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"If you do say, 'Yes, my child has seen a counselor or a therapist or a psychologist,' what does the school then do with that?" asks Laura Goodhue, who has a 9-year-old son on the autism spectrum and a 10-year-old son who has seen a psychologist. Andrea D'Aquino for NPR hide caption

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Parents Are Leery Of Schools Requiring 'Mental Health' Disclosures By Students

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Thursday

An agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms trains a sniffer dog at its facility in Front Royal, Va. Brian Naylor/NPR hide caption

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In Dog-Eat-Dog World Of Congress, 2 GOP Lawmakers Spar Over Canine Training Facility

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Ayub Ali, 61, was fatally shot during a robbery at Aunt Molly's Food Store on Tuesday in North Lauderdale, Fla. Courtesy of Mirza Mustaque hide caption

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Thursday

Scot Peterson addresses a Broward County school board meeting in 2015. The former school resource officer, criticized for remaining outside during the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., began receiving a monthly pension of more than $8,000 in April. AP hide caption

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Broward Sheriff's deputies surround a men's bathroom at the Deerfield Beach pier in Florida, where a loaded gun was found — after fired — on Sunday. Joe Cavarett/Sun-Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images hide caption

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Nikolas Cruz has been represented by attorneys appointed by the Broward Public Defender's Office — but a judge is now weighing whether he can afford his own legal team. Cruz stands to inherit thousands of dollars. Sun-Sentinel hide caption

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Zachary Cruz, the brother of the Florida school shooting suspect, makes his first appearance before a judge earlier this week, after he was arrested for trespassing on the grounds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool hide caption

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Wednesday

Tuesday

Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife Sherri speak during a press conference at the entrance to the First Baptist Church, after a mass shooting that killed 26 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas, last November. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Tuesday

The Broward County state attorney will seek the death penalty in its case against Nikolas Cruz, who is charged with 17 counts of murder in the Parkland, Fla., shooting. Cruz is seen here at a hearing Feb. 19 in Fort Lauderdale. Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

An MIT study tracked 126,000 stories and found that false ones were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than ones that were true. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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Can You Believe It? On Twitter, False Stories Are Shared More Widely Than True Ones

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Thursday

Friday

Vince Warner fires an AK-47 with a bump stock installed at Good Guys Gun and Range in Utah. A significant majority of Americans favor outlawing the attachment, according to the latest NPR/Ipsos poll. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption

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NPR Poll: After Parkland, Number of Americans Who Want Gun Restrictions Grows

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Thursday

Demonstrators hold signs Feb. 19 during a "lie-in" protest supporting gun control reform near the White House. A gun control rally set for Washington on March 24 will be held on Pennsylvania Avenue, not on the National Mall as originally planned. Zach Gibson/Getty Images hide caption

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