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Former President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022
Politics & Policy

Obama, Biden honor late Senate leader Harry Reid as man ‘who got things done’

Democratic leaders recalled Reid — often laughingly — as a man whose impatience for pleasantries was part of a drive to improve the lives of ordinary Americans.

5 years ago

File photo: Vice President Mike Pence listens after reading the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The chair of the Jan. 6 panel says the committee will ask Mike Pence to appear

The chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack says they'll ask former Vice President Mike Pence to testify by month's end.

5 years ago

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)
Health

In omicron outbreak, U.S. governors lose appetite for mandates

Governors across the U.S. took sweeping action during earlier surges of COVID-19, but are taking a much different approach during the record-setting omicron outbreak.

5 years ago

FILE -  Sidney Poitier, star of
Arts & Entertainment

Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies

Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, has died at 94.

5 years ago

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JANUARY 05: A sign on the fence outside of Lowell elementary school welcomes students on January 05, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Classes at all of Chicago public schools have been canceled today by the school district after the teacher's union voted to return to virtual learning, citing unsafe conditions in the schools as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to spread.   (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

What it really takes to keep schools open during the omicron surge

5 years ago

Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol
NPR
Politics & Policy

One year after Jan. 6, signs of a nation deeper in peril

A year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a growing realization that traditional tools to counter extremism in the U.S. may not apply.

5 years ago

Trump supporters participate in a rally ahead of a violent insurrection at the Capitol building
Politics & Policy

‘Hatred in the eyes’: How racist rage animated Jan. 6 riots

For people of color, the attack was more than a violent challenge to a free and fair election — it was an eerily familiar display of white supremacist violence.

5 years ago

Security bike fences stand near the West Front of the U.S. Capitol
NPR
Courts & Law

Where the investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection stands, one year later

Officials say the probe is one of the largest and most resource-intensive investigations in American history. More than 700 people have been charged already.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection in Statuary Hall
Politics & Policy

Biden warns of U.S. peril from Trump’s ‘dagger’ at democracy

Biden used the anniversary of the attack Thursday to warn that America’s system of government remains under urgent threat.

5 years ago

People shelter in the House gallery as pro-Trump insurrectionists try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol
Politics & Policy

‘We were trapped’: Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers for lawmakers

In interviews with The Associated Press a year later, many of the lawmakers recall that they thought they were going to die.

5 years ago

Fox News Channel and radio talk show host Sean Hannity (left) interviews U.S. President Donald Trump before a campaign rally at the Las Vegas Convention Center on September 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.   (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House Jan. 6 committee seeks to question Fox News’ Sean Hannity

In its request to speak with Hannity, the panel disclosed newly revealed texts he allegedly sent.

5 years ago

People line up to get tested for COVID-19 at a testing site in Washington, DC
NPR
Health

More than 1 million Americans were diagnosed with COVID over the long holiday weekend

The U.S. hit a new record high for infections in a single day on Monday, with 1,082,549 new cases recorded. Hospitalizations are also on the rise, but not at the same rate.

5 years ago

Travelers line up at O'Hare International Airport
NPR
Lifestyle

Thousands of airline passengers are stranded. Here’s what to do if you’re one of them

Thousands of flights have been canceled, leaving travelers scrambling to figure out how to book new seats and get reimbursements for added expenses.

5 years ago

Health care workers administer nasal swabs to drivers and passengers at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site
Health

Omicron upends return to U.S. schools and workplaces

Across the U.S., new COVID-19 cases have tripled in the past two weeks to over 400,000 a day, the highest level on record, amid a rush by many Americans to get tested.

5 years ago

An empty classroom
NPR
Health

Officials are determined to keep schools open, despite omicron

As the pandemic slides into a fifth school semester, there is less appetite than ever among U.S. leaders for schools to go remote.

5 years ago

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