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Bay Area students weigh in on what it will be like to be mask-free in class

7:36am March 14, 2022

by Lesley McClurg

Starting Monday most schools in California will no longer require kids to wear masks. The change is sparking a variety of emotions in students, who'll be mask-free for the first time in two years.

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Gretchen Turner looks toward her home before making her way to Halloween festivities in downtown Waverly, Tenn.

Rebuild or leave? In a flood-prone Tennessee town, one family must decide

5:00am March 14, 2022

by Damon Mitchell

Weather disasters displaced thousands of Americans in 2021. In one Tennessee town, a family decides whether to rebuild or leave for good after a deadly flood sparked by a catastrophic rainfall.

Former President Barack Obama speaks in Glasgow, Scotland, in November. Obama says he has tested positive for COVID.

Obama has tested positive for COVID

5:47pm March 13, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The former president said he tested positive for COVID-19. He has a scratchy throat "but am feeling fine otherwise." He said he is vaccinated and boosted.

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Nashville sees increase in gun theft from cars

8:58am March 13, 2022

by Paige Pfleger

Loosening gun laws have meant more gun thefts from cars. In Nashville, the majority of thefts are being done by juveniles, and there are calls for gun owners to be held accountable.

Business owners Isha Joseph, Khadija Tudor, and Hekima Hapa outside their business on Tompkins Ave. in BedStuy, Brooklyn.

Black business ownership is higher than pre-pandemic. Women are driving that growth

8:55am March 13, 2022

by Jasmine Garsd

The number of Black-owned businesses is currently more than 30% above pre-pandemic levels. A Brooklyn street nicknamed "Black Girl Magic Row," exemplifies women helping one another succeed.

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A Russian Aeroflot airplane is moved from a remote location at John F. Kennedy Airport in October, 2002, in New York.

Sanctions may ground Russia's planes, but the firms that own them can't get them back

5:00am March 13, 2022

by David Schaper

Russian airlines can no longer get spare parts or technical support for their Airbus and Boeing planes.

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A makeshift memorial is seen outside one of the spas targeted in the shooting that occurred on March 16, 2021, in Acworth, Ga.

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A year later, Atlanta remembers the 8 people killed in spa shootings

8:35pm March 12, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The anniversary of the shooting spree that killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent, will take place Tuesday. Organizers are planning rallies around the country.

A man walks through Church Street Marketplace during a snowstorm in Burlington, Vt., on Saturday.

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People in the Northeast could see a foot of snow thanks to a March storm

8:08pm March 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

The National Weather Service said 7 to 12 inches could be expected in northern areas of Pennsylvania and New York with winds gusting as high as 45 mph.

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Incarcerated producer finds purpose in running a radio station from prison

5:46pm March 12, 2022

Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio is believed to be the first 24-hour radio station operated inside a prison. NPR's Michel Martin talks to one of the producers at the Limon Correctional Facility.

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UVA Math Prof. Ken Ono helped swimmer Emma Weyant improve her race time. She won an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo last summer.

This professor studies each swimmer as a math problem. It's helped them to be faster

5:39pm March 12, 2022

by Sandy Hausman

Heading into national swimming championships, the University of Virginia relies on a mathematician, cameras and sensors to help each swimmer perform their best.

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