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The U.S.
and Iran open talks in a bid to avoid a war.
President Trump, though, moved Navy ships and warplanes to the region for possible military strikes.
What happens if talks fall apart this time?
I'm Stephen Skeep with Leila Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
Democrats gave a detailed list of demands to change how immigration agents operate.
Lawmakers have a week to reach an agreement or lose funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
Agencies like the TSA and FEMA could be affected if Congress doesn't reach a deal in time.
And the FBI confirms a ransom letter in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie,
the mother of today's show host Savannah Guthrie.
But no direct contact has been made with the family yet.
What's the latest in the investigation?
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Akilah Sherrill's remembers the day in 1992 when the Bloods and Crips gangs in his Watts neighborhood agreed to a ceasefire.
We had a barbecue.
It was like it became a family reunion.