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Police stand by at the scene outside the movie theatre where a man opened fire on film goers in Lafayette, Louisiana on July 23, 2015. The 58-year-old gunman opened fire inside a crowded movie theatre Thursday evening, killing two people and injuring nine others before taking his own life, police said. Photo by Lee Celano/Reuters
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Lafayette theater shooter had a ‘history of mental health issues,’ court documents reveal
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A Salvadoran father carries his son while running next to another immigrant as they try to board a train heading to the Mexican-U.S. border, in Huehuetoca, near Mexico City, June 1, 2015. An increasing number of Central Americans are sneaking across Mexico's border en route to the United States, but many of them don't end up making it very far. Picture taken June 1, 2015. Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters
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    50 years after Bob Dylan debuted his electric sound at the Newport Folk Festival, check out eight electric guitar-related facts to consider the next time you plug in. Continue reading →

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    July 23

    Thursday on the NewsHour, the Iran nuclear deal comes under fire on Capitol Hill. Also: An uncertain future for a birth control program in Colorado, 25 years of challenges and accomplishments of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the economics of trendspotting, a critically acclaimed, new book on being black in America and chef Alice Waters on inspiring young people to cook. Continue reading →

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    July 23

    In our news wrap Thursday, Islamic State militants fired across the border from Syria into Turkey, killing one soldier and wounding two others. That comes days after a suicide attack killed 32 in a southeastern Turkish town. Also, prosecutors announced that results of Sandra Bland’s autopsy show her injuries as consistent with suicide, not violent homicide. Continue reading →

  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington July 23, 2015. U.S. lawmakers skeptical about the nuclear deal with Iran promised to press senior Obama administration officials to make more information about it public at a Senate hearing on Thursday as Congress begins its two-month review of the agreement. REUTERS/Gary Cameron - RTX1LJ2N
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    Facing fire from lawmakers, Kerry warns against rejecting Iran deal
    July 23

    There were testy exchanges and blunt talk in a Senate hearing on the Iran nuclear agreement. Republicans criticized the deal, and suggested that even if it passes Congress, it could be rolled back by the next administration. Secretary of State John Kerry fought back, saying that the consequences of rejection would be a “big green light” for Iran to increase uranium enrichment. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue reading →

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    Colorado program that reduces teen pregnancy in jeopardy
    July 23

    For six years, the Colorado Family Planning Initiative has been providing free long-term birth control to teens and low-income women. The program has reduced unplanned teen pregnancies by 39 percent, and the abortion rate by 42 percent. The group has been lobbying for state funding, but Republican lawmakers have said no. Special correspondent Mary McCarthy reports. Continue reading →

  • George Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; standing left  to right Reverend Harold Wilkie, Sandra Parrino of the National Council on Disability; seated left to right, Evan Kemp, Chairman of the Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission, George Bush, Justin Dart, Chairman of the 's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities. Washington DC, USA, 26 July 1990. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images).
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    25 years on, celebrating ADA’s advances while facing stubborn barriers
    July 23

    Twenty-five years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, prohibiting employment discrimination and guaranteeing access to public places and transportation. For a look at the progress and the challenges, Judy Woodruff talks to U.S. Special Advisor for International Disability Rights Judith Heumann, Tatyana McFadden, a Paralympic wheelchair racer, and Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I. Continue reading →

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    How do companies anticipate the trends that reshape their business and our culture? Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to long-term trend spotter DeeDee Gordon about what’s gaining traction now, from gender fluidity to virtual reality. Continue reading →

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    Alice Waters teaches slow food values in a fast food world
    July 23

    Alice Waters, owner and former chef of the legendary Chez Panisse restaurant and maven of the slow food movement, says the best way to combat fast food culture is through “edible education.” Waters offers her Brief but Spectacular take on the benefits of cooking and inspiring young people to care about their food. Continue reading →

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    Bullied boy gets unexpected online message: a White House invite
    July 23

    In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, 11-year-old Logan Fairbanks of Michigan got the VIP experience while on vacation in Washington with his family. Fairbanks had posted a video of himself reading cruel internet comments that bullies had posted about him, which caught the eye of Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett, leading to a special White House invitation. Continue reading →

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    Scientists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered a natural compound that dissolves cataracts, the world’s leading cause of blindness. Continue reading →

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