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Eric Holder on Supreme Court term limits and other proposed reforms

5:39pm May 15, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin talks with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about the debate over changes to the Supreme Court, which he advocates for in his book Our Unfinished March.

At least 10 people were killed Saturday in a mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y.

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The Buffalo suspect had threatened his high school last year, police say

3:23pm May 15, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Authorities in Buffalo say the alleged gunman had threatened a shooting at his school in 2021. He was then sent for a mental health evaluation that lasted a day and a half.

A person places flowers outside the scene of the mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sunday.

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It's 19 weeks into the year and America has already seen 198 mass shootings

1:39pm May 15, 2022

by Saeed Ahmed

This averages out to about 10 such attacks a week.

McConnell says the Senate will pass the largest Ukraine aid package yet on Wednesday

1:20pm May 15, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

The GOP leader spoke from Stockholm following a trip to Kyiv. He backed Sweden and Finland joining NATO and pushed back on more isolationist voices in his party.

A gunman shot 13 people, killing 10, at a Buffalo supermarket in what authorities say was a racially motivated hate crime.

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Officials say a gunman's attack that killed 10 was a racially motivated hate crime

12:49pm May 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The alleged shooter, an 18-year-old white male, has been arraigned on a first-degree murder charge. Authorities say most of the victims killed at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket were Black.

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The shooter in Buffalo, N.Y., appeared to have become radicalized online

12:47pm May 15, 2022

by Odette Yousef

An 18-year-old from Conklin, N.Y., drove hours to attack a grocery store in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo. He is believed to have written a racist manifesto that was briefly posted online.

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A local pastor addresses shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.

11:42am May 15, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Darius Pridgen, the president of the Buffalo Common Council and a local pastor, about Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people.

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Police respond to the scene of a mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y. At least 10 people were killed in Saturday's violence, which authorities are investigating as a racially motivated attack.

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Why NPR isn't using the word 'manifesto'

11:28am May 15, 2022

by Tony Cavin

The Buffalo suspect allegedly published a 180-page document online that repeats a series of racist conspiracy theories in an attempt to justify his plan to search out African Americans and kill them.

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N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul responds to shooting in her hometown

10:12am May 15, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe talks with New York Governor Kathy Hochul about Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured three at a grocery store in Buffalo.

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10 people are dead in an apparently planned shooting at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket

8:47am May 15, 2022

by Quil Lawrence

Yesterday, 10 people were killed and three wounded in a mass shooting in a Buffalo supermarket that appears to have been racially motivated. The shooter is in custody.