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'Love on the Spectrum' shows what dating can be like for people with autism

5:30pm May 27, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Love on the Spectrum creator Cian O'Clery and participant Kaelynn Partlow about what the show, which follows people on the autism spectrum as they date, means to them.

Congress is commemorating the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival

5:10pm May 27, 2022

The Senate has agreed, by unanimous consent, to designate the last weekend of June 2022 as a time to commemorate the first weekend of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.

Former President Trump speaks at the NRA convention in Houston

5:10pm May 27, 2022

by Tim Mak

Former President Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in Houston — days after a deadly school shooting in another part of Texas.

The actions that President Biden could take to address gun safety

5:10pm May 27, 2022

by Tamara Keith

Some preliminary bipartisan discussions on gun safety legislation have begun, it's not clear this time will be any different than past failed efforts. What could President Biden do on his own?

The trauma of gun violence affects all children, not just the ones who were there

5:10pm May 27, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Washington Post reporter John Woodrow Cox, author of the book Children Under Fire, about the immediate and long-term affects of gun violence on children.

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Children were calling 911 from within the Uvalde classroom as police waited to enter

4:55pm May 27, 2022

by Adrian Florido

The director of Texas's Department of Public safety said, "It was not the right decision," after he revealed police waited more than an hour to enter the school in Uvalde during the shooting.

Law enforcement and first responders gather outside Robb Elementary School following Tuesday's shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Their response has since come under wide scrutiny.

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It was 'wrong' not to confront the Uvalde school shooter sooner, an official says

4:33pm May 27, 2022

by Joe Neel

"From the benefit of hindsight, where I'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. It was the wrong decision. Period," said Steven McCraw of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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How the media can cover mass shootings while respecting space for grief

4:32pm May 27, 2022

by David Folkenflik

With tragic events like mass shootings, how do journalists balance the need to hold those in power accountable and to tell the stories of those directly impacted, while respecting space for grief?

People visit memorials Thursday for victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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Here's what experts say police should have done in the Uvalde school shooting

4:10pm May 27, 2022

"It'd be great if you had some help — but I can assure you those kids need help more than you need help," says Steve Ijames, who trains police agencies on active-shooter situations.

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A Sandy Hook Advisory Commission member reflects on the group's work and years since

4:09pm May 27, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Ron Chivinski, a teacher at Newtown Middle School, about his work serving the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission after the mass shooting 10 years ago.