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Pfizer will submit new data to the FDA this week about trials of its vaccine for kids younger than 5 years old. Here, a girl holds her sister's hand as a nurse prepares to administer the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Los Angeles. Kids 5 and

If Pfizer's data pans out, when will little kids get the COVID-19 vaccine?

11:00am May 23, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Pfizer plans to submit new data to the Food and Drug Administration this week, bringing families with young children one step closer to a long-awaited vaccine.

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More funerals will be held this week for victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo

7:23am May 23, 2022

by Cheryl Corley

In New York, residents of Buffalo are still in shock over a racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket. Ten African Americans were shot to death, and three people were wounded.

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A federal judge rules that pandemic border restrictions must continue

5:10am May 23, 2022

President Biden on Monday planned to end the border restrictions known as Title 42, which prevented many migrants from seeking asylum. But a judge issued an injunction leaving the rules in place.

A man uses a safe injection site in New York City in January. A bill in California would allow pilot sites in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles.

California debates opening supervised sites for people to use drugs

5:01am May 23, 2022

by Lesley McClurg

Advocates of the proposal say it would prevent overdoses, slow the spread of HIV and inspire drug users to seek help, while proponents say safe injection sites would create an "open drug scene."

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.

Top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated sex abuse victims, report says

9:59pm May 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to an independent report.

Unusually high temperatures in the South and Northeast U.S. on Saturday broke records marked on the same day in prior years.

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Large swaths of the U.S. set daily temperature records

8:26pm May 22, 2022

by Emma Bowman

Many cities throughout the country, including in Massachusetts and Virginia, set new daily heat records on Saturday and Sunday.

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The Buffalo shooting exposes the city's economic disparities

5:08pm May 22, 2022

by Alana Wise

Buffalo is one of the most segregated cities in the country. Those disparities play out in housing, transportation, education, and even whether there are grocery stores near where people live.

How parents can spot the warning signs of radicalization in their kids

5:08pm May 22, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with writer Joanna Schroeder about how parents can spot and intervene when their kids are exposed to extremist content online, which is often used as a recruitment tool.

Police say one person was killed and eight people were wounded following a shooting at a large party in Southern California.

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1 killed, 8 wounded in shooting at Southern California party

4:19pm May 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

One man was killed and eight people were wounded during a shooting at a party that drew about 100 people to a Southern California hookah lounge.

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His mom was killed in a racist attack in Charleston. Now he's helping Buffalo

8:12am May 22, 2022

by Victoria Hansen

Chris Singleton's mother was murdered at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in 2015. He's since made it his mission to root out racism one person at a time.