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In a letter to the White House, 24 senators said the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba "has damaged America's reputation, fueled anti-Muslim bigotry, and weakened the United States' ability to counter terrorism and fight for human rights and t

Senators Urge Biden To Shut Down Guantánamo, Calling It A 'Symbol Of Lawlessness'

4:23pm April 16, 2021

by Sacha Pfeiffer

Two dozen U.S. senators sent a letter to the White House outlining steps to shutter the crumbling military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where many men have been held uncharged for nearly 20 years.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the media Friday in Moscow. Lavrov announced that Russia will expel 10 U.S. diplomats. The move comes after the Biden administration ordered 10 Russian diplomats to leave the U.S. a day earlier.

Russia Retaliates Against Biden's New Sanctions, Expelling 10 U.S. Diplomats

3:49pm April 16, 2021

by Scott Neuman

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced new sanctions Friday. The U.S. imposed its new sanctions on Russia on Thursday in response to the SolarWinds cyberattack and interference in elections.

Georgetown Law School professor Paul Butler testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on policing practices and law enforcement accountability in June 2020. In an NPR interview, Butler says police in Brooklyn Center, Minn., didn't need to pursu

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Law Professor: Police Hold 'Extraordinary' Power Over Black People In Traffic Stops

1:52pm April 16, 2021

Those who don't immediately stop for police are committing "contempt of cop. And bad officers will make you pay for that," law professor Paul Butler argues.

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Lab assistant Tammy Brown dons personal protective equipment in a lab at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. She works on preparing positive coronavirus tests for sequencing to discern variants rapidly spreading throughout the coun

Biden Administration To Spend $1.7 Billion To Track Spread Of Coronavirus Variants

1:29pm April 16, 2021

With a more contagious variant now dominant in the U.S., the country's genomic surveillance capacity is getting a major boost.

Protesters gathered at a memorial a Louisville, Ky. park on March 13, 2021, the anniversary of Breonna Taylor's killing. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the officers involved in the fatal raid, is facing widespread criticism for planning to publish a book abou

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Simon & Schuster Reverses, Won't Distribute Book By Officer In Breonna Taylor Raid

1:16pm April 16, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly is writing a book about the botched raid, during which he shot into Taylor's apartment after being wounded. Post Hill Press says it will move forward with its plans to publish.

Ciera Amaro's art is one of the submissions to a project called Dispatches from Quarantine.

Dispatches From Quarantine: How Young People Are Documenting History

11:47am April 16, 2021

by Farah Eltohamy

Enticed by what young adults had to share about the pandemic, historian Alexandra Zapruder set out to document history through an online gallery called Dispatches from Quarantine.

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Barbara Gaught stands outside the home she's now renting in Billings, Mont., with her 5-year-old son, Blazen, and their dog, Arie. Gaught and her family were evicted from the mobile home they had owned outright and lived in for 16 years because they fell

Losing It All: Mobile Home Owners Evicted Over Small Debts During Pandemic

10:45am April 16, 2021

by Chris Arnold

Mobile home owners right now are twice as likely as other homeowners to be behind on housing payments. And some are losing their homes over small amounts of rent they owe for land the home sits on.

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Najat Hamza had been living in the U.S. for almost two decades after fleeing Ethiopia's regional state of Oromia when she was young, she told StoryCorps in 2017. "My heart will always belong to Oromia," she said.

An Ethiopian American Refugee Longs For Her Homeland

10:02am April 16, 2021

by Lauren Smith

As a young teen, Najat Hamza fled Oromia, a regional state of Ethiopia, with her father to live in America. At StoryCorps, she spoke about what it means to leave "the familiar" behind.

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FedEx said it was "deeply shocked and saddened by the loss of our team members."

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Gunman Kills 8 At FedEx Warehouse In Indianapolis

9:41am April 16, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a FedEx warehouse facility shortly after 11 p.m. following reports of gunshots. Multiple victims were sent to nearby hospitals.

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Congressman On Capitol Police Inspector General Testimony

9:14am April 16, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Democratic Congressman Pete Aguilar of California about the testimony by the Capitol Police inspector general regarding the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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