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Floodwaters from the Arkansas River line either side of a road in Russellville, Arkansas, engulfing businesses and vehicles. (Nathan Rott/NPR)
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Community

‘We all owe Al Gore an apology’: More people see climate change in record flooding

A string of natural disasters has hit the U.S. in recent weeks. While none of these events can be directly attributed to climate change, for many the connection seems clear.

6 years ago

Georgia state Rep. Erica Thomas speaks during a protest against recently passed abortion-ban bills at the state Capitol on May 21 in Atlanta. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Poll: Majority want to keep abortion legal, but they also want restrictions

The poll comes as several states have pushed to limit abortions in hopes of getting the Supreme Court to reconsider the issue.

6 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence tours JLS Automation in York, Pa., Thursday, June 6, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pence touts trade pact benefits in Pennsylvania stop

Vice President Mike Pence toured York-based JLS Automation, a robotics maker in Pennsylvania and urged Congress to pass a new trade pact with Canada and Mexico.

6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump stands with World War II veterans during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday, June 6, 2019. World leaders are gathered Thursday in France to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (David Vincent/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

D-Day at 75: Are we worthy?

Are we worthy inheritors of what the D-Day fighters bequeathed us?

6 years ago

In this 2015 photo, then-school resource officer Scot Peterson spoke at a school board meeting of Broward County in Florida. Peterson was arrested on Tuesday and faces 11 charges in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. (Broward County Public Schools via AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

‘His inaction cost lives’: Deputy in Parkland shooting arrested, faces 11 charges

Scot Peterson, if convicted, could get more than 96 years in prison. He is charged with criminal counts that include child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury.

6 years ago

Lawmakers have approved disaster aid funds to communities like Reno, Okla., which was struck by tornadoes last week. (Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House passes $19.1 billion disaster bill despite earlier GOP efforts to stall it

The Senate negotiated the bipartisan legislation, which provides money for states and territories, including Puerto Rico, that are recovering from natural disasters.

6 years ago

 Elsie Allen, center, huddles with her daughters Jenna Allen, right, and Krista Allen-Parra, left, and her grandson Shawn Flores, all of Orlando, as they visit for the first time the scene of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting from a block away Friday, June 17, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Community

Mass shootings transform how America talks, prays, prepares

The attacks have changed how America talks, prays and prepares for trouble. Today, the phrases "active shooter" and "shelter in place" need no explanation.

6 years ago

Christi Dewar, a survivor of the Virginia Beach mass shooting, stands with her son, Charles Dewar III, next to the office complex where a gunman killed 12 and injured several others on Friday. (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
NPR
Community

Virginia Beach shooting survivor says victim laid down his life to save colleagues

Christi Dewar, a government employee in Virginia Beach, says her co-worker Ryan Keith Cox died attempting to provide safety amid rapid gunfire.

6 years ago

Rain obscures the view of a tornado on May 28 in Lawrence, Kan. (Kyle Rivas/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Scientists know how tornadoes form, but they are hard to predict

On Monday, 52 tornadoes may have touched down across eight states, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

6 years ago

Children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla., in February. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Immigrant advocates ask court to release unaccompanied minors detained in Florida

Under the settlement known as Flores, reached in 1997, unaccompanied minors can be detained for no more than 20 days.

6 years ago

In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, photo, Maria Orbelina Cortez, (right), walks with her 3-year-old son, Julio, (center), and a worker at the Catholic Charities shelter in McAllen, Texas. Orbelina says she decided to flee El Salvador after her husband attacked her and caused a pan of hot oil to fall, scalding Julio and leaving a scar on his head. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
Courts & Law
ProPublica

Over 200 allegations of abuse of migrant children; 1 case of Homeland Security disciplining someone

From 2009 to 2014, at least 214 complaints were filed against federal agents for abusing or mistreating migrant children.

6 years ago

Abortion-rights supporters take part in a protest in St. Louis. A St. Louis judge heard an hour of arguments Thursday on Planned Parenthood's request for a temporary restraining order that would prohibit the state from allowing the license for Missouri's only abortion clinic to lapse at midnight Friday. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)
NPR
Health

Missouri’s last abortion provider wins reprieve, as judge rules against state

The judge granted the clinic's request for a temporary restraining order and set a hearing date in early June.

6 years ago

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ted Cruz vowed on Twitter to work together on legislation banning members of Congress who leave office from lobbying. (Alex Wong/Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ted Cruz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez team up to ban lawmakers from lobbying

The so-called revolving door of Washington has been spinning for years.

6 years ago

Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April as the justices hear oral arguments over the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census.
NPR
Courts & Law

GOP redistricting strategist played role in push for census citizenship question

Thomas Hofeller concluded that adding the question would produce the data needed to redraw political maps that would be "advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites."

6 years ago

Jake Powell, who works in New York City, is originally from Wyoming. Powell joined the PrEP4All movement after having to go off the drug for six months because it was too costly, even for someone with health insurance.
(Courtesy of Brandon Cuicchi)
NPR
Health

Old fight, new front: AIDS activists want lower drug prices. Now!

To meet this new moment, Staley says, PrEP4All activists are using some of the same broad tactics as ACT UP, but also increasing their activity behind the scenes.

6 years ago

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