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Pedestrians Are At A Higher Risk Of Being Hit By A Car During The Pandemic

4:25pm March 23, 2021

by Camila Domonoske

Pedestrian deaths per mile driven soared during the pandemic. Emptier roads meant more speeding, and the popularity of SUVs and pickup trucks make collisions with pedestrians more likely to be fatal.

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Police Have Named Boulder Supermarket Shooter And 10 Victims

4:25pm March 23, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

Police in Boulder, Colo., have named the alleged gunman and all 10 people he is believed to have killed in the supermarket shooting and the charges he faces.

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Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse Speaks About The Shooting In His District

4:25pm March 23, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado about the mass shooting in his district of Boulder.

From left, Raphael Wright, Ederique Goudia and Jermond Booze, the team behind Taste the Diaspora, pictured with shoebox lunches in February.

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How Detroit Chefs Are Feeding Those In Need

4:11pm March 23, 2021

Food insecurity was already high in Detroit before the pandemic; now it's increased. Ederique Goudia and Raphael Wright are among those trying to help.

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Hit Hard By The Virus, Nursing Homes Are In An Even More Dire Staffing Situation

4:11pm March 23, 2021

by Gabrielle Emanuel

Two new studies show that nursing homes were in a dire situation even before COVID-19. Researchers found extremely high staff turnover and increased deaths linked to private equity buyouts.

Health care workers walk out of a King Soopers grocery store after a gunman opened fire Monday in Boulder, Colo.

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Boulder Shooting: Police Identify Suspected Gunman, Say He's Facing 10 Murder Charges

4:07pm March 23, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"This is a real horror and terror for all of us," said Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who said he has shopped at the same store where gunfire erupted on Monday.

Rev. Rodrick Burton has been discussing the importance of vaccines during Bible Study and Sunday Services at his predominantly Black church.

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St. Louis Pastors Encourage Black Congregations To Get Vaccinated

3:39pm March 23, 2021

by Andrea Henderson

St. Louis has asked Black clergy to encourage church members to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Pastors are preaching about it, talking it up at Bible study and even offering churches as vaccination sites.

The city of Evanston, Illinois, just north of Chicago, is believed to be the first place in the United States to provide reparations to Black residents after its city council on Monday approved a plan to address racial discrimination in housing.

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In Likely First, Chicago Suburb Of Evanston Approves Reparations For Black Residents

3:37pm March 23, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The new program, which aims to address harms suffered by Black residents due to the city's discriminatory housing policies, is part of a larger reparations fund established in 2019.

Eric Talley of the Boulder, Colo., police is being mourned as a brave officer, husband, a brother and father to seven children. Talley and nine others were killed Monday in a mass shooting in Boulder.

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Eric Talley: Family And Colleagues Remember Police Officer Slain At Boulder Grocery

3:34pm March 23, 2021

by Bill Chappell

His father says Eric Talley, 51, was a devoted dad who was learning to be a drone operator, because the job would be safer.

Then-acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf testifies before Congress in September.

Ex-DHS Chief Says Biden Was Warned About Dismantling Trump's Border Policies

3:33pm March 23, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf says the Biden administration did not heed advice from the former administration about preventing an influx of migrants at the southern border.

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