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Texas Community Reels After Latest School Shooter Kills 10

A 17-year-old high school student has been charged with capital murder for the deaths of 10 people at his high school near Houston, Texas. The shooter was arrested alive.

Proposed Changes To Title X Funding Likely To Hurt Low-Income Women

Health care providers in Maine that receive Title X funding are condemning the Trump administration’s proposed rule that would block them from referring patients to abortion services.

10 Killed When Guman Opens Fire In Texas High School

NPR’s Scott Simon has the latest news on the shooting that killed nine students and one teacher at Santa Fe High School in Galveston, Texas, on Friday.

N.H. Liquor Stores Are At The Center Of Cross-Border Bootlegging Stings

New Hampshire’s state-run tax free liquor stores draw in customers from across the region. They also draw in modern-day bootleggers, prompting a wave of recent arrests.

The Russia Investigations: Big Questions Answered, More Big Questions Raised

This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee unleashed everything it has about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting. But many answers remain elusive.

Kentucky Derby Winner Justify Is Favored To Win Soggy Preakness

An eight-horse field is set for Saturday’s race at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course, and it’s expected to be a two-horse race: Justify and Good Magic.

Surprise! Trump Nominates Acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie To Fill Role Permanently

Following the disastrous nomination of the president’s last pick, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, veterans groups say they hope the embattled agency can finally get back on track.

FEMA Denies Contract Extension In Puerto Rico, Power Crews Head Home

About one percent of the island’s customers remain without power eight months after Hurricane Maria. Officials say power restoration will be done by May 31.

President Trump Nominates Robert Wilkie To Head Veterans Affairs Department

President Trump is nominating the current acting VA secretary, Robert Wilkie, as secretary. Trump made the surprise announcement at a White House meeting and said Wilkie “doesn’t know this yet.”

Health Care Providers Say Title X Change Would Restrict Access To Family Planning Services

Family planning clinics in Texas say that the Trump administration’s proposed rules will further hamper their ability to provide family planning services in a state that has high teen pregnancy rates.

The History Of Title X Throughout U.S. History

The Title X restrictions proposed by the Trump administration are modeled after a similar policy from the Reagan era. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Florida State University law professor Mary Ziegler about the history of this policy.

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