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Immigration Advocate Weighs In On Trump Administration's Move To End Flores Agreement

5:19pm August 21, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Wendy Young, president of the child advocacy organization KIND, about President Trump's moves to change requirements for the detention of migrant children.

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Miami-Dade police arrested Carlints St. Louis on Tuesday. Authorities say he committed a July shooting that wounded a 68-year-old man as he was walking to a Miami synagogue.

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Miami Police Arrest Suspect In Shooting After He Reports His Gun Was Stolen

5:08pm August 21, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Police say Carlints St. Louis went to a police station hoping to create an alibi for a shooting he allegedly committed, but he ended up setting the stage for his own arrest.

Kevin Carducci is part owner and plant manager of Omni Recycling. He says it costs the business $1 million a year to get rid of the plastics that can't be recycled.

More U.S. Towns Are Feeling The Pinch As Recycling Becomes Costlier

5:06pm August 21, 2019

by Rebecca Davis

The U.S. recycling industry is facing a quandary: Too much of the plastic we use can't be recycled, and taxpayers increasingly are on the hook for paying for all that trash to hit the landfills.

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Native American Tribes Say Indian Horse Relays Are America's First Extreme Sport

4:31pm August 21, 2019

by Nate Hegyi

One of the ways Native tribes in the West celebrate their history and culture is through annual summer horse races. They're known as Indian Relays, and tribes call them America's first extreme sport.

Wildlife Staff Outside Denver Work To Stop The Spread Of Plague Among Prairie Dogs

4:31pm August 21, 2019

An outbreak of plague has struck a prairie dog population outside of Denver. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with research wildlife biologist Dean Biggins about the risks to the region's ecology.

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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer On His Vision For Gun Control

4:31pm August 21, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer about his vision for more effective gun control and his desire to meet with President Trump during his Louisville visit.

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How Red Flag Laws Are Used In Vermont

4:31pm August 21, 2019

by Melissa Block

Recent mass shootings have accelerated calls for more "red flag" or "extreme risk" laws. But they're far more likely to be used in cases of threatened suicide.

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Dawnta Harris, who is now 17, was charged as an adult, accused of murdering police officer Amy Caprio in May of 2018.

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Teen Gets Life Sentence For Killing Police Officer In Baltimore County

3:57pm August 21, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Dawnta Harris was 16 when the stolen Jeep he was driving ran over Officer Amy Caprio, 29, in the spring of 2018. Harris will be able to seek parole.

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan says a new rule allowing indefinite detention of migrant families with children will "improve the integrity of the immigration system."

New Trump Policy Would Permit Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Families, Children

3:34pm August 21, 2019

by Brian Naylor

The new policy would end the Flores settlement and allow the government to hold families with children without a deadline, in a change from the way cases are handled today.

Rep. Al Green speaks during a news conference in May as activists urge Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

Buoyed By Fresh Support, Rep. Al Green Plans New Call To Impeach Trump

3:10pm August 21, 2019

by Claudia Grisales

Green says he will bring his articles of impeachment to the House floor for a fourth time. More than 120 House Democrats now say they support an inquiry.

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