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'I Don't Want To Leave My House': Santa Fe's Invisible Wounds

After a gunman killed eight students and two teachers at the high school in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday, memorials to the victims were created. Cory Turner/NPR hide caption

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'I Don't Want To Leave My House': Santa Fe's Invisible Wounds

A gunman killed eight students and two teachers at Santa Fe High School outside Houston — and scarred hundreds, perhaps thousands more.

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Is Sleeping With Your Baby As Dangerous As Doctors Say?

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Is Sleeping With Your Baby As Dangerous As Doctors Say?

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U.S. Puts Trade War On Hold While Talking With China, Mnuchin Says

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Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' Is Now A Musical

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Politics

Trump To Demand Review Of Surveillance Tactics In Russia Probe

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Sessions Intervenes In Salvadoran Woman's Asylum Case

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VA Says It's Trying To Improve Caregiver Program's Appeals Process

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Latin America

Venezuela's President Wins Boycotted Elections Amid Fraud Charges

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Palestinians Reflect On Their Losses After Last Week's Deadly Protests

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Trump Says He'll Demand A Probe Into Campaign Surveillance Allegations

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After a gunman killed eight students and two teachers at the high school in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday, memorials to the victims were created. Cory Turner/NPR hide caption

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'I Don't Want To Leave My House': Santa Fe's Invisible Wounds

by Cory Turner , Bridget De Chagas

'I Don't Want To Leave My House': Santa Fe's Invisible Wounds

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Pompeo Threatens 'Strongest Sanctions In History' Against Iran

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Pompeo Threatens 'Strongest Sanctions In History' Against Iran

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