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The new 3-digit suicide hotline number is launching this weekend. Are states ready?

4:35pm July 13, 2022

by Rhitu Chatterjee

A simpler suicide hotline launches July 16. The three digits are meant to be easy for those in a mental health crisis to remember and dial. But most states aren't prepared to meet the volume of calls.

The troubles that NYC has had in rolling out the monkeypox vaccine

4:35pm July 13, 2022

by Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilenski

New York is one of the states with the highest number of monkeypox cases. But New York City's health department has faced ongoing problems in their vaccination rollout against it.

Encore: In 'She Memes Well,' Quinta Brunson describes the path to her comedy career

4:35pm July 13, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor and stand up comedian Quinta Brunson about her first book, an essay collection called She Memes Well.

Family and friends embrace as Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department investigators search for a father and three children on Tuesday in Indianapolis.

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The bodies of a missing man and his 3 children are found in an Indianapolis pond

4:29pm July 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The man and his three young children vanished last week after leaving for a fishing trip. Their bodies were found along with a submerged car in the pond where they were headed, authorities said.

A company is seeking FDA approval for the 1st nonprescription birth control

4:22pm July 13, 2022

by Allison Aubrey

A Paris-based company has asked the FDA to approve an over-the-counter birth control pill. The push to ease access to birth control has become more pressing as states move to restrict or ban abortion.

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Inflation hit 9.1% in June

4:22pm July 13, 2022

by Scott Horsley

Inflation hit a new, 40-year high in June, with consumer prices up 9.1% from a year ago. Gas prices were a big part of this, but the cost of essentials like food and shelter are also rising rapidly.

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Marchelle Tigner, a firearms instructor, teaches a student how to shoot a gun during a 2017 class in Lawrenceville, Ga. Tigner's goal is to train 1 million women how to shoot a gun in her lifetime. She is among the nation's Black women gun owners who say

Black gun owners have mixed feelings about the Supreme Court's concealed-carry ruling

3:34pm July 13, 2022

by Alana Wise

The United States has often been hostile toward Black gun ownership, but African Americans are the fastest growing demographic of armed weapons buyers in the country.

LGBTQ flags fly in London's Hyde Park on July 24, 2021.

GLAAD gives social media giants poor grades over lack of protections for LGBTQ users

3:29pm July 13, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

In a new report, GLAAD found that 84% of LGBTQ adults said not enough protections are on social media to prevent discrimination, harassment or disinformation.

The death of Jayland Walker has spurred days of protest in Akron, Ohio, after the release of police bodycam footage showing officers shooting the 25-year-old Black man dozens of times.

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An Ohio city struggles to make sense of another fatal police shooting of a Black man

2:57pm July 13, 2022

by Jason Breslow

As Akron, Ohio, prepares for the funeral of Jayland Walker on Wednesday, the community is asking why a 25-year-old with no criminal record was shot dozens of times by officers.

New York City's Office of Emergency Management released a public service announcement in the even that a nuclear attack occurs in the city.

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New York put out a PSA in case of a nuclear attack, leaving many residents confused

2:49pm July 13, 2022

by Wynne Davis

The city's emergency management department released the video Monday without much context. Many residents expressed confusion over the timing and wondered if they were missing some other information.