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Rick Santorum is trying to walk back comments he made suggesting teenagers protesting gun violence would be better served by taking CPR classes instead of demanding stricter gun laws.

"Rick Santorum: ‘I Did Misspeak’ in Telling Kids to Learn CPR Instead of Marching for Gun Control" is from the March 28, 2018 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

In March 2013, Shen Jie and Liu Xi were on the cusp of starting a family — a scheduled in vitro fertilization procedure was only days away — when the Chinese couple's car slammed into a tree in Jiangsu province.

"A Chinese Couple Died in a Car Crash. Four Years Later, Their Child Was Born." is from the April 12, 2018 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

In an effort to protect students in the event of a mass shooter, a school district in Pennsylvania has “symbolically” armed its teachers — with baseball bats.

"A District Armed Its Teachers with Baseball Bats, Urging Them to Fight Back in a Mass Shooting" is from the April 11, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Paging Macaulay Culkin.In an incident reminiscent of a “Home Alone” sequel, a 12-year-old boy in Australia ran away from home last month after an argument with his mother — and flew to Bali by himself, using his parents’ credit card.

"A 12-Year-Old in Australia Had a Fight with His Mom and Ran Away — to a Resort in Bali" is from the April 24, 2018 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Peter Madsen, the Danish submarine inventor at the center of the mysterious death of Swedish freelance journalist Kim Wall, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for killing and dismembering Wall in a macabre case that has drawn international attention.

"Danish Submarine Inventor Sentenced to Life in Prison for ‘Heinous’ Murder of Journalist Kim Wall" is from the April 25, 2018 World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and Marwa Eltagouri and narrated by Sam Scholl.

The company had seen a year’s worth of slumping sales and could not meet requirements from its lenders, Remington chief financial officer Stephen Jackson said in documents filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Reuters reported.

"Remington, the Oldest U.S. Gunmaker, Files for Bankruptcy Amid Declining Sales" is from the March 26, 2018 Business section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and Derek Hawkins and narrated by Sam Scholl.

The couple was trying to flee.Federal immigration agents had just shown up at the two farmworkers’ residence in Delano, Calif., on March 13, thinking it belonged to a Mexican citizen they wanted to arrest, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said at the time. And the man who had left the house had matched “the target’s description,” officials said.The couple drove off in an SUV, so ICE agents went after them. What came next was a fatal car crash, and a narrative from ICE with discrepancies about what happened.

"A Couple Fleeing ICE Died in a Crash. Agents Might Not Have Told the Truth About Chasing Them." is from the January 00, 1900 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Marwa Eltagouri and Amy B Wang and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

Depending on whom you followed more closely, there were two accounts of the fire Saturday night that tore through a 50th-floor apartment in Trump Tower, President Trump’s namesake building on Fifth Avenue in New York.

"Trump Bragged That His Tower Withstood a Fire — But Has Been Silent About the Man Who Died in It" is from the April 08, 2018 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Less than a week ago, Leilani Estates was the picture of serenity on Hawaii’s Big Island, a subdivision in the island’s eastern Puna district filled with wooden homes nestled into tropical plant-filled lots.The eruption of the island’s most active volcano changed everything.

"‘A Very Fast-Moving Situation’: Lava Shoots Through Hawaii Neighborhood as New Fissures Form" is from the May 06, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

In 1951, a 14-year-old Australian boy named James Harrison awoke from a major chest operation. Doctors had removed one of his lungs in a procedure that had taken several hours — and would keep him hospitalized for three months.

"For Six Decades, ‘The Man with the Golden Arm’ Donated Blood — and Saved 2.4 Million Babies" is from the May 12, 2018 Lifestyle section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

PAHOA, Hawaii — In the fall of 2014, Scott Wiggers was driving through an older neighborhood on Hawaii’s Big Island when he spotted what he sensed was his dream home. The property had a gated circular driveway, with a renovated house hidden on a two-acre grove of mature fruit trees.

"‘Pele’s the Boss’: Hawaii Residents Ride out Uncertainty as Lava Spews from New Big Island Fissures" is from the May 08, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Breena Kerr and Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Police fatally shot an unarmed man in Brooklyn on Wednesday after mistaking a metal pipe he was holding for a gun, authorities said. The death of Saheed Vassell, 34, provoked hours of emotionally charged protests and has prompted the New York state attorney general to open an investigation.

"‘They Say It’s a Gun’: NYPD Releases Video, 911 Clips in Fatal Shooting of Man Holding Metal Pipe" is from the April 05, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and Wesley Lowery and narrated by Sam Scholl.

A good night’s sleep. That’s what authorities in Tampa said they hoped residents could enjoy again after the Tuesday night arrest of a man accused by police of a string of mysterious killings in the city’s Seminole Heights district over the past seven weeks.

"Mysterious Killings Paralyzed a Tampa Neighborhood. Then Police Got a Tip." is from the November 29, 2017 U.S. section of The Washington Post. It was written by Eli Rosenberg and Amy B. Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

An American tourist in Germany was beaten up by a passer-by after he began giving the Nazi salute outside a café in Dresden, police said Sunday.

"An American Tourist Gave the Nazi Salute in Germany — so a Stranger Beat Him up, Police Say" is from the August 13, 2017 WorldViews section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B. Wang and Rick Noack and narrated by Sam Scholl.

On a recent Wednesday morning, Syed Ahmed Jamal was getting ready to take his daughter to school when he was stopped outside his home in Lawrence, Kan. Officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement were on his front lawn. Before Jamal, 55, could say goodbye to his wife and three children, the ICE agents detained him and led him away in handcuffs.

"A Chemistry Professor Got His Kids Ready for School. Then ICE Arrested Him on His Front Lawn." is from the February 04, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B. Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Private investigators believe a prominent billionaire couple found dead in their Toronto mansion last month were murdered by multiple people two days before their bodies were discovered, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Saturday, citing a source “with direct knowledge of the parallel probe” into the deaths of Honey and Barry Sherman.

"Billionaire Couple from Toronto Was Murdered by Multiple People, Private Investigators Say" is from the January 21, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and narrated by Sam Scholl.

For 38 harrowing minutes, residents and tourists in Hawaii were left to believe that missiles were streaming across the sky toward the Pacific island chain after an erroneous alert Saturday morning by the state’s emergency management agency.

"‘Is This the End of My Life?’: False Alert of Missile Attack Sends Hawaii Scrambling" is from the January 14, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang, Dan Lamothe and Greg Miller and narrated by Sam Scholl.

A Colorado woman has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks, claiming an employee improperly served a cup of hot tea at a drive-through window — causing the liquid to spill, severely burning her and ultimately killing her dog, who was also in the car at the time.

"Scalding Starbucks Tea Disfigured a Woman and Killed Her Dog, Lawsuit Says" is from the September 13, 2017 Business section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Hours after a “White Lives Matter” rally unfolded Saturday in Shelbyville, Tenn. — resulting in lots of counterprotesters, but no violence — a fight broke out between a smaller group of white supremacists and an interracial couple at a restaurant in Brentwood, about 50 miles to the north.

"White Supremacists Picked Fight With an Interracial Couple After Tennessee Rally, Police Say" is from the October 29, 2017 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.

President Trump's off-the-rails Tuesday news conference — in which he once again blamed “both sides” in Charlottesville, effectively undoing his earlier conciliatory remarks — earned him another wave of backlash from world leaders Wednesday.

" 'Nazis Must Be Confronted': World Leaders Accuse Trump of 'Glossing Over' Racist Violence" is from the August 16, 2017 WorldViews section of The Washington Post. It was written by Amy B Wang and narrated by Sam Scholl.