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Jed Hirsh of Summerland and Josiah Hamilton of Montecito dig out the dining room of Peri Thompson's Montecito, Calif. house.

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'Bucket Brigade' Volunteers Still Digging California Homes Out After Mudslides

8:11am April 07, 2018

by Stephanie O'Neill

More than two months since a massive and deadly debris flow slammed the community of Montecito, Calif., hundreds of volunteers are working to carve paths to front doors and dig out kitchens.

Rep. Ro Khanna On Silicon Valley And Facebook

8:11am April 07, 2018

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg heads to Congress next week. NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, who represents Silicon Valley.

Oklahoma Teachers Continue Strike

8:11am April 07, 2018

by Emily Wendler

Oklahoma lawmakers approved $40 million in new money for public schools on Friday. But the state's teacher's union says it's still not enough and that it won't end teacher walkouts across the state.

Fire shoots out from a Baltimore store on Gay Street as looting erupted in a five-block business section in Baltimore on April 6, 1968. Police sealed off the area.

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50 Years Ago Baltimore Burned. The Same Issues Set It Aflame In 2015

6:01am April 07, 2018

by Brakkton Booker

Riots in Baltimore broke out days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder. Segregation and economic tensions led to civil unrest. Those issues were still present in 2015 after the death of Freddie Gray.

Retired Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, left, and former assistant defense secretary Paul McHale, center, visit Utah National Guard troops as they extend a border fence in San Luis, Ariz., in 2006.

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Former National Guard Chief On What A 2006 Border Deployment Tells Us Today

11:44pm April 06, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

The last major deployment of the National Guard to the border was overseen in 2006 by retired Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum. He says their work freed Border Patrol agents to focus on their primary job.

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What It Takes For An American To Do Business In China

11:12pm April 06, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Claire Reade from the Center for Strategic and International Studies about what the newest round of proposed tariffs mean for U.S.-China trade relations.

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People walk near the fence of the Mexico-U.S. at Playas de Tijuana in northwestern Mexico.

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As Border Crossings Tick Up, Migrants Bring Children, Take More Dangerous Routes

11:11pm April 06, 2018

by John Burnett

After dropping sharply when President Trump took office, the number of undocumented immigrants apprehended at the border is again on the rise.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors to consider tougher charges against people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time.

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Trump Administration Seeks New Border Crackdown

10:19pm April 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The White House has announced plans to end a policy often called "catch and release." The administration also will bring tougher charges against first-time illegal border crossers.

Students occupying the administration building at Howard University in Washington, D.C., called an end to the protest after school officials promised to meet most of their demands.

Nine-Day Student Protest At Howard University Ends With A Deal

8:25pm April 06, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The sit-in at the historically black college is over after school officials promised Friday to meet most of the students' demands.

This Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, GOES East satellite image provided by NASA shows the eye of Hurricane Maria as it nears Dominica and before it struck Puerto Rico.

2018 Hurricane Season Will Bring Another Battery Of Storms

6:27pm April 06, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Forecasters are cautioning the public to brace themselves, predicting 14 tropical storms this year. Seven are expected to become hurricanes and three of those are expected to be major hurricanes.