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Daily Video February 25 2016

Obama makes last push to close Guantanamo prison
President Barack Obama took steps Tuesday to make a final effort to finally close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.
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Daily Video February 24 2016

Trump wins Republican Nevada caucuses
Donald Trump easily won Nevada’s Republican caucuses on Tuesday, taking home about 45 percent of the vote. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio placed second with 24 percent and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took third with 21 percent.
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Daily Video February 23 2016

Elephants offer clues to cancer’s secrets
Former circus elephants will retire from the big top tent this spring, but their work improving human lives has only just begun.
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Daily Video February 22 2016

Trump and Clinton pull off weekend wins, look to Super Tuesday
On the heels of weekend wins for Hillary Clinton in the Nevada Democratic caucuses and Donald Trump in the South Carolina Republican primary, the question of what’s next arises for the presidential candidates.
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Post February 22 2016

Pope v. Trump: When religion and politics collide — Class Activity
Pope Francis became the latest public figure to find himself in Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's crosshairs this week while on a trip to Mexico.
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Daily Video February 19 2016

Montgomery police honor civil rights history in officer training
In Montgomery, Alabama, County Police Chief Kevin Murphy recognized that many of his younger police officers were not aware of the turbulent civil rights history of their city.
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Post February 19 2016

World News Quiz: Missiles, war games and a Mexico trip
Have your students take this fun, 5-minute quiz to test their news knowledge from the past week!
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Lesson Plan February 18 2016

Lesson Plan: How the Civil Rights Movement embodied a time of change

The Civil Rights Movement did not begin suddenly in the 1960s, nor was it a short battle. To understand the enormity of the famous March on Washington, we compiled a timeline of major civil rights events in the 100 years leading up to August 20, 1963.
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Daily Video February 18 2016

Apple cites privacy concerns, resists government access to iPhone
A legal battle between the makers of the iPhone and the U.S. government could set a major precedent for the issue of privacy vs. security.
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Daily Video February 17 2016

Republicans focus on national security ahead of South Carolina primary
Voters in Nevada and Iowa will have their turn to weigh in on who they think should be the Republican and Democratic nominees for president this Saturday.
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