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Some Pedestrian-Friendly Street Changes May Stay After The Pandemic Ends

4:29pm March 24, 2021

by David Schaper

With restricted indoor dining and a need for social distancing, many cities closed streets to vehicles to allow for more walking, biking and outdoor dining. Some of those changes may be here to stay.

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Mass Shootings Rose In The Pandemic, Disproportionately Hurting Black Neighborhoods

4:29pm March 24, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with reporter J. Brian Charles of The Trace about how mass shootings have soared during the pandemic and their disproportionate impact on Black neighborhoods.

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Ancestry Brought A Militia Member And Black Lives Matter-Supporter Together As Cousins

4:29pm March 24, 2021

by Hannah Allam

In the fight against violent extremism, there's a hot debate: Who's an extremist? Two cousins, one a far-right militia member and the other aligned with Antifa, bring that debate to life.

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Authorities Have Forced Anti-Pipeline Protesters Out Of The Blue Ridge Mountains

4:29pm March 24, 2021

by Robbie Harris

For more than two years, protesters from across the country have lived in trees in the Blue Ridge Mountains to protest construction of a gas pipeline. This March, authorities forced them to leave.

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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (left) looks over the electric chair in the death chamber at the Greensville Correctional Center with Operations Director George Hinkle (center) and the director of the Department of Corrections, Harold Clarke, prior to signing

Virginia Governor Signs Law Abolishing The Death Penalty, A 1st In The South

4:23pm March 24, 2021

by Whittney Evans

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat, signed a ban on the death penalty in that state Wednesday, joining 22 other states.

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Vice President Harris delivers brief remarks during a meeting Wednesday.

Harris To Lead Biden Administration's Mexico And Central America Diplomatic Push

3:38pm March 24, 2021

by Alana Wise

The move comes as a flood of migrants to the southern border has tested the Biden administration's handling of immigration issues.

Xiao Zhen Xie, 75, is recovering after she was punched by a man in San Francisco. Her family says that despite being hurt, she fought back to defend herself.

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Asian Grandmother Who Smacked Her Attacker With A Board Donates Nearly $1 Million

3:19pm March 24, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The money will be donated to help defuse racism against the Asian American community. Xiao Zhen Xie's grandson wrote, "She insists on making this decision saying this issue is bigger than Her."

With precautions such as mask-wearing in place, experts predict travel is among the activities that may become safer by this summer.

The Future Of The Pandemic In The U.S.: Experts Look Ahead

2:48pm March 24, 2021

by Rob Stein

Many public health experts are now increasingly optimistic about how the pandemic is playing out in the U.S. Here's what they say we can expect for the rest of 2021.

Charleston resident Tia Clark teaches tourists the coastal South Carolina tradition of catching blue crabs. She and her wife say the Equality Act would make it easier for them to adopt a child.

Equality Act Would Extend Civil Rights Laws To LGBTQ People Throughout U.S.

2:16pm March 24, 2021

by Victoria Hansen

South Carolina is one of about two dozen states that have few or no statewide LGBTQ protections. The federal Equality Act would change that, but some in the state say the bill goes too far.

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A 2019 photo shows a U.S. government holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The facility was reopened by the Biden administration and an independent TV camera is being allowed in to capture new images of conditions there on Wednesd

White House To Allow TV Camera On Tour Of Shelter For Teen Migrants

1:50pm March 24, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

The facility being toured by White House officials and lawmakers is not one of the warehouse-like border facilities for adults, where hundreds of minors have been held longer than allowed by law.