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Wednesday

Trump Angers Conservatives Over Guns While Negotiating With Lawmakers On TV

President Trump speaks, watched by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, during a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress on school and community safety at the White House on Wednesday. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Politics

Trump Angers Conservatives Over Guns While Negotiating With Lawmakers On TV

In a freewheeling talk with Republican and Democratic lawmakers on curtailing gun violence, President Trump appeared to throw his support behind efforts that are opposed by the powerful gun lobby.

Was Florida Deputy A 'Coward'? School Shooting Highlights Trials Of Police Duty

Crime scene tape runs outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 18., a few days after the shooting that left 17 people dead. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption

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Here & Now Compass

Was Florida Deputy A 'Coward'? School Shooting Highlights Trials Of Police Duty

President Trump this week called the school resource officer in Parkland, Fla., a "coward" because he stayed outside during the school shooting earlier this month. The deputy is defending his actions.

Tuesday

'We Were In That School': Parkland Students Prepare To Return After Shooting

Surviving a shooting at his high school turned Gabe Glassman into a gun-control activist. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sophomore says political activism is his way of coping. Heidi Pickman/Youth Radio hide caption

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YR Media

'We Were In That School': Parkland Students Prepare To Return After Shooting

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students return to school Wednesday, two weeks after the deadly shooting. Sophomore Gabe Glassman captures what day-to-day life is like for these students now.

'We Were In That School': Parkland Students Prepare To Return After Shooting

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Monday

Pension Funds Under Pressure To Sell Off Investments In Gun-Makers

Deerfield Beach high school students arrive at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday after walking 11 miles from school to school in support of the victims of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Business

Pension Funds Under Pressure To Sell Off Investments In Gun-Makers

Since the mass killing at a Parkland, Fla., school this month, many teachers have called on funds to sell their stakes in gun-makers. But some fund managers say that may not lead to industry change.

Pension Funds Under Pressure To Sell Off Investments In Gun-Makers

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Saturday

Millennials Are No More Liberal On Gun Control Than Elders, Polls Show

Jordan Riger, 22, uses her laptop to track attendance for a weekly meeting of Students for the Second Amendment at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. She sees firearms as tools for self-defense. Hansi Lo Wang/NPR hide caption

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National

Millennials Are No More Liberal On Gun Control Than Elders, Polls Show

Polling suggests millennials are more liberal than earlier generations on many social issues except gun laws. Pollsters say they can't explain this anomaly. Some millennials are surprised by it, too.

Millennials Are No More Liberal On Gun Control Than Elders, Polls Show

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Friday

One By One, Companies Cut Ties With The NRA

The First National Bank of Omaha is among several businesses that have renounced partnerships with the National Rifle Association in the aftermath of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

One By One, Companies Cut Ties With The NRA

Advocates for stricter gun laws have coalesced under the hashtag #boycottNRA, and several companies appear to have heeded the call a little more than a week after the Parkland, Fla., school shooting.

Thursday

Florida Lawmakers Advance Bill Requiring Schools To Display 'In God We Trust'

Students chant outside the Florida House of Representatives chamber in Tallahassee Wednesday. Lawmakers passed a bill that same day that would require public schools to display the motto "In God We Trust." Mark Wallheiser/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Florida Lawmakers Advance Bill Requiring Schools To Display 'In God We Trust'

The bill's sponsor, Rep. Kimberly Daniels, said while "gun issues" need to be addressed "the real thing that needs to be addressed are issues of the heart."

Wednesday

Florida House Declines Debate On Assault Rifles, Calls Porn A 'Health Risk'

High school students from Parkland, Fla., where a young man gunned down 17 people, react as the state's House of Representatives voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles. Mark Wallheiser/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Florida House Declines Debate On Assault Rifles, Calls Porn A 'Health Risk'

The lawmakers voted 71-36 against opening up debate on the bill that would ban assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, leaving it in committees that aren't scheduled to meet during this session.

Army Awards Medal For Heroism To 3 JROTC Cadets Killed In Florida Shooting

Peter Wang is seen in this photo near a memorial in Parkland, Fla., on Friday. Peter, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was killed when former student Nikolas Cruz opened fire at the school on Feb. 14. Allen Breed/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Army Awards Medal For Heroism To 3 JROTC Cadets Killed In Florida Shooting

Freshman cadets Peter Wang, Martin Duque and Alaina Petty were given the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps' highest medal for heroism. Wang, 15, was also posthumously admitted to West Point.

Saturday

This Week's School Shooting Was A Very American Tragedy

People are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school on Feb. 14, in Parkland, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion

Simon Says

This Week's School Shooting Was A Very American Tragedy

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on this week's school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and asks if we're putting blame in the right places.

This Week's School Shooting Was A Very American Tragedy

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Thursday

17 People Died In The Parkland Shooting. Here Are Their Names

Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School gather on Thursday in Parkland, Fla. Fourteen students and three staff members were killed in a shooting at the school on Wednesday. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

17 People Died In The Parkland Shooting. Here Are Their Names

Through their grief, families and friends of the victims at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School told the stories of those who were killed on Wednesday.

2 Coaches Among Those Killed In Florida School Shooting

Aaron Feis, a football coach at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was among those shot and killed at the school on Wednesday. Facebook/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

2 Coaches Among Those Killed In Florida School Shooting

Two of those killed were beloved staff members. Chris Hixon and Aaron Feis were both coaches at the school, and they were remembered fondly by colleagues and students.

2 Coaches Among Those Killed In Florida School Shooting

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