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MTA official and lifelong Brooklyn resident on attack at subway station

4:55pm April 12, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with John Samuelson, a member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, about his reaction to the attack in a Brooklyn subway station that injured multiple people.

Dr. Ashish Jha has just started in the role of White House coronavirus response coordinator.

The new White House COVID czar calls for calm as cases rise, driven by BA.2

4:20pm April 12, 2022

The country is in a good place in the pandemic, but we should prepare for an unpredictable future, according to the latest assessment from the new White House coronavirus boss.

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Teen overdose deaths rose recently, largely due to fentanyl

4:17pm April 12, 2022

by Rhitu Chatterjee

A new study says that even though teen drug use in the U.S. went down during the pandemic, overdose deaths rose significantly during 2020-21. The vast majority of these deaths were caused by fentanyl.

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How inflation is impacting one mother in the U.S.

4:17pm April 12, 2022

The rate of inflation in the U.S. rose to a little over 8% last month. That's the highest rate since 1981. With the cost of good and services up, it's putting a strain on many families.

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The rate of inflation made its sharpest spike since 1981

4:17pm April 12, 2022

Consumer prices in March were up 8.5% from a year ago — the sharpest increase since December of 1981. Stubbornly high inflation is a challenge for the U.S. economy and the Biden administration.

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South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg speaks to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 9, 2019.

South Dakota's attorney general is impeached over a fatal crash

2:32pm April 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

The state's House impeached Jason Ravnsborg over a 2020 fatal crash in which he initially told authorities he thought he had struck a deer or another large animal.

The 405 Freeway is packed with rush-hour traffic last month in Los Angeles. Americans' greatest contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions comes from transportation, mostly from cars and trucks, according to the federal government.

How much energy powers a good life? Less than you're using, says a new report

1:32pm April 12, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

Americans use nearly four times the energy researchers say is needed to live a happy, healthy and prosperous life.

Teens started dying in greater numbers from fatal drug overdoses in 2020, raising alarm that the trend could continue or worsen.

Teen drug overdose deaths rose sharply in 2020, driven by fentanyl-laced pills

1:19pm April 12, 2022

by Rhitu Chatterjee

While adult overdoses surged in the last decades, teens hadn't seen the same kind of death rates. But now fatal overdoses nearly doubled in one year and continued to rise in 2021.

Members of the Florida House of Representatives are seen during a legislative session at the Florida State Capitol on March 7 in Tallahassee.

Florida lawmakers let DeSantis draw a congressional map after he vetoed the last one

12:41pm April 12, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential Republican presidential aspirant, has been pushing a map that's considered more advantageous to his party.

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Multiple people shot at NYC subway station in morning rush hour

11:08am April 12, 2022

by Stephen Nessen

At least 5 people were shot in a Brooklyn subway station during morning rush hour. Authorities said they were still looking for a suspect — a man wearing an orange construction vest.