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Memorial Day: The mother of a Marine who died in Kabul talks about losing her son

4:34pm May 30, 2022

by Steve Walsh

It's been less than a year since 13 service members were killed in Kabul during the final days of the U.S. pullout. This Memorial Day, a mother remembers her son, one of the Marines who died that day.

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Abortion access questions, asked and answered

4:34pm May 30, 2022

The Supreme Court will soon rule on a case that could end the nationwide right to abortion. You've sent us your questions about what will happen if 'Roe v. Wade' is overturned. Some experts answer.

Newly harvested strawberries on October 7, 2020.

The FDA is investigating a hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to strawberries

10:19am May 30, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The FDA is investigating a hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to strawberries sold at a number of retailers, including Trader Joe's, Kroger, Safeway, Aldi and Walmart.

Henry Jones, who kept getting sicker after 11 years of homelessness, was admitted in 1991 into Christ House, one of the first medical respite programs in the country.

Medical respite offers refuge for homeless people recovering from illness

10:12am May 30, 2022

A growing number of private insurance companies are starting to invest in medical respite — a decades-old way of caring for homeless people. Here's what's driving the trend.

Paul Pelosi, right, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of California, follows his wife as she arrives for her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in March. Authorities say Paul Pelosi was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Northern C

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Pelosi's husband was arrested on suspicion of DUI in California

8:46am May 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

The 82-year-old husband of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was taken into custody late Saturday in Napa County north of San Francisco, according to a sheriff's office online booking report.

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Biden visits Uvalde seeking to comfort the community after last week's shooting

7:27am May 30, 2022

While President Biden honored the 19 children and two teachers killed in the massacre at Robb Elementary School, residents want to know why the police were slow to respond to the shooting.

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Independent probe of Uvalde shooting is the right call, Texas state Rep. White says

7:27am May 30, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to state Rep. James White, an East Texas Republican who supports gun rights, about firearm legislation following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

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Jamie was lost in LA and his anxiety was growing. Then a stranger stepped in

7:10am May 30, 2022

by Autumn Barnes

Jamie Spurway left his hometown in Scotland for a semester abroad in California in 1998. When he got there he had trouble getting to his final destination until a friendly stranger offered him help.

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2 professors, tracking patterns, try to predict who might carry out a mass shooting

6:26am May 30, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with James Densley, a professor at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota, about the lessons he learned from studying a database of mass shooters.

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News brief: Uvalde police response, Colombia election, pandemic mental illness

6:23am May 30, 2022

Biden visited Uvalde as DOJ announced a review of how police responded to the attack. There will be a presidential runoff in Colombia. People with serious mental illness struggled during the pandemic.

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