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The shooting of Jayland Walker in Ohio revives questions about police training

6:08am July 05, 2022

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Brookings Institution fellow Rashawn Ray about the deadly police shooting of a Black man in Akron, and how much police video can reveal about what happened.

Federal judge sides with 3 major drug distributors in a landmark opioid lawsuit

6:08am July 05, 2022

In the West Virginia case, the federal judge ruled that three drug distributors are not responsible for paying to clean up the addiction crisis. It's a major victory for the drug industry.

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When a Minnesota woman took a DNA test, her results came back with a surprise

5:52am July 05, 2022

Eiley Misfeldt and Soojee Dufresne were born in South Korea but they were adopted by different families. Misfeldt contacted Dufresne who's in New York and they met for the first time over the weekend.

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Police crime tape is seen near an American flag-themed sunglasses at the scene of the Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Ill.

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Highland Park police take a man into custody over the July 4th parade shooting

5:27am July 05, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Officials are calling the 22-year-old a person of interest. Police Chief Lou Jogmen says the man gave himself up after a brief pursuit in his car.

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Ed Dwight was in line to be the first Black astronaut. History had other ideas

5:01am July 05, 2022

by Mycah Hazel

At the height of the space race in the 1960s, Air Force Captain Ed Dwight was chosen to attend a special astronaut training program. He tells the story of what happened next.

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NPR used social media and news reports to track four key men spreading misinformation about the 2020 election (from left to right): MyPillow CEO and longtime Trump supporter Mike Lindell, former high school math and science teacher Douglas Frank, former l

Election deniers are spreading misinformation nationwide. Here are 4 things to know

5:00am July 05, 2022

An NPR investigation found that since the Capitol riot, the election denial movement has moved from the national level to hundreds of grassroots events across the country. Here are four key takeaways.

Huntington, W.Va., Mayor Steve Williams, left, and lawyer Rusty Webb enter the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston, W.Va., in May. A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit that

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A federal judge sides with 3 major drug distributors in a landmark opioid lawsuit

10:26pm July 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

The lawsuit accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.

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Shooting eye witness on the significance of the Highland Park July Fourth parade

8:10pm July 04, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Miles Zaremski, an eye witness of the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, Ill. At least 6 people died and and dozens are wounded, according to local police.

Joey Chestnut, left, and Miki Sudo pose with 63 and 40 hot dogs respectively after winning the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Monday.

Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo chow their way to victory in Nathan's hot dog eating contest

8:04pm July 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Chestnut took his 15th win at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, and Sudo made a decisive comeback to win the women's title.

A provocative exhibit at NYC's Met Museum takes a new point of view

6:27pm July 04, 2022

by Jennifer Vanasco

The exhibit explores how Native Americans have used water. But it also points out how political water is.

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