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Men Charged With Murder Of Ahmaud Arbery Plead Not Guilty

Friday, July 17, 2020

Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., pleaded not guilty to counts including felony murder. The men are accused of killing a Black jogger in Georgia.

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A Teacher Who Contracted COVID-19 Cautions Against In-Person Schooling

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Three teachers in rural Arizona contracted COVID-19 after working together in a classroom. One of them died. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jena Martinez-Inzunza about her experience.

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Miami Hospital ICU Doctor: New Influx Of Patients Is Younger Than Before

Monday, July 13, 2020

Dr. David J. De La Zerda, the director of medical ICU at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, says that many of the patients he's seeing are people in their 20s, 30s and 40s with no medical history.

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Regardless Of What You Think, 'Irregardless' Is A Word

Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Grammarians are up in arms over dictionaries including "irregardless." The Merriam-Webster dictionary responds: "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."

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Phoenix Mayor Says The City Is In A 'Crisis Situation,' Needs Help

Monday, July 06, 2020

Arizona is now one of the worst COVID-19 hot spots in the Unites States. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego about how her city is managing the outbreak.

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Mississippi Health Officer: Wear A Mask Because Coronavirus 'Isn't Going Anywhere'

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs about the state's drastic uptick in coronavirus cases. Some hospital ICUs are on the edge of capacity.

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Lachlan Morton Sets A Bicycling 'Everesting' Record

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

More and more bicyclists are breaking records of "Everesting": climbing the height equal to Mount Everest by riding a single hill, up and down, over and over again.

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Police Researcher: Officers Have Similar Biases Regardless Of Race

Monday, June 22, 2020

Rashawn Ray, who studies the intersection of race and policing, says officers have similar implicit biases, especially about Black people.

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NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace On Confederate Flag Ban: 'A Long Time Coming'

Friday, June 12, 2020

Bubba Wallace is the only black driver to race full time in NASCAR's top series. He tells All Things Considered that banning the Confederate flag will bring in people who felt uncomfortable before.

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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser: 'Not At All' Reconsidering Police Funding

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser tells All Things Considered that she's not considering cutting police funding in the city. Bowser has proposed an increase in police funding in the city's budget.

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Former Chief Of Reformed Camden, N.J., Force: Police Need 'Consent Of The People'

Monday, June 08, 2020

Amid a public safety crisis, the Camden police dissolved and re-formed in 2013 as a new department. Scott Thomson, who led both forces, says police must work to be "legitimate" in their communities.

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How A Mother Protects Her Black Teenage Son From The World

Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Minnesota state Rep. Ruth Richardson doesn't want her teenage son, Shawn, a track athlete, to go running outside. "You can't do the same things that your white friends do," she remembers telling him.

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USC Professor On How Protests Have Changed Since LA Riots In 1992

Monday, June 01, 2020

USC law professor Jody David Armour tells All Things Considered that in 1992, people viewed police who beat Rodney King as "bad apples." But now, "we see a persistent and pervasive pattern."

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Mayor Of Montgomery, Ala.: 'We Have Not Won The Battle With COVID-19 Yet'

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Almost half of the COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County, Ala., were confirmed in the last 14 days. Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed says one problem is people who "have decided that the pandemic is over."

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Ilhan Omar On Her Memoir And Moving The Needle Toward Progressive Policies

Sunday, May 24, 2020

Rep. Ilhan Omar has a new memoir about her journey to Congress after fleeing civil war in Somalia. She talked with NPR about her life and her hopes for future coronavirus relief measures.

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Harvard Researchers Find 'Inequality On Top Of Inequality' In COVID-19 Deaths

Friday, May 22, 2020

By studying the number of all current deaths compared to those in previous years, researchers have found that high-poverty, crowded areas where people of color live have been hard hit by the pandemic.

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Pennsylvania Health Secretary Defends 'Universal' Nursing Home Testing Plan

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine responded to critics who say there are holes in the state's plan to test all residents and staff at nursing homes: "The plan is an evolution."

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Ford Reopens With 'Rechoreographed' Factories

Monday, May 18, 2020

Almost 60,000 Ford workers were back on the job in the U.S. on Monday. Ford head Jim Hackett says the company's factories "create the distance that we're going to need for this to work well."

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Kevin Harvick Wins As NASCAR Returns Without Fans

Sunday, May 17, 2020

NASCAR is the first major sport to return since the coronavirus shutdown. "We miss the fans," driver Kevin Harvick said as he emerged victorious from his car.

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12 Firefighters Injured In Los Angeles Blaze, Explosion

Sunday, May 17, 2020

The fire and explosion happened at a supplier for companies that make concentrated resin of marijuana. Two firefighters were in critical condition Sunday.

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