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Despite Big Advantages, Emanuel Forced To Face Chicago Runoff

10:40am February 28, 2015

Chicago will hold a runoff mayoral election in April. Incumbent Rahm Emanuel will face Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia. NPR's Scott Simon talks to columnist Carol Marin about the race.

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Conservatives Heckle Jeb Bush On Education, Immigration

10:40am February 28, 2015

by Don Gonyea

Some Republicans have said that former Gov. Jeb Bush isn't conservative enough. This week he appeared before the Conservative Political Action Conference and made his case for a possible 2016 run.

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Researchers Examine The Ways Of Southern Coyotes

10:40am February 28, 2015

by Grant Blankenship

The number of coyotes in the Deep South is growing, but biologists know relatively little about their habits across the south and how they are diverging from their cousins out west.

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More U.S.-Cuba Talks Ahead, Including Human Rights Dialogue

10:40am February 28, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

The United States hosted a second round of talks with Cuba aimed at restoring diplomatic ties and re-opening embassies.

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Speaker of the House John Boehner responds to reporters about the impasse over passing the Homeland Security budget on Friday.

Funding Homeland Security: Where Do We Go From Here?

10:07am February 28, 2015

by Scott Neuman

President Obama late Friday signed a stopgap measure to keep the department running for another week, but the tussle over his executive action on immigration, linked to the funding, is not over yet.

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Friday.

Congress Agrees To Maintain Homeland Security Funding — For A Week

10:44pm February 27, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The Senate approved a bill that funded Homeland Security through Sept. 30. The Republican leadership in the House decided to move forward with a more limited bill, but that failed.

Whitney Plantation owner John Cummings has commissioned stark artwork for the site, including realistic statues of slave children found throughout the museum.

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New Museum Depicts 'The Life Of A Slave From Cradle To The Tomb'

8:31pm February 27, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

A New Orleans attorney has turned an antebellum plantation into a new museum. You won't find hoop skirts and mint juleps but stark relics at a site devoted entirely to a realistic look at slavery.

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Alienation And Charismatic Recruiters Among Keys To Radicalization

8:13pm February 27, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Maajid Nawaz, a self-described former Islamic radical who grew up in Essex, England. He now runs the counter-extremist organization Quilliam.

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U.S., Cuba Work On Plans To Upgrade Diplomatic Posts

8:13pm February 27, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

At the State Department on Friday the U.S. and Cuba held high level talks as they try to thaw a half century freeze in relations. They are working on plans to upgrade diplomatic posts in Havana and Washington, D.C. to full embassies.

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When Annie Clark was assaulted in 2007 she said the response from her university was victim blaming: "I talked to one campus employee and she gave me this extended metaphor about how rape was like a football game and I was the quarterback in charge and wh

Film About Campus Sexual Assault Tells Survivors: 'You Are Not Alone'

8:13pm February 27, 2015

by NPR Staff

Survivors Annie Clark and Andrea Pino brought a Title IX complaint against the University of North Carolina. "This is not about UNC," Clark says. "We're not doing this to vilify our institution."

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