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The U.S. men's and women's soccer teams will be paid equally under a new deal

10:42am May 18, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

The new collective bargaining agreements will run through 2028 and will also include the "equalization" of World Cup prize money, the organization announced.

People participate in a vigil to honor the 10 people killed in Saturday's shooting at Tops market in Buffalo, New York.

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The Buffalo community honors victims of the Tops shooting and calls for big change

10:36am May 18, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Members of the Buffalo community grieving loved ones organized an evening vigil that honored the shooting victims while combining stirring gospel music and calls to action.

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Can a new concrete mixture help reduce the construction industry's carbon footprint?

7:59am May 18, 2022

by Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

A data center in DeKalb, Illinois, is the testing ground for a new sustainable concrete. Is this greenwashing or can new mixtures contribute to reducing the construction industry's carbon footprint?

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Large numbers of people may travel to other areas if Roe v. Wade is overturned

7:55am May 18, 2022

by Will Stone

Clinics, in states where abortion will remain legal even if Roe v. Wade is overturned, worry about the influx of women traveling to their states. Will they be able to accommodate them all?

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News brief: Primary results, Biden visits Buffalo, Elon Musk flips on Twitter

6:23am May 18, 2022

Results are in from primary elections in five states. President Biden calls for unity during his visit to Buffalo after Saturday's shooting. Elon Musk expresses doubts about his deal to buy Twitter.

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Biden calls for unity during his visit to Buffalo, which is shaken by mass shooting

5:09am May 18, 2022

The community in Buffalo, New York, is holding vigils to honor the victims of Saturday's shooting. President Biden traveled there Tuesday to talk with the families of the victims.

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New York has tough gun laws, but that didn't prevent Buffalo's mass shooting

5:09am May 18, 2022

There have been two mass shootings in New York since April. NPR's Rachel Martin asks gun control advocate Nick Suplina, if tougher gun laws would have made a difference.

A mural of George Floyd at the intersection where he was murdered in Minneapolis, Minn.

Many know how George Floyd died. A new biography reveals how he lived

5:00am May 18, 2022

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa about their new book, His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

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A man places flowers at a memorial honoring Dr. John Cheng outside his office building on Tuesday in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Cheng, 52, was killed in Sunday's shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church.

Suspect faces multiple charges in a deadly California church shooting

9:35pm May 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

A prosecutor said the man charged with opening fire on a Taiwanese church congregation in Southern California wanted to "execute in cold blood as many people in that room as possible."

Jillian Hanesworth, the poet laureate of Buffalo.

Buffalo's poet laureate calls for change

6:12pm May 17, 2022

by Raquel Maria Dillon

Jillian Hanesworth says what her city needs right now is honest conversations about systemic racism, the history of segregation, redlining and highway construction that hurt Black neighborhoods.

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