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Supplies and workers are limited as communities start to rebuild after tornadoes

4:23pm December 14, 2021

by David Schaper

Thousands of families across Kentucky and other states hit by tornadoes are facing a difficult road ahead to rebuild. Supplies are limited and workers are in demand as they try to get things in order.

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Washington, D.C., attorney general files 1st civil suit over Jan. 6 Capitol attack

4:23pm December 14, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karl Racine, attorney general of the District of Columbia, about the civil lawsuit he's filed over the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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Encore: Remembering Maria Angelica Mares, who died of COVID, with 'I Walk the Line'

4:23pm December 14, 2021

by Alejandra Marquez Janse

With nearly 800,000 lives lost to COVID-19 in the U.S., NPR pays tribute to some people by listening to their stories and the music they loved. Lionel Mares remembers his mother.

Former NFL player had severe CTE at time suicide and alleged murders, autopsy reveals

4:23pm December 14, 2021

by Steve Harrison

A coroner in South Carolina says the autopsy of a former NFL player who was accused of killing six people and then himself in April 2021 shows he had severe brain disease known as CTE.

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Megadrought is renewing debates about how to manage water in the arid American West

4:23pm December 14, 2021

by Nathan Rott

The Western megadrought is revealing a famed desert landscape long drowned by a controversial dam. It's raising questions about the future of this oasis, and water in the American West.

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Charleston, S.C., has one of the highest material standards of living in the U.S. for college graduates.

The best and worst places to live if you only care about money

3:31pm December 14, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

A new study looks at the finances of 3 million households over the course of a year. It finds significant differences in the standard of living across America.

An Elmo doll is seen atop a community memorial in a decimated field on Tuesday in Mayfield, Ky. Images and video showed the town was devastated by tornadoes.

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Searchers digging through mountains of debris left by deadly tornadoes in Kentucky

3:23pm December 14, 2021

by James Doubek

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said 74 people were confirmed killed and more than 100 are still unaccounted for. The victims who have been identified range in age from 2 months to 98 years.

Former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Phillip Adams, pictured in this 2010 photo, had CTE, a degenerative brain disease. Authorities say he shot and killed six people earlier this year before killing himself.

An ex-NFL player who killed 6 people and then himself had CTE, doctors say

2:17pm December 14, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Boston University neuropathologists said Phillip Adams had chronic traumatic encephalopathy — a degenerative brain disease found in many former football players.

A Boy Scout salutes the American flag at camp Maple Dell in 2015 outside Payson, Utah.

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Boy Scouts' insurer agrees to contribute $800 million to sexual abuse victims' fund

12:24pm December 14, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Chubb Ltd.'s Century Indemnity Company said it would contribute to the fund to settle more than 82,000 claims as part of a bankruptcy reorganization ordered in August.

James Crumbley and Jennifer Crumbley are the parents of Ethan Crumbley, who is accused of killing four students at Oxford High School in Michigan.

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The parents of the Michigan school shooting suspect head to court again

8:38am December 14, 2021

The parents of Oxford High School student Ethan Crumbley will be in court on Tuesday for a probable cause hearing on four involuntary manslaughter charges.