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Remembering Rev. Cecil Williams, champion of equality in San Francisco, dead at 94
by Scott Shafer
The legendary pastor of Glide Church died this week at the age of 94. He was known as a champion of racial equality, LGBTQ rights and San Francisco's most impoverished residents.
See 5 planets align in the sky the next few nights
The next few nights, five planets will line up in the sky: Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars.
Parishioners are salvaging what they can from their 100-year-old church after tornado
by Maya Miller
A 100-year-old church in Rolling Fork, Miss., was decimated by tornados. Parishioners are already in the process of rebuilding their congregation.
Netanyahu may have cooled down unrest in Israel, but it isn't gone
NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro about demonstrations in Israel around Netanyahu's controversial plan to reform the judiciary.
Netanyahu delays plans amid unprecedented protests across Israel
by Daniel Estrin
Facing protests that had shut down much of his country, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's delaying a vote in parliament that could give his coalition more power over choosing judges.
What we know about the Nashville school shooting
by Alexis Marshall
At least six people — three children and three adults — were killed when a 28-year-old woman opened fire at a small Christian school in Nashville. The shooter was then killed by police.
Allentown is over its Billy Joel song
by Julian Abraham | Lehigh Valley News
Forty years after singer Billy Joel's song "Allentown" put Allentown, Pa., on every pop station, city leaders say they're ready to move on.
Encore: The Dallas Zoo is part of a global effort to save wild African penguins
by Katherine Hobbs
Zookeepers in Dallas are working with international conservation groups to implement a survival plan for penguins. It includes DNA matching to make sure the right penguin couples get together.
Staten Island assesses future of paved-over cemetery holding formerly enslaved people
by Arun Venugopal
What should happen to the remains of Black bodies of a cemetery paved over and forgotten on Staten Island? This graveyard has the remains of Benjamin Prine, an enslaved man who later became a patriot.
Most Americans call Trump investigations 'fair,' according to poll
by Domenico Montanaro
A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that the majority of Americans think the investigations into former President Trump are "fair," as 60% say they don't want him to be president again.
Six are dead following a shooting a school in Nashville
by Joe Hernandez
Three children and three adults are dead following a shooting this morning at a school in Nashville, Tennessee. Authorities say the shooter was killed by police.