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The Colorado boy was attacked by a mountain lion (though not this particular animal, photographed by the National Park Service in California's Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area).

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Colorado Mother Fights Off Mountain Lion To Save Her Son

2:40pm June 19, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A Colorado woman managed to fight off a mountain lion that was attacking her 5-year-old son. During the harrowing rescue, she reportedly reached into the cat's jaws to free her child's head.

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In Songs, Stories, Latino And LGBT Voices On How The Orlando Attack Feels Personal

11:00am June 19, 2016

by NPR Staff

The shooting in Orlando cut deep through the gay and Latino communities. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Xorje Olivares, Miriam Zoila Perez and Veronica Bayetti Flores about how the losses affected them.

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"Supposedly, tea cakes were made about 200 years ago. Slaves used the ingredients they had: molasses instead of sugar, lard instead of butter," says Etha Robinson.

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Food To Celebrate Freedom: Tea Cakes For Juneteenth!

9:45am June 19, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Juneteenth, the day when many African-Americans mark the end of slavery, is also associated with traditional foods from the black community. One woman wants to revive a traditional treat: tea cakes.

Around The World, When It Comes To Health Advice Mom Knows Best

7:32am June 19, 2016

by Wendy Wolfson

In the U.S., VapoRub goes on a sick child's chest. In Russia, it might go on the soles of the feet. Cultural norms have a big effect on how we diagnose and treat illnesses, especially at home.

Investigators Say Orlando Shooter Showed Few Warning Signs Of Radicalization

5:10pm June 18, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

After interviewing dozens of people who knew Omar Mateen, investigators say his profile is more like that of a "typical mass shooter" than an individual radicalized by ISIS.

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Love And Mourning Hang Over Orlando

5:04pm June 18, 2016

Vigils, memorials and funerals are now happening several times a day around central Florida after last weekend's shooting. Nineteen of the 53 people injured remain hospitalized.

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Orlandoans Reach Out To LGBT Center

5:04pm June 18, 2016

by Jeff Brady

After the mass shooting at a gay nightclub some Orlando residents looked for ways to help families of the injured. An LGBT center has become inundated with donations of food and other items.

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Barbershop: Taking Stock Of Orlando With Members Of The LGBTQ Community

5:04pm June 18, 2016

Queer 2.0 host Jacob Tobia, pediatric nurse Alexis Joy Agsaulio, and etiquette writer Steven Petrow talk about how the LGBTQ community is processing the shooting in Orlando, and social media reaction.

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Orthodox Rabbi Reaches Out To Gay Community

5:04pm June 18, 2016

When Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld of the Ohev Sholom synagogue heard about the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, he decided to show solidarity by taking his congregation to a gay bar in D.C.

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Going There: 50 Years After The Chicago Freedom Movement

5:04pm June 18, 2016

In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Chicago to fight for fair and open housing. NPR's Michel Martin and WBEZ examined the state of activism in Chicago around fair housing and other issues today.