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Dallas Attack Special Coverage: 'The City Is Devastated'

1:00pm July 08, 2016

NPR correspondents talk about the aftermath and response to a deadly attack on Dallas police officers, including a statement by Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Also heard: a pastor and a police chief.

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Dallas Stunned, Numb After Attack Targeting Police

12:45pm July 08, 2016

The morning after the deadly attack on a protest over recent police shootings of black men around the U.S., the mood in Dallas is incredulous.

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Dallas Protest Organizer Recounts The Event's Deadly Turn

12:11pm July 08, 2016

Gunmen opened fire at the end of a protest in downtown Dallas, shooting 12 police officers, five of them fatally. KERA reporter Stella Chavez and protest organizer Jeff Hood talk with Morning Edition.

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Dallas police and residents stand near the scene where officers were shot and killed on Thursday in Dallas.

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Code Switch On Dallas, Philando Castile And Alton Sterling

12:09pm July 08, 2016

by Ericka Cruz Guevarra

Code Switch is covering the deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and several police officers in Dallas. Here's where to find us, and how to contribute to our reporting.

Politics & Government

Obama Focuses On U.S. Violence While In Poland For NATO Summit

9:59am July 08, 2016

by Mara Liasson

President Obama is in Warsaw for the NATO summit but overnight he spoke about the sniper attack in Dallas. Five police officers were killed. Obama said the attacks were vicious and calculated.

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Dallas Protest Organizer 'Devastated' By Sniper Attack On Officers

9:59am July 08, 2016

Rachel Martin talks to Jeff Hood, one of the organizers of the protest in Dallas, where five police officers were shot and killed by two snipers. The shooting happened as the protest was winding down.

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After Dallas Sniper Ambush, Police Warned To Be On Alert

7:48am July 08, 2016

by Martin Kaste

Five police officers were shot and killed Thursday night in Dallas after 2 snipers opened fire during what had been a peaceful demonstration. How are other departments acting to the news.

San Francisco Celebrates Trolley Bell Ringing With A Contest

7:23am July 08, 2016

A champion has been crowned in the annual cable car bell ringing contest. Leonard Oats, 53, won the championship — taking home a cash prize, a trophy and some Ghirardelli chocolates.

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Dallas Sniper Attack Is 'Catastrophic' To Building Trust With Police

7:23am July 08, 2016

Jelani Cobb of the Frontline documentary Policing the Police discusses police transparency and the fraught relationship between law enforcement and black communities.

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2 Snipers Kill 5 Police Officers At Dallas Protest

7:23am July 08, 2016

by Wade Goodwyn

Two snipers shot and killed 5 Dallas police officers and injured another 6 at the end of a rally, where hundreds were protesting police shootings that happened in other parts of the country this week.

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