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Faith leaders reflect on their messages during the weekend's religious ceremonies

4:44pm April 15, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Imam Mohamed Herbert, Rabbi Ruth Zlotnick and Reverend Marshall Hatch about how their respective faith communities are observing this holy weekend.

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Computer programming training could set former inmates up for success after prison

4:29pm April 15, 2022

by Shahla Farzan

A St. Louis-based tech nonprofit is training inmates in computer programming while they're still incarcerated to give them a shot at landing jobs in the tech industry and avoid returning to prison.

BA.2, holiday travel and you.

4:29pm April 15, 2022

COVID-19 is still very much here. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Monica Gandhi about prepping for holiday travel.

Screening kids for anxiety and depression early on could help stop crises, panel says

4:29pm April 15, 2022

by Rhitu Chatterjee

An advisory committee has issued its draft recommendations to screen kids earlier for anxiety and depression. Experts say this will help children get help before things escalate into a crisis.

Margo Jefferson's new memoir is like a kaleidoscope into someone's life

4:29pm April 15, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Margo Jefferson about her new memoir called Constructing A Nervous System.

A duck boat sits idle in the parking lot of Ride The Ducks, an amphibious tour operator in Branson, Mo., on July 20, 2018.

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Missouri AG refiles criminal charges in Branson duck boat tragedy that left 17 dead

2:48pm April 15, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The criminal complaint accuses the captain and two employees of neglecting passenger safety in the 2018 accident. Earlier, a county judge said a local prosecutor did not have enough evidence.

White House tours are once again open to the public, offering people a glimpse into the East Wing of the first family's temporary home, including the Blue Room, Red Room and Green Room; the State Dining Room; the China Room; and a view of the White House

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White House tours are back!

2:37pm April 15, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

It's not exactly easy to get in, but if you book in advance, it's once again possible to get a close-up view of the historical paintings, furnishings and knickknacks in the People's House.

Ex-Trump White House press secretary is now working against the former president

11:28am April 15, 2022

by Frank Morris

Stephanie Grisham has moved to a remote, Trump-loving Kansas town, where she's crafting an argument against the former president that respects her neighbor's devotion to him.

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Charnett Moffett, expansive bassist who could challenge legends, dies at 54

11:24am April 15, 2022

by Martin Johnson

During the '80s and '90s, it seemed as if Moffett was everywhere in the jazz scene, recording with then-up-and-comers and luminaries alike — all at the beginning of a long career.

Terrence Floyd speaks during a news conference during the unveiling of three sculptures as part of the "SEEINJUSTICE" art exhibition that feature the likenesses of his brother George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and John Lewis, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at Unio

9,000 digital art NFTs are being released to raise funds in George Floyd's memory

8:31am April 15, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

In the fight to get justice for his brother's murder, Terrence Floyd has turned to the unlikeliest corners to do just that: NFTs — or non-fungible tokens.