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Former Capital Gazette Sports Editor Remembers John McNamara

5:02pm June 29, 2018

Former Capital Gazette sports editor Gerry Jackson remembers his friend and former colleague John McNamara. McNamara was one of the five staffers who were killed Thursday in a shooting at their building in Annapolis, Md.

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Lynne Griffin pays her respects at a makeshift memorial outside the Capital Gazette offices, one day after a gunman killed five people in its newsroom. Griffin was a journalism student under John McNamara — one of the people killed Thursday.

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New Details Emerge About Deadly Shootings In Capital Gazette Newsroom

4:37pm June 29, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Police confirm that the suspect, Jarrod Ramos, was found hiding at the scene. Officers cornered him roughly two minutes after the first 911 call came in.

Week In Politics: Justice Anthony Kennedy Retires And A New York Primary Upset

4:25pm June 29, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Matthew Yglesias of Vox and political commentator Gayle Trotter about the primary upset in New York, Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement and some of this week's Supreme Court decisions.

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How Rare Are Attacks On Journalists?

4:25pm June 29, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, about how rare attacks on journalists are in the U.S., and how President Trump's frequent anti-media rhetoric has affected the working environment for journalists.

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Nailah Winkfield (left) and Omari Sealey, the mother and uncle of Jahi McMath, listen to doctors speak during a news conference in San Francisco in 2014.

Jahi McMath, Teen At Center Of Medical And Religious Debate On Brain Death, Has Died

3:16pm June 29, 2018

by Kat Chow

McMath was put on life support in 2013 after a tonsillectomy. Doctors said she had irreversible brain damage, and a coroner issued a death certificate. Her mother never agreed with that assessment.

Neoma Farr and Greg Yance reconnected in April for the first time after the Great Flood of 1993 drove them to protect the same community. Yance works as a machine operator at a factory in Rockford, Ill. Neoma still runs a beauty shop in Niota.

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'We Were All In There Together': Strangers Share Compassion In The Flood Of '93

2:20pm June 29, 2018

During the Great Flood of 1993, the mutual efforts of a then-prisoner and a beauty shop owner to protect a tiny Illinois town briefly brought them together. After 25 years, the two reconnect.

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Why Reuniting Migrant Families Is So Difficult

2:20pm June 29, 2018

NPR's David Greene talks with Linda Rivas, an immigration attorney in El Paso, Texas, about the difficulties of reuniting parents separated from their children.

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President Trump kisses a mock-up of a 1040 "postcard" during a meeting with GOP congressional leaders.

Trump's New IRS 'Postcard' Is Not So Simple And Not Really A Postcard

2:12pm June 29, 2018

by Brian Naylor

President Trump and congressional Republicans promised that taxpayers would be able to file their returns on a postcard, but the new IRS effort isn't quite that.

Rep. Maxine Waters had been scheduled to speak Friday at the annual legislative conference of the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women in Birmingham, Ala.

Report: Death Threat Forces Rep. Maxine Waters To Cancel Events In Texas And Alabama

1:52pm June 29, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

The outspoken critic of President Trump said she received a "very serious death threat" from a person in Texas, according to CNN.

Patrons come down the escalator for the opening day of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J. on Thursday.

Casino Comeback: 'Atlantic City's Best Days Are In Front Of It'

1:26pm June 29, 2018

by Jeff Brady

Legendary gambling destination Atlantic City, N.J. has had a tough few years. Now, it wants to re-make itself to offer more: shows, spas, a local beach and dining.

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