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Measles spreads quickly in communities where vaccination rates are low - and vaccine hesitancy has been on the rise for years. But amid a growing outbreak in Texas, vaccine enthusiasm is growing, as parents try to get their kids vaccinated early.

Film and TV production has been moving out of Los Angeles for the past few years. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled a proposal to reverse that trend, but industry leaders are still worried.

On Thursday, President Obama met with Senate Democrats. Then he met with House Republicans. And White House staff members continued talks with their counterparts from the House GOP leadership. All that talking just a day after there was radio silence between the two parties. One strong possibility for the change in attitudes is a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that shows that the majority of Americans blame Republicans for the ongoing government shutdown and just 20 percent of people approve of the Republican party.

After Trump took office, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan gained extraordinary access to the White House, and the U.S. approved large artificial intelligence chip sales to the UAE.

The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public media and foreign aid. It heads back to the House for final passage.

A Senate committee takes up the farm bill. They are finding it difficult to rein in the automatic payments that go to commodity crop farmers. Critics say the bill continues to the benefit of a small number of big farms.

The unrest in Ukraine has now shifted eastward to Crimea. The region is an autonomous part of Ukraine, but with strong links to Russia, including a naval base.

Ed Stack is a gun owner who was a longtime Republican donor. A year after Dick's Sporting Goods became an unlikely corporate face of gun control, it sees the fallout from its policy and lobbying.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her new database, Array Crew, and how it may help diversify who works on the sets of Hollywood productions.

Higher utility bills. Rising home insurance costs. Damage from floods, wildfires and hurricanes. Climate change is hitting Americans' bank accounts, and older adults are particularly at risk.