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Gov. Asa Hutchinson Reacts To President Trump's Response To Charlottesville

5:44pm August 18, 2017

NPR has been checking in with the Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas since primary season. Following backlash over President Trump's comments following white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Va., NPR's Robert Siegel checks in with Hutchinson to ask how he thinks the president is handling the situation.

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The Role Of Solar Eclipses In Religion

5:44pm August 18, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

Throughout human history, solar eclipses have been seen as having great religious significance, often as omens or signs of divine warning or punishment. Major and minor religions alike have their own understandings.

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Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. (right) praised President Trump for his "bold truthful statement" about Charlottesville.

Trump's Evangelical Advisers Stand By Their Man

5:40pm August 18, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

Business leaders have resigned from Trump's council over his response to Charlottesville. But evangelical leaders say they see their role differently.

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Bike patrol volunteers give directions to visitors at Acadia National Park. The Trump administration has rolled back an Obama-era policy put in place to encourage national parks to end the sale of bottled water.

Trump Administration Reverses Bottled Water Ban In National Parks

4:57pm August 18, 2017

by Allison Aubrey

The move reverses an Obama-era policy put in place to encourage national parks to end the sale of bottled water. The aim was to cut back on plastic litter.

Why One Kentucky Town Wants To Keep Its Confederate Monument

4:31pm August 18, 2017

by Jacob Ryan

When the University of Louisville took down a monument to Confederate soldiers from the Civil War, a nearby Kentucky town welcomed the statue — and residents still like that it's there.

Former New York Yankee Derek Jeter Becomes Minority Owner Of Miami Marlins

4:31pm August 18, 2017

Derek Jeter had a spectacular career playing shortstop for the New York Yankees, during which he managed to avoid scandal and embarrassment and kept his private life tastefully private. So, what might all that brilliance as a player mean for him as he now becomes an owner?

Susan Bro, the mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, holds a photo of Bro's mother and her daughter on Monday.

Charlottesville Victim's Mother Says She Will Not Take Trump's Calls

4:22pm August 18, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

"You can't wash this one away by shaking my hand and saying I'm sorry," Susan Bro told Good Morning America. Her daughter Heather Heyer was killed as she was protesting against white supremacists.

The violence in Charlottesville erupted over protests about removing a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Another statue of Lee was removed earlier this year in New Orleans.

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Who Are The Confederate Men Memorialized With Statues?

4:07pm August 18, 2017

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Confederate statues and monuments are coming down all over the country.

Solar cells sit in the sun at the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm in Desert Center, Calif. The people who run California's electric grid expect the solar power output to be cut roughly in half during the eclipse.

California Prepares For An Eclipse Of Its Solar Power

3:29pm August 18, 2017

by Lauren Sommer

On a sunny day, California gets up to 40 percent of its energy from solar power. Monday's total eclipse isn't just a scientific spectacle, it's a major concern for the state's power grid.

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On Isolation and Belonging: Stories We Tell Ourselves 25 Years After High School

3:22pm August 18, 2017

by Rachel Martin

It's been 25 years since NPR's Rachel Martin graduated from high school, and it got her wondering about how people think back on — and are shaped by — their teenage selves.

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