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A Look At Immigration From A Virginia Town With A Fast-Growing Hispanic...

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Immigration is near the top of the list of issues Americans find the most worrying. That's according to a recent poll conducted for NPR by...

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Amid A Hispanic Boom, Conflicting Feelings On Immigration

Immigration is near the top of the list of issues Americans find "the most worrying," according to a new poll conducted for NPR by the research firm Ipsos. But Americans' views on immigration diverge...

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Firearms And Dementia: How Do You Convince A Loved One To Give Up Their Guns?

Families of people with dementia will often take away the car keys to keep their family member safe. They might remove knobs from stove burners or lock up medicine. But what's less talked about is the...

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Gun Shops Work With Doctors To Prevent Suicide By Firearm

Doctors across the U.S. have become increasingly vocal in addressing gun violence as a public health crisis, a posture that recently has drawn the wrath of the National Rifle Association. Yet, in...

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2018 Brought A 'Tectonic Shift' In The Gun Control Movement, Advocates Say

Gun control advocates view 2018 as a turning point in their campaign to strengthen the country's gun laws. They cite widespread success in passing laws through state legislatures. They're also buoyed...

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Parkland Family Reflects On A Year Of Anguish And Activism

Carmen Schentrup was one week away from celebrating her 17th birthday when she was killed in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A talented musician and...

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'Gracious Address' By Queen Elizabeth II Won't Have All The Ceremonial Dress

It all started with vellum. We were led to believe that Queen Elizabeth's speech opening a new session of the British parliament next week was being delayed because it had to be printed on vellum: a...

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Parkland Family Reflects On A Year Of Anguish And Activism

Carmen Schentrup was one week away from celebrating her 17th birthday when she was killed in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A talented musician and...

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'Gracious Address' By Queen Elizabeth II Won't Have All The Ceremonial Dress

It all started with vellum. We were led to believe that Queen Elizabeth's speech opening a new session of the British parliament next week was being delayed because it had to be printed on vellum: a...

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Parkland Family Reflects On A Year Of Anguish And Activism

Carmen Schentrup was one week away from celebrating her 17th birthday when she was killed in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A talented musician and...

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'Gracious Address' By Queen Elizabeth II Won't Have All The Ceremonial Dress

It all started with vellum. We were led to believe that Queen Elizabeth's speech opening a new session of the British parliament next week was being delayed because it had to be printed on vellum: a...

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Parkland Family Reflects On A Year Of Anguish And Activism

Carmen Schentrup was one week away from celebrating her 17th birthday when she was killed in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A talented musician and...

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'Gracious Address' By Queen Elizabeth II Won't Have All The Ceremonial Dress

It all started with vellum. We were led to believe that Queen Elizabeth's speech opening a new session of the British parliament next week was being delayed because it had to be printed on vellum: a...

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Parkland Family Reflects On A Year Of Anguish And Activism

Carmen Schentrup was one week away from celebrating her 17th birthday when she was killed in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. A talented musician and...

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Imagining Daniel Day-Lewis In A Life Without Acting

He brooded, as Lincoln. He seduced in The Unbearable Lightness of Being . And he murdered, in There Will Be Blood. This week, Daniel Day-Lewis — a three-time Oscar winner, and incomparable film...

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Meyers Chuck, AK, 99903

There are only two ways to get to Meyers Chuck, Alaska: by boat or float plane. If you go by plane, you might hitch a ride on a de Havilland Beaver, circa 1958 — one of the planes that brings the mail...

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Young Astronaut Hopeful Gets NASA Tour Of His (Space) Dreams

Sixteen-year-old Murad Rahimov peered down into a gigantic space he had only dreamed about before: the world's largest clean room, kept scrupulously free of any dust or contamination, where NASA...

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'You Have To Help': Gulf Coast Neighbors Fly, Cook And Organize For Harvey...

Right after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, electrician Rocky Breaux, 53, loaded up his airboat in Houma, La., and drove to help rescue people from the swiftly rising floodwaters. And now that the waters...

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'They're Scared': Immigration Fears Exacerbate Migrant Farmworker Shortage

On a recent, perfect morning at Johnson Farms in northern Michigan, workers climb wooden ladders high up into the trees, picking bags strapped across their bodies. The branches are heavy with fruit...

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Tom Petty's Songs Served As Anthems For Many Generations

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A moment now to remember one of rock music's most-beloved musicians. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMERICAN GIRL") TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS:...

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