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 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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

Sen. Majority leader Mitch McConnell says he'd fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy in 2020. (Susan Walsh/AP)
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Politics & Policy

McConnell would fill potential Supreme Court vacancy in 2020, reversal of 2016 stance

Speaking to an audience in Kentucky Monday, McConnell said should a vacancy occur on the court in 2020 — a presidential election year — he would allow a vote.

6 years ago

Members of National Nurses United union members wave 'Medicare for All' signs during a rally in front of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America in Washington calling for 'Medicare for All' on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
Politics & Policy

Progressive, moderate wings of Democratic Party at odds over ‘Medicare for All’

Currently, the main “Medicare for All” proposal in the House calling for guaranteed health insurance for every American has just over 100 co-sponsors.

6 years ago

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San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott answers questions during a May 21 news conference. Scott has apologized for a raid on a freelance journalist's home. (Eric Risberg/AP)
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Courts & Law

San Francisco police chief apologizes for raid on home of freelance journalist

The chief of the San Francisco Police Department, Bill Scott, issued an apology Friday for a recent raid on the home of a freelance journalist.

6 years ago

The Martinez family stands in front of their home in New Jersey. During a speech at her graduation, Alondra said to her parents:
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Community

Hispanic unemployment has hit record lows. But does that mean progress?

Across the U.S. today, there are plenty of jobs. Unemployment for Latinos is at 4.2% — the lowest in recorded history. And their poverty rate has gone down somewhat, to 18.3%.

6 years ago

U.S. Marine Tim Chambers salutes to participants in last year's Rolling Thunder motorcycle demonstration. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
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Lifestyle

Rolling to a halt: Memorial Day motorcycle rally ends 30-year tradition

After a three-decade run, a veteran advocacy group will hold its last motorcycle demonstration ride – called "Rolling Thunder" – in the U.S. capital this Memorial Day weekend.

6 years ago

Crews work at the site of a sinkhole along the Mariner East pipeline route near the Pennsylvania State Police barracks on Route 1 in Delaware County on Thursday, April 25, 2019. Pipeline builder Energy Transfer/Sunoco said there were no leaks and no pipelines were exposed. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Federal pipeline safety regulators issue warning on floods and subsidence

The PHMSA advisory bulletin says pipeline incidents caused by erosion have increased in the eastern U.S.

6 years ago

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