National & International News from NPR
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Some jurisdictions have weakened their public health authorities in response to criticism of lockdowns, school closures, mask mandates, vaccine requirements and other COVID-era restrictions.
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Russell Gossett/NPRIn the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved. -
CArol Valade/AFP/via Getty ImagesThere is an effective vaccine for Ebola — but not for the variety spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trials are going on for several candidates. How long will it take? -
Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty ImagesBrady, a nonprofit gun control advocacy group, is suing the ATF and the DOJ over their refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are. -
Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty ImagesThe U.N. peacekeeping mission for Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said one peacekeeper was killed and others were wounded when they came under mortar fire in southeastern Lebanon.
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Senate Republicans are moving forward on a bill to fund immigration enforcement through the end of Trump's term. And, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire that could aid in ending the war in Iran.
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Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty ImagesA new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. -
Jonaki Mehta/NPRSome students with disabilities rely on assistive technology to learn, and they worry it could be swept up in the movement to get screens out of schools. -
CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFPJust 3% of U.S. households pay for AI for personal use. Sign ups are growing — even though Americans have subscription fatigue.
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