigation into the sexual assault allegations against him.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom walks up up the center aisle of the Assembly chambers to deliver his first of the State of the State Tuesday in Sacramento, Calif.

'No More Xenophobia': Calif. Governor Criticizes Trump On Immigration

10:30pm February 12, 2019

by Ben Adler

In his first State of the State speech Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom wasted no time in criticizing what he called President Trump's "fear-mongering" over the "so-called 'border emergency.'"

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by fellow Republican senators, spoke about the Green New Deal Tuesday.

McConnell Plans To Bring Green New Deal To Senate Vote

7:43pm February 12, 2019

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The Senate majority leader wants to put the massive progressive climate change framework to a vote. Its Democratic sponsor is not pleased by the move from the top Senate Republican.

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In Florida, Plans To Arm School Staff Have Proven Controversial And Hard To Implement

6:41pm February 12, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with student journalist Katie Campione about her investigation for the Tampa Bay Times into problems with arming and training school staff to protect against shootings.

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Why Trump's Attacks On Sen. Elizabeth Warren Are Dehumanizing To Native People

6:41pm February 12, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly discusses President Trump's tweets referencing Native Americans with David Chang, chair of the American Indian Studies department at The University of Minnesota.

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