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Suzanne Devine Clark, an art teacher at Deerfield Beach Elementary School, adds to a memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the one-year anniversary of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. The gunman goes on trial on Monday.

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The Parkland school shooter faces the death penalty as his trial begins

9:48am July 17, 2022

by Emma Bowman

Opening statements begin on Monday. A jury faces two options to punish the person responsible for killing 17 people in 2018: life in prison or the death penalty.

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This prodigal person pushed a peanut with his proboscis to the pinnacle of Pikes Peak

9:29am July 17, 2022

by Abigail Beckman

It took twice as long as he anticipated, but the man pushing peanuts up Colorado's Pikes Peak with his nose has reached the 14,115 foot summit. Supporters are going nuts.

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On-demand shuttles are replacing buses in some areas

8:04am July 17, 2022

by Nick de la Canal

Officials in a North Carolina town say replacing public buses with on-demand shuttles has helped residents. As the model catches on elsewhere, critics warn it could increase traffic congestion.

Religious groups came together in Oregon to get gun control on the next ballot

8:04am July 17, 2022

by Katia Riddle

An interfaith group in Oregon has been working for years advocating for gun control in that state. Recent shootings have galvanized support among voters for their latest efforts.

Fredrika Newton stands next the bust of her late husband, Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton. NPS is considering a Black Panther Party National Historical Park.

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The National Park Service expands its African-American history sites

6:06pm July 16, 2022

by John Burnett

The National Park Service is trying to include more Black history into the story of America. Some of the proposed sites are painful, others are controversial.

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A citizen journalist talks about covering gun violence on Twitter

5:22pm July 16, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Larry Calhoun, who tracks and reports on gun crimes through his Twitter account, DC Realtime News.

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NPS EXPANDS CIVIL RIGHTS PARKS

5:21pm July 16, 2022

by John Burnett

The National Park Service is exploring the idea of expanding its civil rights sites; some of them controversial, some not.

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol on Tuesday.

What the subpoena for the Secret Service's erased texts means for the Jan. 6 probe

3:05pm July 16, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The House committee subpoenaed the Secret Service for text messages agents reportedly deleted, as the panel probes President Donald Trump's actions at the time of the deadly Capitol attack.

Sixteen out of the 17 flavors of Big Olaf ice cream samples tested came back positive for listeria, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Florida ice cream company Big Olaf recalls its products following a listeria outbreak

1:16pm July 16, 2022

by Shauneen Miranda

An outbreak in Big Olaf ice cream products that has sickened nearly two dozen people in 10 states forced the brand to recall all of its flavors and products, the Food and Drug Administration says.

Muhammad Aziz stands outside the courthouse in New York after his conviction in the killing of Malcolm X was vacated on Nov. 18, 2021.

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A man exonerated in the killing of Malcolm X is suing New York City for $40 million

11:56am July 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

Muhammad Aziz, 84, who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city for the two decades he spent in prison.