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Excited To See Metallica, New York Teenager Loses Car In Toronto

7:04am July 24, 2017

After the concert, Gavin Strickland wandered around for hours looking for his car. With the help of a woman who likes scavenger hunts, Strickland drove his car back home to New York.

Man Gets Stuck In Trash Chute Trying To Retrieve Phone

6:45am July 24, 2017

In Washington, D.C., a man had to be rescued after he accidentally dropped a cellphone into an apartment building's trash chute. Rescuers eventually hauled him out using a harness.

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Derrick Johnson Named NAACP's Interim Leader

6:26am July 24, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

The NAACP is holding its national convention in Baltimore to chart a new direction for the civil rights organization. Over the weekend, Derrick Johnson was named interim CEO.

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San Antonio police officers are seen in a parking lot where eight people were found dead in a tractor-trailer that contained at least 30 others outside a Walmart store.

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At Least 9 Dead, Dozens More Found In Tractor-Trailer In San Antonio

10:05pm July 23, 2017

by James Doubek

A 60-year-old Florida man is in federal custody over a case of apparent human trafficking in Texas. San Antonio emergency personnel found 39 people in the back of a truck in a Walmart parking lot.

Former Detroit police chief Ike McKinnon (L), Motown musician David Coffey (center), and former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer (R).

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'Going There': 3 Prominent Detroit Natives Reflect On The 1967 Riot

8:32pm July 23, 2017

In 1967, more than 150 riots erupted across the country. But one in particular seemed to consume the national conversation: Detroit. Three prominent Detroit figures share their stories from that time.

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Norman Lippitt puts his feet up in his Birmingham, Mich., office.

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Defense Attorney For Police In 'Algiers Motel Shooting': 'Am I A Soulless Person?'

8:24pm July 23, 2017

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Norman Lippitt defended Detroit police officers after the 1967 death of three black men, in what's known as the Algiers Motel shooting. NPR's Michel Martin discusses the case with Lippitt.

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Snooty the manatee, seen here in 2013, died after becoming trapped in an underwater plumbing area, according to the South Florida Museum in Bradenton, Fla.

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Snooty The Manatee Dies, And A Florida Community Mourns

4:22pm July 23, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Snooty was the oldest manatee in captivity — and he was believed to be the oldest on record, according to the South Florida Museum in Bradenton.

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'Digging In The Trash': How Poor Southerners Are Seen

8:05am July 23, 2017

Novelist David Joy grew up in rural North Carolina, in a community plagued by poverty. He speaks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his people's struggle to be heard by wider society.

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After Fire Evacuation, Californians Return To Burned Homes

8:05am July 23, 2017

by Vanessa Rancaño

A wildfire in California's Central Valley forced the evacuation of thousands of people and destroyed dozens of homes.

A fisherman holds out a fish for a seal off of a boat owned by Carlos Rafael in New Bedford, Mass. Rafael was the biggest fishing magnate in America's most lucrative port. As he faces sentencing for a scheme to cheat fishing quotas, many worry about the f

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Sentencing Approaches for New England's 'Codfather'

7:16am July 23, 2017

by Simon Rios

Carlos Rafael was a fishing magnate in America's most lucrative port. As he faces sentencing for a scheme to cheat fishing quotas, many worry about the fate of local jobs if his empire is dismantled.