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Supreme Court decisions on abortion, gun control and religion likely to come soon

5:00pm May 26, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

Abortion, guns, climate change and religion are just four of the topics the Supreme Court has yet to deal with. Opinions in those cases will be released later this summer.

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Tom Cruise returns to the danger zone in 'Top Gun: Maverick'

5:00pm May 26, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Three Decades after the original Top Gun, Tom Cruise returns to lead a fresh squadron of Navy fighter pilots in Top Gun: Maverick.

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Remembering the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde

4:37pm May 26, 2022

We're still learning the names of the victims of the mass shooting that took place in a fourth grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas. Piece by piece, we're learning a little bit more about who they are.

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How Americans actually feel about gun rights versus restrictions

4:37pm May 26, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

In the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, here's what U.S. polling says about the country's attitude toward guns and gun policy.

The political stumbling blocks that prevent gun legislation from passing

4:37pm May 26, 2022

Many Americans are asking themselves what can be done after the shooting in Texas. Despite broad support for background checks and red-flag laws, action at the state and national levels is uncertain.

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Can potential teen shooters be guided away from an act of violence?

4:37pm May 26, 2022

by Rhitu Chatterjee

For many of the young people who've opened fire in schools, the path to violence has common traits. Psychologists and researchers have developed a body of study on the topic.

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What schools can (and can't) do to prevent school shootings

4:37pm May 26, 2022

by Cory Turner

After several high-profile school shootings in recent years, school safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures that communities and politicians can take to protect students.

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Karla Hailer, a teacher from Scituate, Mass., takes a video on July 19, 2017, where a memorial stands at the site in Salem, Mass., where five women were hanged as witches more than three centuries years earlier. Massachusetts lawmakers on have formally ex

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After 329 years, a woman accused of being a witch in Salem has been exonerated

4:18pm May 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Massachusetts lawmakers formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name three centuries after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 at the height of the Salem Witch Trials.

Demonstrators attend a candlelight vigil Wednesday in Fairfax, Va., for the victims of the Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings.

Research shows policies that may help prevent mass shootings — and some that don't

4:08pm May 26, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The amount of resources devoted to studying gun violence is paltry compared to its public health impact. Still, the evidence shows certain policies might help prevent mass shootings.

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Crosses adorn a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School. NPR has not independent verified the names.

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The Uvalde shooting conspiracies show how far-right misinformation is evolving

3:55pm May 26, 2022

by Odette Yousef

Rumors, misinformation and conspiracy theories were rampant on right-wing social media before verifiable information came out about the gunman who killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school.

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