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Morning News Brief: Party Unity Tested, Far-Right Weekend Rallies

7:53am August 25, 2017

Tension between Capitol Hill and the White House is threatening the GOP's legislative agenda. Far-right groups have set their sights on San Francisco and Berkeley for weekend rallies.

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Religion

Attention On Hate Speech Drives Donations To Fight Anti-Semitism

7:17am August 25, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

Jewish groups have broadened their work to oppose all forms of bigotry. Following the violence in Charlottesville, Va., more non-Jews see the reality of anti-Semitism and join the fight against it.

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Bay Area Police Say They're Prepared For Weekend Alt-Right Rallies

6:51am August 25, 2017

by Eric Westervelt

Far-right activists are set to hold 2 rallies in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bay area is a mecca for free speech and political activism, but for some, the upcoming alt-right rallies go too far.

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Residents Prepare As Hurricane Harvey Threatens Texas

6:47am August 25, 2017

by Florian Martin

Businesses and residents in Texas are bracing for Hurricane Harvey. It's bringing back memories of a deadly tropical storm in 2001.

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Girlfriends In Washington State Are Literally Stuck Together

6:43am August 25, 2017

Police say every time a woman with an outstanding warrant tries to turn herself in, her girlfriend is by her side. A counselor glued their pinkies together to see if they could make it as a couple.

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University Of Nevada-Reno Won't Dismiss Student In Viral Charlottesville Rally Photo

8:01pm August 24, 2017

by Leila Fadel

A University of Nevada, Reno, student became the poster child of the white supremacist march in Charlottesville, after his picture went viral. Despite pressure to kick him out, the school says he'll stay.

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25 Years Later: Hurricane Andrew's Devastation Lingers

8:01pm August 24, 2017

by Alicia Zuckerman

Twenty-five years ago, Hurricane Andrew slammed into south Florida. It was the last Category 5 storm to hit the U.S., and its impact is still felt today by those who survived the hurricane.

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Florida State Prison in Raiford, Fla., where Mark James Asay was held after being sentenced to die for two murders he committed in 1987.

National

Florida Man Is First To Die Under New Lethal Injection Protocol

7:00pm August 24, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Mark James Asay was convicted of killing two people in 1987. He was the first white person to be executed in Florida for killing a black person.

25 Years Later: How Hurricane Andrew Impacted Emergency Response

6:56pm August 24, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate about the important changes inspired by the historic Category 5 storm, in computer modeling, housing codes and insurance.

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Detail of Roberto Chavez's mural The Path to Knowledge and the False University at East Los Angeles College. The mural was whitewashed in 1979.

'¡Murales Rebeldes!': These Disappearing LA Murals Mirror Their Community

6:56pm August 24, 2017

For years, Chicano muralists in Los Angeles weren't let into museums, so they made art where they could. "I wanted people to look at the mural and ... see themselves in it," says muralist Wayne Healy.

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