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Some parents fear Uvalde schools' safety upgrades won't be ready by new school year

4:42pm July 15, 2022

by Adrian Florido

The school district in Uvalde, Texas, promised safety upgrades before the new school year begins, but some parents fear they won't be done in time and are considering keeping their kids at home.

She was married to Khashoggi. She wants accountability as Biden lands in Saudi Arabia

4:20pm July 15, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Hanan Elatr, who was married to slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, about President Biden's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.

Pastor in Buffalo speaks on what's next as supermarket store reopens after shooting

4:20pm July 15, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bishop Darius Pridgen, president of the Buffalo Common Council, about what's next for the community as the supermarket where 10 people were killed reopened Friday.

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Rowdy, the lost cat in the Logan International Airport, has been found safe

4:20pm July 15, 2022

Rowdy the cat escaped her carrier and went missing inside Boston's Logan International Airport. After three weeks, airport personnel was finally able to capture Rowdy and reunite her with her family.

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Why is Steve Bannon reversing course and now willing to testify in Jan. 6 hearings?

4:20pm July 15, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent Joshua Green on Steve Bannon's new willingness to testify before the House select committee investigating Jan. 6.

Retail sales, inflation and the Fed

4:20pm July 15, 2022

by Scott Horsley

Retail spending jumped more than expected in June. But it's not keeping pace with rising prices. In many cases, people are spending more money but getting less in return.

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Indiana AG warned over remark about abortion provided for a 10-year-old rape victim

4:18pm July 15, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

A lawyer for the doctor who performed the abortion sent a cease and desist letter threatening legal action against Attorney General Todd Rokita for suggesting the doctor may have broken the law.

Indiana Attorney General candidate Todd Rokita has called for an investigation into the Indiana obstetrician for providing abortion care to a 10-year-old rape victim.

Doctor told the state she performed abortion on 10-year-old girl, document shows

4:03pm July 15, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

The Indiana health department's document obtained by NPR shows the physician reported the procedure to the state.

Transit workers dismantle the charred inner wall of a token booth at the Kingston Avenue and Fulton Street subway station in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, on Nov. 26, 1995, after attackers sprayed a flammable liquid into the token booth and

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Three men who spent decades in prison are cleared in the killing of a NYC subway clerk

3:55pm July 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The men, whose confessions conflicted with evidence at the scene, were cleared in the 1995 killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a New York subway toll booth.

Lynnette Williams holds a sign during a gathering at Second Baptist Church on July 2, in Akron, Ohio, calling for justice for Jayland Walker.

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Medical examiner says Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times

3:31pm July 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The 25-year-old Black man who died last month at the hands of police in Akron, Ohio, was shot dozens of times, with 26 bullets recovered from his body, according to a preliminary autopsy report.