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Illinois Rep. Brad Schneider reacts to shooting in his district

4:32pm July 04, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., about a Fourth of July parade shooting that happened in the district that he represents in Highland Park, Ill.

Surviving in a moment of rental hikes and inflation

4:32pm July 04, 2022

Rents are up 15% nationwide and as much as 30% in some cities. Inflation and rising interest rates are also pricing many buyers out of the housing market — increasing the pressure to rent.

Marine Capt. Meleah Martin performing preflight inspections on her F-18 aircraft. Martin is concerned not just about her right to get an abortion, but the threat of not being able to marry the woman she loves one day.

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The abortion ruling has troops and veterans speaking out, some for the first time

7:32am July 04, 2022

by Dustin Jones

From abortion and the right to marry to voting rights and racial inequality, some of America's service members and veterans are concerned their Constitutional rights are under attack.

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Akron police release bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of Jayland Walker

7:25am July 04, 2022

Black motorist Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times last week by police in Akron, Ohio. Outrage has roiled the city, as protesters call for police officers to be held accountable.

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Examining commuters' sluggish return to mass transit

6:26am July 04, 2022

by Saul Gonzalez

Even with gas prices at record highs, people are not flocking to mass transit in urban areas. Public transportation has a lot of work to do to lure people back.

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It's been a rough summer so far for air travelers

6:24am July 04, 2022

by David Schaper

Airlines struggle to accommodate high demand this weekend, as the number of people flying returns to pre-pandemic levels. Nearly every flight is full and tickets don't guarantee travelers a seat.

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News brief: Akron police shooting, Ukraine's Luhansk region, air travel woes

6:23am July 04, 2022

Akron police release bodycam video of the Jayland Walker shooting. Russia says it now controls one of two eastern regions in Ukraine. Airlines struggle to accommodate high demand this holiday weekend.

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Steve Bova (center) traveled from Maryland to Los Angeles with the "People's Convoy" to protest covid-19 restrictions. Despite using a phrase that originated with the abortion rights movement, he opposes abortion.

'My body, my choice': How vaccine foes co-opted the abortion rallying cry

5:01am July 04, 2022

by Rachel Bluth

Anti-vaccine advocates have repurposed a catchy, succinct, and potent slogan. Its unlikely source: the reproductive rights movement, which has been linked to the phrase for more than 50 years.

New recruits learn to drill. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps enlisted blacks, June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 black volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st Composite Defense Battalion.

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Black Marines were 'dogged' on this base in the 1940s. Now they're honored there

5:00am July 04, 2022

by Jay Price

In the 1940s about 20,000 men trained on racially segregated Montford Point in North Carolina. Some of the 300 surviving Marines recently returned for the reopening of a restored museum honoring them.

Law enforcement work the scene where multiple people were shot near Cedarcrest Drive and Diamond Oaks Drive in Haltom City, Texas, on Saturday.

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A gunman killed 2 people and wounded 3 police officers in Texas

8:27pm July 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

A gunman killed two people and wounded four others, including three police officers, before taking his own life on Saturday in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.