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The FCC says it costs subscribers an average of $231 a year to rent the boxes that enable them to watch cable TV. The president supports making it easier for viewers to buy the boxes instead.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Randy Morris, superintendent of the Kingsburg Joint Union High School District in California. This week, the school board voted to allow up to five employees on each school campus within the district to carry guns.

The University of California, Davis, hired companies to scrub the Internet of any references to a pepper spray incident that occurred on the campus in 2011. This revelation comes amidst calls for the resignation of Chancellor Linda Katehi who hired the contractors. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sam Stanton of the Sacramento Bee, who broke the story.

AMC said on Thursday it was considering allowing texting in some of its movie theaters. The outrage was immediate and loud, and on Friday, the company announced that it had reconsidered.

Successful science learning starts with understanding student misconceptions, argues a Harvard professor.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with reporter Jack Losh about the proliferation of landmines and unexploded ordinance in Ukraine that are killing and wounding soldiers and civilians.

Pope Francis visited the Lesbos Saturday to draw attention to the plight of the thousands of migrants who have tried to escape war, oppression and poverty by fleeing to Europe.

Rep. Slaughter, one of the longest-serving women in Congress, discusses the campaign issues and why she's stumping for Clinton.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of emergency in nine counties after widespread flooding across Houston.

More than two dozen people are dead and more than 300 wounded in a Taliban attack in the Afghan capital Tuesday.