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A grand jury has indicted former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress

5:13pm June 03, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

A federal grand jury has indicted former Trump adviser Peter Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.

A new, more traditional COVID shot may appeal to those hesitant to get mRNA vaccines

5:13pm June 03, 2022

by Rob Stein

FDA scientists have concluded that a new COVID vaccine — that could appeal to some vaccine-hesitant people — appears to be safe and effective, which means it may soon win authorization.

Student who turned to activism after a mass shooting feels more urgency but less hope

5:13pm June 03, 2022

by Tovia Smith

Students have been personally affected by mass shootings, including the 2012 attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School. A local student-turned-activist in Newton, Conn., sees the work as more urgent now.

For Latinos, the Uvalde shooting has an extra layer of grief and trauma

4:44pm June 03, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maria Maldonado-Morales, clinical social worker at Texas Children's Hospital, about the way Latinos have felt after the shooting in Uvalde.

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Gun companies have made billions of dollars since the pandemic began, report says

4:27pm June 03, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with The Trace reporter Champe Barton about how gun manufacturers have made record profits during the pandemic.

Vaccinating young kids might finally be possible this month. But will it be easy?

4:27pm June 03, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, about the latest guidance on children under 5 getting the vaccine to protect against COVID-19.

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The job market was strong in May, but is still overshadowed by high inflation

4:27pm June 03, 2022

U.S. employers added 390,000 jobs in May — good news for the White House, which is trying to show it's hard at work to bring down inflation. Price increases are still outpacing people's paychecks.

An officer walks outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 25.

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Here are the biggest shifts in the official account of the Uvalde school shooting

1:11pm June 03, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"There's been a lot of things that have been said — some are correct, some are incorrect," Gov. Greg Abbott said the day after the shooting. But soon afterward, he would correct his own statements.

A Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV is displayed in Detroit on Jan. 16, 2019. California regulators on Thursday gave Cruise's robotic taxi service the green light to begin charging passengers for driverless rides in San Francisco.

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Driverless taxis are coming to the streets of San Francisco

12:35pm June 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

Regulators gave the Cruise service approval to charge passengers for driverless rides, a first for the state. Initially, the service will be available at night in less congested parts of the city.

Abortion rights activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on May 3, a day after the leak of a draft opinion suggesting a possible reversal of Roe v. Wade.

In a new U.S. poll, a majority identify as 'pro-choice' for the first time in decades

11:52am June 03, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The Gallup poll, conducted after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, says that 55 percent of Americans now identify as pro-choice, up from 49 percent last year.