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3 People Dead After Boat Carrying Migrants Capsized Off The Coast Of San Diego

5:46pm May 03, 2021

Multiple people are dead after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized and broke up off the coast of San Diego Sunday. Incidents like this are on the rise since construction of the border wall.

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For NPR's 50th: A Listener Riveted by Earthquake 6000 Miles Away

5:44pm May 03, 2021

All Things Considered listener Canice Flanagan points to Melissa Block's reporting on an earthquake in China in 2008 as a story that had a dramatic effect on her.

Children account for more than a fifth of new U.S. coronavirus cases in states that release statistics by age, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Children Now Account For 22% of New U.S. COVID Cases. Why Is That?

5:18pm May 03, 2021

by Bill Chappell

A year ago, COVID-19 cases in children made up less than 3% of the U.S. total. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics said children represented 22.4% of new cases.

Pallbearers carry Brown's casket to a horse-drawn carriage before his funeral service Monday at the Fountain of Life Church in Elizabeth City, N.C.

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Family And Civil Rights Leaders Mourn Andrew Brown Jr. At Funeral

4:39pm May 03, 2021

by Becky Sullivan

Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot dead by sheriff's deputies as they arrived to carry out search and arrest warrants last month. The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered his eulogy.

Rev. Al Sharpton Reflects After Delivering Andrew Brown Jr.'s Eulogy

4:28pm May 03, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Andrew Brown, Jr. He talks about the family's request to deliver special remarks and reflections.

A New Focus Group Investigated How People Have Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy

4:28pm May 03, 2021

by Tamara Keith

What makes vaccine-hesitant people change their minds and get the shot? A new focus group talked to people who explain how they got past their concerns.

From Courtroom To Club: Massachusetts Is Getting Creative To Hold Safe Trials

4:28pm May 03, 2021

by Deborah Becker

Many of the older courtrooms in Massachusetts aren't equipped for trials during a pandemic. So the state has had to get creative. Wedding venues, and even a nightclub, are now hosting court.

NPR Project: How Can Americans Make Democracy Work For Them?

1:54pm May 03, 2021

by Steve Inskeep

As part of NPR's series on democracy, Morning Edition visits Rochester, N.Y., to observe how the national debate around "defund the police" is playing out among city leaders.

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A sign from a rally against the ownership of the Denver Post, Alden Global Capital, in May 2018. Former Post journalists created The Colorado Sun that year; now The Sun has acquired two dozen suburban Denver papers.

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In Denver, Civic-Minded 'Colorado Sun' Acquires Suburban Newspaper Chain

1:33pm May 03, 2021

by David Folkenflik

The news site Colorado Sun was created by Denver journalists dismayed by slashing cuts forced by the Denver Post's hedge fund owners. Now The Sun is taking over a chain of two dozen suburban papers.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a March 1 news conference at the White House. The Biden administration says four families that were separated at the Mexico border during the Trump administration would be reunited in the U.S. d

Separated Families To Reunite In The U.S. As Immigrant Advocates Push For More

12:50pm May 03, 2021

by Joel Rose

Four migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the United States this week, the secretary of Homeland Security announced.

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