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Advocates Worry Latinx Communities Aren't Taking Full Advantage Of Pandemic Relief

8:00am April 11, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with a Houston-based entrepreneur and advocate, Tom Castro, who worries that some Latinos aren't tapping the pandemic-relief dollars offered by the government.

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New Study Seeks To Understand Inflammatory COVID-19 Complication In Children

8:00am April 11, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Dr. Roberta DeBiasi, infectious disease chief at Children's National Hospital, about a new study of children with MIS-C a rare and mysterious COVID-19 complication.

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Dr. Hassan Bencheqroun, an interventional pulmonary and critical care physician, has seen firsthand the impact of COVID-19 on Arab communities in the San Diego area.

Trying To Assess COVID's Impact On Arab-American Communities Is Complicated

7:00am April 11, 2021

by Hadia Bakkar

It's hard to track the rate of COVID-19 infections among Arab Americans, who are often counted as white on survey forms without a separate checkbox for Middle Eastern or North African origins.

A comprehensive package of police reform measures cleared the Maryland General Assembly on Wednesday, including repeal of police job protections long cited as a barricade to accountability.

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Maryland Lawmakers Override Vetoes On Sweeping Police Reform

10:46pm April 10, 2021

by The Associated Press

A comprehensive package of police reform measures cleared the state's General Assembly on Wednesday, including the repeal of police job protections long cited as a barricade to accountability.

Los Angeles police said three children under the age of 5 were discovered dead in the Reseda neighborhood Saturday morning.

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Mother Arrested After 3 Young Children Found Dead In Los Angeles Apartment

8:15pm April 10, 2021

by Dustin Jones

A 30-year-old woman is in custody after police found her three children dead in their Reseda home.

Biden's Executive Actions On Gun Control: How Effective Might They Be?

6:07pm April 10, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Alain Stephens, who covers gun control and violence for The Trace, about President Biden's proposed actions to reduce gun violence.

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Visitors leave the Wonder Wheel ride after the re-opening of Coney Island's amusement parks on Friday.

In Coney Island, The Wonder Wheel Spins Again

5:23pm April 10, 2021

by Camille Petersen

After a year of being shut down due to the pandemic, Coney Island's amusement parks have reopened — at a third of their normal capacity. But business owners are glad to see the parks come alive again.

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Colorado state Rep. Tom Sullivan, pictured here in 2019 introducing former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, says now is not the time to push for a statewide ban on assault-style weapons.

Colorado Assault-Style Weapons Ban Doesn't Look Likely

12:22pm April 10, 2021

by Bente Birkeland

Weeks after the mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., the push for a statewide ban on assault-style weapons is losing steam, even among prominent Democrats who say it is the wrong strategy.

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Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers, is pictured in Forth Worth, Texas, on Feb. 28. A number of Oath Keepers members or associates are under investigation for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Who Are The Oath Keepers? Militia Group, Founder Scrutinized In Capitol Riot Probe

10:20am April 10, 2021

by Ryan Lucas

Stewart Rhodes founded the militia in 2009. Now it's one of the largest extremist anti-government groups in the country, and a focus of the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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President Biden looks on after speaking during an event about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 8.

Biden Wants New Ban On Assault-Style Weapons. What Lessons Were Learned From The '90s?

8:46am April 10, 2021

by Alana Wise

Advocates face steep odds getting a new ban through Congress. If they can succeed, they hope to avoid a repeat of past mistakes that left the original law open to loopholes.