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Amazon Is Fighting Hard Against A Unionization Effort In Alabama

4:15pm March 11, 2021

by Alina Selyukh

The stakes are high for Amazon as workers at an Alabama warehouse vote on whether to unionize. The company is fighting hard against the effort, even posting anti-union flyers on bathroom stalls.

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#TheMoment: One New Yorker Realized Her First Child Would Be Born During A Pandemic

4:15pm March 11, 2021

One year after lockdown first began, NPR shares listener stories of the moment they first realized COVID-19 would change their world. Candace White's last day at work was her first in maternity jeans.

Biden Administration May Have To Fight To Repair Iran's Nuclear Program Deal

4:15pm March 11, 2021

by Peter Kenyon

The longer it takes, the tougher it may be to revive the deal putting limits on Iran's nuclear program. Iranians already feel burned from former president Trump backing out of their 2015 agreement.

Moderna And Pfizer Will Need To Double Production To Hit U.S. Vaccination Target

4:15pm March 11, 2021

by Sydney Lupkin

To hit their U.S. target of 220 million shots by the end of March, Moderna and Pfizer will need to double the number of doses they're currently delivering each week.

How Do Pandemics Change Societies? A Historian Weighs In

4:15pm March 11, 2021

For many Americans, March 11, 2020, was the day the pandemic began to feel real. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with historian Keith Wailoo about how pandemics change societies.

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Aircraft carriers and warships participate in the second phase of Malabar naval exercise, a joint exercise by India, the U.S., Japan and Australia, in the northern Arabian Sea last November. The four countries form the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or

'Quad' Summit: Biden Looks To Boost Coordination Against China

4:10pm March 11, 2021

by John Ruwitch

The first meeting among leaders of an informal grouping known as the "Quad" — the U.S., India, Australia and Japan — will take place Friday amid growing concerns about China in the Asia-Pacific.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released the latest statistics on Wednesday showing agents encountered nearly 3,500 migrants a day during February 2021 — a 28% spike over January.

Number Of Unaccompanied Minors Entering U.S. Soared In February

11:48am March 11, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

The swelling number of minors has left CBP scrambling to quickly move children from detention in crude holding cells built to house adult men to temporary shelters appropriate for adolescents.

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Judge Reinstates 3rd-Degree Murder Charge Against Derek Chauvin

10:58am March 11, 2021

The judge in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has reinstated a third-degree murder charge in the case. Chauvin is charged in the killing of George Floyd last May.

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Derek Chauvin will face a third-degree murder charge in the death of George Floyd, after a district court judge reversed his earlier ruling on Thursday.

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Chauvin Trial: Judge Reinstates 3rd-Degree Murder Charge Over George Floyd's Killing

10:41am March 11, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Derek Chauvin was already facing manslaughter and second-degree murder charges when the much-anticipated trial opened this week.

Before there were masks, there were elbow bumps. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., and Dr. Anthony Fauci greet each other before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on March 11, 2020.

March 11, 2020: The Day Everything Changed

10:11am March 11, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

The WHO declared a pandemic. The NBA shut down its season. President Trump banned travel from Europe. Tom Hanks tested positive. On one day a year ago, the coronavirus became very real in America.