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Trump Postpones Military Parade, Citing High Costs

5:57pm August 17, 2018

by Tom Bowman

President Trump has postponed the military parade planned for November after complaints about its anticipated cost. He said he will instead attend the Armistice Day parade in Paris.

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Esteban Santiago, seen leaving the Broward County jail for a hearing in January 2017, has been sentenced to life in prison for a shooting rampage at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooter Is Sentenced To Life In Prison

5:46pm August 17, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Esteban Santiago killed five people and injured six when he opened fire in the baggage claim at a Fort Lauderdale airport in 2017. A federal judge called the attack "85 seconds of evil."

Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell Discusses Security Clearances

5:15pm August 17, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Morell, former deputy director at the CIA, about the letter he signed about security clearances and supporting former CIA director John Brennan.

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Attorney General Sessions Says The U.S. Foreign-Born Population Is Growing Too Fast

5:11pm August 17, 2018

by Joel Rose

Sessions praised immigration restrictions of the 1920s — laws that are widely regarded today as racist. His critics say he's stoking fears about the foreign-born population.

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The company behind a privately funded passenger train line in Florida has proposed a route that would connect Orlando and Tampa.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott Has Convoluted Ties To Rail Company Whose Project He Supports

5:03pm August 17, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

In 2011, Scott rejected a federally funded rail project; now he supports a privately funded one. He and his wife invested millions with an investment firm that owns the company behind the proposal.

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How Port Arthur, Texas, Is Recovering, Nearly 1 Year After Hurricane Harvey

4:59pm August 17, 2018

It's been nearly year since Hurricane Harvey came ashore in Port Arthur, Texas, before moving to Houston. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mayor Derrick Freeman about how the recovery has been going.

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One Guatemalan Family's Journey To Be Reunited After Being Separated At U.S. Border

4:59pm August 17, 2018

by Farida Jhabvala Romero

Under court order, the government has been working to reunify all children separated from parents at the border, but the biggest challenge has been finding parents already deported.

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Clergy Sex Abuse Raises Questions About Financial And Reputational Costs To Churches

4:59pm August 17, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

Clergy abuse settlements have cost billions of dollars and more than a dozen dioceses have gone bankrupt. Both church attendance and giving are also in jeopardy.

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Week In Politics: The Manafort Trial, Security Clearances And Omarosa's Book

4:59pm August 17, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times, and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution about this week's primaries, the continued fallout over President Trump's revoking of former CIA Director John Brennan and former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman.

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Some houses affected by Hurricane Maria remained covered in tarps or missing roofs as recently as June in San Juan, Puerto Rico's El Gandul neighborhood.

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FEMA Begins Scaling Back Financial Assistance In Puerto Rico

2:55pm August 17, 2018

by Adrian Florido

Declaring the island's emergency over, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun scaling back its financial assistance. Puerto Rico's government is not happy about that.

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