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How We Can Acknowledge And Recognize Pandemic Grief

4:54pm May 30, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ari Eisen, co-founder of the COVID Grief Network and Kristin Urquiza, co-founder of Marked by COVID, about their policies for recognizing grief after the pandemic.

Can I Just Tell You: With So Much To Mourn, We Must Allow Time To Grieve

4:54pm May 30, 2021

by Michel Martin

A reflection on the pandemic, the Tulsa Race Massacre and grief.

President Joe Biden spoke in observance of Memorial Day from New Castle, Del., Sunday.

For Memorial Day, Biden Pays Tribute To Fallen Service Members In Delaware

4:26pm May 30, 2021

by Dustin Jones

The president spoke in observance of Memorial Day at the Delaware Memorial Bridge Sunday. It was also the sixth anniversary of the death of his son, Beau Biden, who had served in Iraq.

The Skagit Valley Chorale in Washington held a rehearsal in early March of 2020 that became a superspreader event for COVID-19.

After Its Superspreader Rehearsal, A Community Choir Struggles To Sing Together Again

1:37pm May 30, 2021

by Clare McGrane

A Skagit Valley Chorale rehearsal early last year became a deadly COVID-19 superspreader event. Now, the group is figuring out how to come back together and reforge the bonds of a community choir.

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Miami-Dade Police work the scene of a shooting outside a banquet hall near Hialeah, Fla., Sunday. Two people died and an estimated 20 to 25 people were injured.

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Police: 2 Dead, Over 20 Injured In Banquet Hall Shooting In Florida

10:49am May 30, 2021

by The Associated Press

The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert and authorities believe the shooting was targeted.

In this May 6, 2021 file photo, a group opposing new voter legislation gather outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Texas Republicans dug in Saturday, for a final weekend vote on some of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S.

Texas GOP's New Voting Restrictions On Verge Of Approval

10:44am May 30, 2021

by The Associated Press

Republicans in the Texas Senate muscled one of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S. to the cusp of the governor's desk early Sunday.

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2020 Saw A Boom In Gun Sales. These New Buyers Could Shape The Future Of Gun Control

8:56am May 30, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Stephen Gutowski founder of The Reload, a publication on America's firearms policy and politics about the influence of the gun rights movement.

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Going On Vacation? Here's What You Need To Know About The Summer Travel Boom

8:56am May 30, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Erika Richter of the American Society of Travel Advisors about the increase in travel this summer.

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Small Plane Crashes Into Tennessee Lake; 7 Believed Dead

8:29am May 30, 2021

by The Associated Press

Rescue crews planned to work through the night at the scene of the crash. Rescue Capt. Joshua Sanders indicated at a news conference that there were no survivors.

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CDC Funds Project Researching Gun Violence

8:17am May 30, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with ER physician and Brown University researcher Megan Ranney about the continuing public health problem of gun violence.