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Security Assessment Of The Capitol Calls For 854 More Officers

6:38pm March 08, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

A security assessment by retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré commissioned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls for more officers, mobile fencing and other changes following the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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Grover Nicodemus Street, a military veteran who has been a nurse for more than two decades, is among the traveling nurses on the front lines in the battle against coronavirus.

'War Doesn't Even Compare': A Year In The Life Of A Traveling Nurse

5:56pm March 08, 2021

Military veteran Grover Nicodemus Street has been a nurse for 20-plus years. Chasing coronavirus hot spots around the country, he's seen 3,000 people die, including the first patient in his care.

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Edgar McGregor, with some of the debris he's collected from Eaton Canyon, part of the Angeles National Forest in Southern California.

Climate Activist Spends 589 Days And Counting Picking Up Litter In Calif. Park

5:24pm March 08, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Edgar McGregor, 20, says he has been cleaning up trash in Eaton Canyon every day for more than a year and a half. He declared it finally free of municipal waste on Friday, but says his work continues.

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Why Police Usually Aren't Convicted In Murder Trials

4:55pm March 08, 2021

The trial against the police officer charged with killing George Floyd commences in Minneapolis this week. Jamiles Lartey of The Marshall project explains why convictions in cases like this are rare.

Venezuelans Granted Protected Status In U.S.

4:55pm March 08, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

The Biden administration is granting temporary protected status to over 300,000 Venezuelans in the U.S., providing legal status to individuals who have fled the country — a shift in U.S. policy.

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Trial Begins For Reporter Who Was Arrested Despite Identifying Herself As Media

4:55pm March 08, 2021

by Clay Masters

The trial started Monday for the Des Moines Register reporter, Andrea Sahouri, who was arrested while covering a protest after George Floyd's death even though she identified herself as media.

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Tax Credit Could Lower Child Poverty More In 2021 Than Any Other Year In U.S. History

4:55pm March 08, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Indivar Dutta-Gupta of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality on the expanded child tax credit in the stimulus bill and how it'd reduce poverty among children.

The CDC Says That Fully Vaccinated People Can Return To Some Pre-Pandemic Activities

4:55pm March 08, 2021

by Allison Aubrey

The CDC released new guidance that allows people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to resume some pre-pandemic activities, like gathering indoors with other vaccinated people without wearing masks.

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A Joe Biden supporter with a Venezuelan flag cheers during a Biden campaign event at Camping World Stadium on October 27, 2020 in Orlando, Florida.

Undocumented Venezuelans Given Protected Status In United States

4:27pm March 08, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

The Biden administration's decision represents a major policy shift from the Trump team, which withstood bipartisan calls to grant the protections to Venezuelans fleeing life-threatening crises.

A Single Centrist Senator Can Have Significant Influence In Today's Congress

4:22pm March 08, 2021

by Kelsey Snell

Democrats hold narrow majorities in the House and Senate and moderates in their caucus are already having an outsized impact. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin got concessions in the COVID-19 bill.