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People from New England to Virginia felt shakes from 4.8 earthquake this morning

5:59pm April 05, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

Millions of people on the East Coast got shaken up Friday morning — a magnitude 4.8 earthquake made the region tremble. The epicenter was in Lebanon, N.J.

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Nakala Murry (shown right) could potentially lose custody of her three kids after a Mississippi police officer shot and wounded her son, 11-year-old Aderrien Murry (shown left) in May 2023 after calling 911 for a domestic incident at the family's home.

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Police shot Nakala Murry's young son. Now, she could lose custody of her kids.

5:54pm April 05, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

Nakala Murry spoke exclusively to NPR about a petition that references the May 2023 shooting of Aderrien Murry. She said the move "caught her off guard."

President Biden speaks about efforts to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after surveying the damage.

Biden wants union labor to rebuild the Baltimore bridge. That could touch off a fight

5:41pm April 05, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

The House Freedom Caucus has said environmental and union wage regulations should be waived if federal money is used to rebuild Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Linda Anderson, an emergency communications technician, responds to a call at the Denver 911 dispatch center.

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Many 911 call centers are understaffed, and the job has gotten harder

5:12pm April 05, 2024

by Meg Anderson

More cities are adopting alternative response models, where mental health clinicians respond instead of police. The question of who to send usually rests with 911 workers, who are often overworked and overstressed.

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Why some adult siblings seek out joint therapy

5:12pm April 05, 2024

by Carrie Feibel

Siblings often are tied together by logistical bonds, but can be careless or rough with one another because they assume their relationship is sturdier than it is. Some siblings are turning to therapy.

Could cloned pigs solve the human organ shortage?

5:12pm April 05, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with bioethicist and professor at Lehigh University, Michael Gusmano, about the ethics of using cloned, genetically modified pigs for human organ transplants.

A dog tries on eclipse sunglasses in London in 2015. Experts say pets don't need eclipse sunglasses — in fact, quite the opposite.

How to keep pets safe during the solar eclipse, whether at home or on the road

4:27pm April 05, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Experts say pets are unlikely to be impacted by the eclipse itself — but there are steps their humans should take to help them deal with the crowds, traffic and stress.

A 99 Cents Only store is seen in Los Angeles, on Friday. A day ago, the City of Commerce discount chain with some 14,000 employees announced that it will close all 371 of its stores in California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas.

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99 Cents stores to close down all 371 locations

4:08pm April 05, 2024

by Emma Bowman

The discount chain is winding down operations at its stores across California, Texas, Arizona and Nevada, as dollar stores nationwide buckle under inflation, shoplifting and other factors.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says legalization has increased incentives for unlicensed cannabis farms and associated violent crime.

Black market cannabis thrives in California despite legalization

12:22pm April 05, 2024

by Martin Kaste

Marijuana legalization was expected to bring the industry out of the shadows. But in some states, the black market is alive and well.

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Student waits for a bridge to college to load.

This year, colleges must choose between fast financial aid offers, or accurate ones

12:01pm April 05, 2024

by Sequoia Carrillo

Colleges don't yet trust the FAFSA data the U.S. Education Department is sending them, but there's pressure to get aid offers out to students as soon as possible.