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Columbine Survivor On Florida School Shooting

8:08am February 17, 2018

Samantha Haviland was a student at Columbine High School during the shooting in 1999. She's now director of counseling support services for Denver Public Schools. She talks to NPR's Scott Simon.

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Military Families And SNAP Benefits

8:08am February 17, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Amy Bushatz, reporter at Military.com, about how the White House's proposed budget cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program might affect military families.

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Florida Lawmaker On Guns In Schools

8:08am February 17, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Florida State Sen. Dennis Baxley, a Republican, about his proposal to allow school officials to designate people to carry guns in schools.

Mitt Romney Announces Candidacy For Senate

8:08am February 17, 2018

by Nicole Nixon

Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has announced he's running for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah. Voters there want him to be an outspoken critic of the Trump administration.

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Teens Respond To School Shooting

8:08am February 17, 2018

by Brian Mann

Students are speaking out in Parkland, Fla., where 17 students and staff were killed. The young people hope their pleas for help in stopping future attacks are more effective than those in the past.

During the 2017 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival last April, Mr. Okra drove his iconic produce truck and called out to customers.

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Goodbye, Mr. Okra: New Orleans Remembers Its Singing Vegetable Vendor

8:00am February 17, 2018

by Debbie Elliott

Arthur James Robinson, known as "Mr. Okra," died this week. But New Orleans residents will never forget his distinctive inventory call and his brightly-painted truck, winding through the city.

Tribal leaders worry that they will be left out of discussions surrounding major decisions affecting tribes and their land, like that of the Navajo Nation which covers parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.

Tribal Leaders: Infrastructure Bill Should Include Indian Country Priorities

5:00am February 17, 2018

by Adrienne St. Clair

"Tribal infrastructure is American infrastructure," the president of the National Congress of American Indians said in response to Trump's proposal for investing in U.S. infrastructure.

"I just wanted to leave here satisfied with what I have done and I definitely am," Nathan Chen said, after rebounding from a rough short program to make a personal-best score in the men's free skate.

Nathan Chen Turns Page, Makes Olympic History By Landing 6 Quads

1:26am February 17, 2018

by Bill Chappell

In a huge comeback, Nathan Chen spun around four times in the air during six jumps on the second and final day of the men's singles figure skating competition.

Karen McDougal, photographed in 2010, some four years after an alleged affair with Donald Trump.

Alleged Ex-Trump Paramour Says 'Catch And Kill' Practice Kept Her Quiet

11:23pm February 16, 2018

by Amy Held

Karen McDougal spoke to The New Yorker, in her first on-the-record remarks about an agreement she signed with the National Enquirer's parent company about the alleged 2006 affair.

FBI Director Christopher Wray attends the International Conference on Cyber Security on Jan. 9. The FBI says that someone called its tip line to report concerns about Nikolas Cruz, who has told police he killed 17 people in Parkland, Fla. But the bureau f

FBI Received A Tip Last Month About Florida Shooting Suspect — But Nothing Was Done

10:35pm February 16, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The caller specifically mentioned the potential for Nikolas Cruz to carry out a school shooting, but the FBI never investigated. President Trump didn't comment about it on a trip to Florida Friday.