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Aerial views of flooding and submerged cars from Hurricane Florence in Lumberton, N.C.

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Florence Floodwaters Total Thousands Of Cars, Stranding Locals

11:54am September 26, 2018

by Amanda Morris

The first thing that hit Ashley Simpson when she opened her car door was the rotten mold smell, leftover from the sewage-contaminated floodwaters. The next thing to hit her were the gnats flying out.

A teacher draws a handgun on the chalkboard.

Can Schools Use Federal Funds To Arm Teachers?

11:23am September 26, 2018

by Cory Turner

Senators from the education committee aired their frustrations about a move to allow school districts to use federal money to pay for the arming of teachers.

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NATO Secretary-General Reacts To Trump's Speech

9:00am September 26, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talk to Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, about current challenges facing the military alliance.

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Orlando Police officers direct family members away from a fatal shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. An investigation has found that a fire department plan to respond to mass shootings had been put on hold.

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At Pulse Nightclub, A Death Toll That Might Not Have Been So High

8:56am September 26, 2018

by Abe Aboraya

The Orlando Fire Department had been working on a plan to respond to a mass shooting. But at the time of the Pulse nightclub shooting, the plan was on hold and the bulletproof vests sat untouched.

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In the aftermath of the Las Vegas mass shooting, there were widespread calls to ban "bump stocks," a device attached to a semiautomatic rifle to speed up the firing rate.

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The Politics Of Bump Stocks, 1 Year After Las Vegas Shooting

8:49am September 26, 2018

by Martin Kaste

Most Americans first learned about "bump stocks" — which speed up the firing rate of semiautomatic rifles — in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre. A year later, they're still mostly legal.

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Lawyer For Deborah Ramirez On Kavanaugh Allegations

7:22am September 26, 2018

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with John Clune, a lawyer representing Deborah Ramirez, who accused Brett Kavanaugh of exposing himself during a party at Yale in the 1980s.

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ICE Air: The Airline You Never Want To Fly

5:14am September 26, 2018

by John Burnett

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has its own airline operation to fly deportees back to their home countries, and this year, it is significantly over budget.

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Trump Immigration Crackdown Strains Resources

5:14am September 26, 2018

by Joel Rose

President Trump has ramped up immigration enforcement and the budget has ballooned. A recent congressional report says an agency is spending at "an unsustainable rate."

Fuel Efficiency And Smog In Arizona

5:14am September 26, 2018

by Will Stone

The EPA is holding hearings on a proposal to relax fuel efficiency standards. Arizona has come out in opposition — the state has a bad smog problem and was counting on the fuel rules to help fix it.

News Brief: Kavanaugh And The Midterms, Interest Rates, Cosby Sentencing

5:14am September 26, 2018

We look at the Kavanaugh nomination as a voting issue for November. Also, the Federal Reserve will likely nudge up interest rates, and we look at the cultural impact of Bill Cosby's sentencing.