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U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services Omit 'Nation Of Immigrants' From Mission Statement

5:13pm February 23, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Susan Martin, professor emeritus at Georgetown University, about United States Citizenship and Immigration Services omitting the promise of America as "a nation of immigrants" from its mission statement. Martin, like former President John F. Kennedy, wrote a book called A Nation of Immigrants.

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Trump Warns About Complacency In 2018 Midterms At CPAC

5:13pm February 23, 2018

by Don Gonyea

President Trump received an enthusiastic greeting from thousands of conservative activists at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C., on Friday. He boasted of his first year accomplishments, but also had a warning about this year's midterm elections, saying complacency could short-circuit his agenda.

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Atlanta Is Experiencing A Film And TV Production Boom

5:13pm February 23, 2018

by Eric Deggans

More than 70 film and TV projects were shot in and around Atlanta in 2017. So many, the area has developed a permanent production industry.

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Trump Administration Is Trying To Make It Harder For North Korea To Evade Sanctions

5:13pm February 23, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

The Trump administration is trying to make it harder for North Korea to evade sanctions. It is putting the world on notice to look out for "deceptive shipping practices."

Experts Say There's Little Connection Between Mental Health And Mass Shootings

5:13pm February 23, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

President Trump has raised mental health as a key factor in mass shootings, including a call Thursday to create more mental hospitals. But experts say there's little connection between a person's mental illness and the likelihood of a mass shooting.

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Teachers Across The Country Are Thinking About Active Shooter Situations

5:13pm February 23, 2018

President Trump tweeted this week that teachers should be armed, in response to the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week. Since then teachers and other school administrators are looking at what they would do in a shooting situation.

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How 1 Tweet From Kylie Jenner Caused Snap, Inc. To Lose $1 Billion

5:13pm February 23, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Will Oremus, a senior technology writer at Slate about how a recent tweet by Kylie Jenner caused Snap, Inc. — the parent company for Snapchat — to lose more than $1 billion.

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott Unveils Policy Changes After Parkland Shooting

5:13pm February 23, 2018

by Brakkton Booker

Following a deadly school shooting in south Florida, Republican Gov. Rick Scott unveiled policy changes with the aim of making schools more secure and keeping guns away from those suffering from mental illness.

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The First National Bank of Omaha was among several businesses that renounced partnerships with the National Rifle Association in the aftermath of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.

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One By One, Companies Cut Ties With The NRA

4:41pm February 23, 2018

by Amy Held

Advocates for stricter gun laws have coalesced under the hashtag #boycottNRA, and several companies appear to have heeded the call a little more than a week after the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.

A Look At The Fallout From Last Week's Deadly School Shooting In South Florida

4:35pm February 23, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly is joined by David Brooks of The New York Times, and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution to discuss the continuing debate on guns following last week's school shooting in Parkland, Fla., as well as the annual conservative conference happening this week, CPAC.

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