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Julie Ort (left) said she has never forgotten the kindness of a fellow classmate after an embarrassing fall in her freshman year physics class.

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After Julie's mortifying moment in college, a classmate knew just how to help

5:00am May 17, 2022

Julie Ort wasn't sure she would ever move past the fall in her freshman year physics class that all her classmates witnessed. But then a classmate offered her cookies and she saw how to move forward.

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Buffalo Police on scene at a Tops Friendly Market on May 14, 2022 in Buffalo, N.Y. At least 10 people were killed after a mass shooting at the store with the gunman in police custody.

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President Biden will travel to Buffalo today to meet with shooting victims' families

3:05am May 17, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

Biden will visit the supermarket where last weekend's deadly shooting took place, as well as visit with local leaders and law enforcement.

Baby formula has been in short supply in many stores around the U.S. for several months.

FDA announces plans to ease the shortage of baby formula

11:01pm May 16, 2022

by Jane Greenhalgh

Abbott, one of the largest formula-makers in the U.S., has reached an agreement with the government to bring a closed factory back on line. And the FDA is easing some restrictions on imported formula.

A wounded service member of the Ukrainian forces from the besieged Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol is transported out of a bus on a stretcher under escort of pro-Russian fighters, upon arrival in Novoazovsk, Ukraine, on Monday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 16)

10:50pm May 16, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Actor Amber Heard testifies in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., on Monday. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 re

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The jury saw pictures of Amber Heard's swollen face after a fight with Johnny Depp

9:48pm May 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

Jurors in Johnny Depp's libel trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, saw photos of her with red marks and swelling on her face after their final fight before their divorce.

An Orange County Sheriff's Department K-9 unit checks the grounds at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif. on Sunday after a fatal shooting.

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California church shooter was motivated by hate for Taiwanese people, officials say

9:44pm May 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

A gunman killed a 52-year-old man and wounded five others in an attack at a Southern California church on Sunday, authorities said.

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For Ben Franklin, abortion was basic arithmetic

5:49pm May 16, 2022

NPR's Emily Feng speaks with Molly Farrell from The Ohio State University on why Ben Franklin included instructions for at-home abortions in his reference book, The American Instructor.

Supreme Court sides with Ted Cruz in campaign finance case

5:01pm May 16, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court's conservative majority sided with Senator Ted Cruz, agreeing that a federal ban on outsiders repaying a candidate's campaign loan to himself violates the guarantee of free speech.

In this photo provided by the New Mexico National Guard, a New Mexico National Guard Aviation UH-60 Black Hawk flies as part of firefighting efforts, dropping thousands of gallons of water with Bambi buckets from the air on the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fi

The wildfires burning in the Southwest are bad but 'not unprecedented'

4:59pm May 16, 2022

by Kirk Siegler

Experts say the Southwestern U.S. is drier than it's been in some 1,200 years, which is one of, but not the only, drivers of the large infernos burning in New Mexico.

Scientists eavesdrop on an ancient river giant: the lake sturgeon

4:55pm May 16, 2022

by Shahla Farzan

Lake sturgeon used to be common in rivers and lakes from Minnesota to Louisiana. Now the species is near extinction. Scientists are implanting radio transmitters to see how they can help save them.

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