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Rabbi Sped To Scene Of School Shooting To Be There For Students And Parents

9:49am February 16, 2018

NPR host David Greene talks to Rabbi Shuey Biston, who serves a community near this week's school shooting in Parkland, Fla. He talks about how the young people of his synagogue were affected.

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Candlelight Vigil Attendees Rage Against Politicians For School Violence

9:49am February 16, 2018

by Brian Mann

Thousands of students, teachers and other mourners gathered at sunset in Parkland, Fla., Thursday. They honored the 17 victims of Wednesday's mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Florida High School Shooting Update

9:49am February 16, 2018

by Greg Allen

We get the latest developments on the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., where 17 people were killed on Wednesday. Authorities revealed more about the shooter and victims on Thursday.

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News Brief: Florida School Shooting, Immigration Plans Stall, Olympics

5:11am February 16, 2018

The 19-year-old shooter at a Florida high school has confessed to investigators. Also, the Senate failed to pass any immigration plan before a self-imposed deadline and we have an Olympics update.

Intervening Early To Stop Killers

5:11am February 16, 2018

Preventing school site mass killings requires early intervention. David Greene talks with Brian Van Brunt, the executive director of the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association.

Coral Bay, on the eastern end of St. John, is home to an active sailing community. For months, the Coast Guard has been using a crane boat and barge to retrieve sunken vessels.

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Coast Guard Reels In Hundreds Of Sunken And Cast-Off Boats In Virgin Islands

5:01am February 16, 2018

by Greg Allen

Nearly six months after the hurricanes, the slow task of removing derelict boats goes on in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It doesn't help that many boat owners simply abandoned their vessels.

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This Community Reporter Has Covered 3 Mass Shootings In 3 Years

11:58pm February 15, 2018

At 23-years-old, Palm Beach Post reporter Lulu Ramadan has covered three mass shootings. Wednesday's at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., is just the latest. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ramadan about her views on these events and their frequency.

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Why The AR-15 Is America's Rifle

11:58pm February 15, 2018

by Alain Stephens

The AR-15 semi-automatic rifle is one of the most popular weapons in America. It's also been the weapon of choice for several mass murderers, including the gunman who killed 17 people on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

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President Trump Plans To Visit Parkland, Fla., After School Shooting

11:58pm February 15, 2018

by Scott Horsley

President Trump offered words of comfort in the wake of Wednesday's deadly school shooting in Florida. He offered little in the way of specific policy prescriptions to prevent a repeat of the tragedy.

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For His Book 'Directorate S,' Journalist Steve Coll Dives Into Pakistan's Spy Agency

11:58pm February 15, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Steve Coll, dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, about his new book, Directorate S: The C.I.A and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016. The book picks up the narrative of the CIA from where Coll's previous book Ghost Wars left off.

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