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White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" clash with counter-protesters as they enter Emancipation Park during the "Unite the Right" rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Hate on trial in Virginia, four years after deadly extremist rally

5:46am October 25, 2021

by Odette Yousef

A violent march in Charlottesville by far-right extremists in 2017 showed how well organized the far-right had become. A trial targeting those associated with the march is seen as a bellwether case.

News brief: Sudan coup reports, COVID vaccines for kids, Charlottesville rally

5:42am October 25, 2021

Sudan's prime minister is detained in an apparent coup. FDA advisers review vaccine data for children ages 5 to 11. Some organizers of the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Va., are going on trial.

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Encore: Havana Syndrome remains a mystery as researchers study microwave beam theory

5:08pm October 24, 2021

by Greg Myre

The U.S. government is still trying to figure out what is causing Havana syndrome ailments. Years ago, microwave radiation directed against U.S. officials was documented abroad.

A protester unleashes a smoke grenade in front of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.

How the 'Stop the Steal' movement outwitted Facebook ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection

11:08pm October 22, 2021

Internal Facebook documents show how the pro-Trump Stop the Steal movement proliferated on the world's biggest social network between the presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Border arrests have hit an all-time high, but the numbers don't tell the whole story

5:52pm October 22, 2021

by Joel Rose

The Border Patrol recorded nearly 1.7 million apprehensions in the past year, eclipsing the record set in 2000. Still, the number of migrants crossing illegally is likely far below the all-time high.

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Lyft's first safety report shows over 4,000 reports of sexual assault

5:00pm October 22, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Rachel Abrams, a lawyer representing victims of sexual assault in lawsuits against rideshare company Lyft, which had over 4,000 reports of sexual assault in two years.

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Mother of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin Oliver reflects on gunman's guilty plea

4:35pm October 22, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Patricia Oliver, whose son Joaquin was among the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., about the gunman's guilty plea.

China's DF-17 missile is a medium-range hypersonic weapon capable of traveling over five times the speed of sound.

Behind murky claim of a new hypersonic missile test, there lies a very real arms race

4:10pm October 21, 2021

by Geoff Brumfiel

The U.S. and China are rushing to develop hypersonic weapons. Critics worry it's turning into a race without end.

Russian demonstrators hold anti-American posters outside the U.S. Embassy in 2015. From the 1960s through the 1980s, the U.S. said the Soviet Union beamed microwave signals at the U.S. Embassy in an attempt to collect intelligence.

Long before Havana Syndrome, the U.S. reported microwaves beamed at an embassy

11:18am October 21, 2021

by Greg Myre

In the 1970s and '80s, U.S. officials routinely referred to the Soviet use of microwave radiation against the American Embassy in Moscow. The Soviets were believed to be seeking intelligence.

In Mississippi, 2 years after ICE raids, Latin American immigrants are there to stay

6:16pm October 20, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa and producer Reynaldo Leaños Jr. about their reporting on the aftermath of the largest single-state immigration raid in U.S. history.