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Charlottesville Community Gathers To Remember Heather Heyer

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Debbie Elliott

Family, friends and co-workers gathered to remember Heather Heyer. The 32-year-old woman was killed when a car rammed a group of counter-protesters after a violent white supremacist rally Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.

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President Trump Refers To Counter-Protesters As The 'Alt-Left'

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Brian Mann

President Donald Trump lumped the protestors who objected to the removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., in with counter-protesters.

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Jewish Leaders Say Anti-Semitism Around The Nation Is A Disturbing Trend

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Tovia Smith

The American Jewish community has been unsettled by the re-emergence of vocal anti-Semitism, largely believed to be a feature of the nation's past.

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Texas' Special Session Ended, But State Lawkmakers Still Want To Discuss Bathroom Bill

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Wade Goodwyn

Efforts to pass a so-called "bathroom bill" in Texas died when the legislature adjourned a special session on Tuesday. But proponents haven't given up hope, amid talk of another special session to deal with the issue.

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Sessions Continues To Criticize Sanctuary Cities During His Visit To Miami

6:51pm August 16, 2017

by Greg Allen

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in Miami highlighting one of the city's communities cooperating with the Trump administration in helping deport immigrants here illegally, but he's still singling out cities who aren't complying.

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How Do Teachers Talk About Hate Speech?

6:51pm August 16, 2017

One Charlottesville, Va., elementary school teacher grapples with how to have this conversation with her students the week after the violence erupted in her city just as a new school year is about to begin.

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The Best Item In An Astronaut's Care Package? Definitely The Ice Cream

5:46pm August 16, 2017

Unlike other cargo vehicles, the SpaceX spacecraft can return to Earth without burning up. So it's equipped with freezers for transporting medical samples — and the occasional frozen treat.

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Vice President Pence Stays Aligned With Trump Despite Other Republicans Distancing Themselves

4:32pm August 16, 2017

by Scott Horsley

Republican lawmakers are quickly trying to distance themselves from President Trump's latest comments on Charlottesville after he seemed to back away from his earlier criticism of white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

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Trump's Comments On White Supremacists Raise Questions

4:32pm August 16, 2017

by Mara Liasson

What did President Trump's return to blaming "both sides" for the violence in Charlottesville, Va., reveal about him and how he approaches the presidency?

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Dreamhost Challenges Department Of Justice Anti-Trump Records Request

4:32pm August 16, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Dallas Kashuba, co-founder of DreamHost. The company challenged the Department of Justice's demand that DreamHost hand over 1.3 million IP addresses for people who visited an anti-trump protest site.

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