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Visitors See More Than Just Grief And Loss At COVID-19 Memorial In D.C.

5:26pm September 26, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin visits the National Mall to talk with artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg about her installation, "In America: Remember," honoring the more than 660,000 Americans lost to COVID-19.

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California Enacts New Measures To Handle Housing Shortage

7:54am September 26, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with Conor Dougherty, an economics reporter at The New York Times, about what a series of new measures mean for California's housing crisis.

An ambulance is parked at the scene of an Amtrak train derailment on Saturday, in north-central Montana.

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At Least 3 Killed In Amtrak Derailment

11:41pm September 25, 2021

by The Associated Press

A train that runs between Seattle and Chicago had about 160 onboard when it ran off the track Saturday afternoon in Joplin, Mont, the train agency said. Multiple people are injured.

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A Passenger Attempted To Rush The Cockpit In A Violent Incident On A JetBlue Flight

6:25pm September 25, 2021

by Elena Moore

A passenger allegedly attacked a flight attendant and yelled for the crew to shoot him during a flight to San Juan on Wednesday. According to the FBI, the incident remains under investigation.

A view of the border bridge in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Friday evening, Sept. 24, 2021, across the Rio Grande river from Del Rio, Texas.

The Border Is Reopening At Del Rio After The U.S. Clears Migrant Camp

5:31pm September 25, 2021

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement outlining plans to allow passenger and cargo traffic to resume. Earlier, a camp of 15,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, had gathered there.

The FBI's El Paso, Texas, office received a report of an assault of a female service member by male Afghan evacuees at a complex in New Mexico.

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FBI Investigating Reported Assault of Female U.S. Service Member By Afghan Evacuees

3:40pm September 25, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

The service member said male evacuees staying at the Doña Ana County Range Complex in New Mexico assaulted her, according to local reports.

Rapper Gunna and Goodr CEO Jasmine Crowe stop by the Goodr grocery store, at the Atlanta middle school he formerly attended.

A Free In-School Grocery Store Is Tackling Child Hunger, One Family At A Time

12:35pm September 25, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

The free store in an Atlanta middle school offers not only food, but also household items, toiletries, clothing and shoes. Social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe hopes to open more.

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Immigrant Rights Activist Discusses Migrant Treatment At Southern Border

8:56am September 25, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon asks immigrant rights advocate Vicki Gaubeca of the Southern Border Communities Coalition about the treatment of migrants at the southern border.

Teen Student Podcast Challenge Winners Talk Tattoos

7:58am September 25, 2021

by Sequoia Carrillo

Chicago teens made a podcast discussing the pros and cons of getting tattoos. We check back in on them after they were named finalists in NPR's 2021 Student Podcast Challenge.

The Haunted Mine Drop is shown in this July 2017 file photo at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs, Colo. A recent investigation revealed a 6-year-old girl on vacation with her family died earlier this month after operators of the vertical

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A 6-Year-Old Girl Died After Ride Operators Reportedly Did Not Secure Her Seat Belts

7:33pm September 24, 2021

Wongel Estifanos was visiting Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park during Labor Day weekend while vacationing with her family, officials say.