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Top US envoy takes trip to remind the world that millions inside Syria still need aid

4:42pm June 01, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield travels to the Turkey-Syria border to remind the world of the need for continued aid for Syrians who are fleeing or in opposition-held parts of the country.

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

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The Biden administration has announced new funding to help food supply chains

3:56pm June 01, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday unveiled $2 billion in new funding to strengthen food supply chains hard hit by the pandemic.

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Survey reveals many Winston-Salem residents aren't satisfied with city safety

3:18pm June 01, 2022

by April Laissle

A new annual survey indicates Winston-Salem residents have mixed feelings

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo (third from left) stands during a news conference outside Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last Thursday. Arredondo is being criticized over the police response to the mas

Investigators say the Uvalde school district police chief isn't talking to them

12:49pm June 01, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Pete Arredondo and his department have been under new scrutiny since DPS Director Steven McCraw said the incident commander — later confirmed to be Arredondo — made a critical error.

John Durham's case against lawyer Michael Sussmann ends in acquittal

12:31pm June 01, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

A jury has acquitted lawyer Michael Sussmann on the charge of lying to the FBI, dealing a blow to special counsel John Durham, who the Trump administration appointed to look into the Mueller probe.

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Anti-abortion activists protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, May 23.

Abortion bans with no exceptions may be politically risky

11:41am June 01, 2022

by Julie Rovner

Some conservative states pressing for abortion bans with no exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother. But public opinion polls suggest those limits could cause blowback.

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Senators try to zero in on ways to address gun violence that might become law

7:48am June 01, 2022

A bipartisan group of senators is trying to settle on a narrow set of policies to address gun violence, following two shooting massacres in Texas and New York.

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Senators, 5 Democrats and 5 Republicans, negotiate ways to find a gun deal

7:48am June 01, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, about senators' efforts to address gun violence.

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News brief: senators consider gun deal, Shanghai reopens, queen's jubilee

6:57am June 01, 2022

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators delves into gun control. Shanghai residents can leave their homes after two months of lockdowns. And Queen Elizabeth celebrates her record 70 years on the throne.

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A police officer arranges bouquets of flowers in rows at a side entrance to Dunblane Primary School following a school shooting that left 16 students and one teacher dead.

In Britain, it took just one school shooting to pass major gun control

5:09am June 01, 2022

After the Dunblane massacre in Scotland left 16 students dead, parents organized to make sure it could never happen again. What can the U.S learn from them as we struggle to combat gun violence?

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