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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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Michelle Kamke of Madison, Wis., and Troy Norris of Chicago met on a ski lift at Wilmot Ski Resort's speed dating event.

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Finding Love On The Lift: Skiers Give Chairlift Speed Dating A Shot

5:58pm February 12, 2019

by LaToya Dennis

Online matchmaking emphasizes appearance over shared interests and connection. So now a ski resort in Wisconsin is trying a new tack: speed dating on a chairlift.

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President Trump is pressuring the Tennessee Valley Authority not to close a coal-fired power plant at its Paradise Fossil Plant in Kentucky.

President Trump And Allies Push To Save A Very Specific Coal Plant

5:13pm February 12, 2019

by Jeff Brady

President Trump and other Republicans are pressuring the Tennessee Valley Authority not to close a coal plant in Kentucky. A major Trump backer supplies the plant with most of its coal.

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Notorious Mexican Drug Lord, Found Guilty On All Counts

5:06pm February 12, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Vice News reporter Keegan Hamilton about the guilty verdict handed to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in New York on Tuesday.

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California To Slow Down Plans For High-Speed Rail System

5:06pm February 12, 2019

by Ben Adler

In his State of the State speech Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he was scaling back the state's ambitious and controversial plan to build a high speed rail system from San Francisco to L.A.

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What's Included In The Proposed Bipartisan Border Security Compromise

5:06pm February 12, 2019

by Susan Davis

Lawmakers have struck a deal to avoid another government shutdown. It includes funding for 55 miles of border wall and limits the number of people Immigration and Customs Enforcement can detain.

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Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey Discusses Proposed Bipartisan Border Security Compromise

4:46pm February 12, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey, a key negotiator on the bipartisan border security compromise reached Monday night.

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A supporter of President Trump attacked a cameraman at the president's rally at the El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas, according to the BBC.

Trump Supporter Violently Shoves BBC Cameraman At Rally In El Paso, Texas

4:43pm February 12, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"The crowd had been whipped up into a frenzy" against the media, a BBC producer says of President Trump's rally in El Paso, Texas.

Debris litters Tyndall Air Force Base following Hurricane Michael in October 2018. Now the Air Force is rebuilding the base to be more resistant to future storms.

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Tyndall Air Force Base To Be Rebuilt As 'Air Base Of The Future'

4:23pm February 12, 2019

by Greg Allen

When Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle last October, it caused widespread destruction at Tyndall Air Force Base. The rebuilding of the base is expected to cost $3 billion.