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Group Wants To Restablish Human Rights Commission In Oklahoma City

8:43am April 25, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to University of Oklahoma professor Andrea Benjamin about why she wants the human rights commission to be reinstated. The previous commission was dissolved in 1996.

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Armenian American Communities Praise Biden's Genocide Declaration

8:43am April 25, 2021

by Aaron Schrank

For decades, the U.S. has not referred to the 1915 killing of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman forces as an act of genocide. Armenian Americans react to President Biden's use of the term.

Firms May Have To Disclose Climate-Related Risks In Financial Disclosures

8:43am April 25, 2021

by H.J. Mai

Companies like to talk about fighting climate change. But they're not necessarily keen to admit if they have a factory in an area prone to flooding or if their supplier was just hit by a hurricane.

Roundtable: Examining Migrant Surge At Southern U.S. Border

8:03am April 25, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to NPR's Susan Davis and journalists Maria Martin and Valerie Gonzalez about the surge of migrants at the southern border.

Billionaire Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, will host Saturday Night Live on May 8.

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Elon Musk To Host 'Saturday Night Live'

7:51am April 25, 2021

by Doreen McCallister

The billionaire chief of Tesla and SpaceX will host the sketch-comedy show on May 8, NBC announced. Reaction on social media has been mixed.

State Sen. Troy Carter won Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District seat which was vacated by Cedric Richmond after he left to be part of President Biden's administration.

Democrat Troy Carter Wins New Orleans-Based U.S. House Seat

11:27pm April 24, 2021

by The Associated Press

Carter defeated fellow Democrat Karen Carter Peterson in the special election for Louisiana's only Democrat-held seat in Congress after Peterson planted herself firmly in the progressive camp.

Hester Ford, center, celebrates her birthday in 2019 with her family members. Ford died last Saturday at 115 or 116.

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Hester Ford, Oldest Living American, Dies At 115 (Or 116)

9:21pm April 24, 2021

Ford died at home in Charlotte, N.C. Ford lived through the 1918 pandemic, the Great Depression, both world wars, Jim Crow, the civil rights movement and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A lack of dockworkers at shipping ports and a shortage of drivers is creating a boba backlog in the U.S., according to a nationwide supplier of bubble tea products.

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Boba Shortage Could Stretch Into Summer, Leave Businesses In A Bind

6:52pm April 24, 2021

by Alejandra Marquez Janse

What's bubble tea without boba? Americans are starting to find out. A backlog at shipping docks is stalling the arrival of the popular chewy pearls at tea shops across the country.

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A video still shows Dr. David Fowler, the retired chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland, testifying in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin on April 14 in Minneapolis. Maryland officials say there will be an independent

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Maryland To Probe Cases Handled By Ex-Medical Examiner Who Testified In Chauvin Trial

6:08pm April 24, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

An independent review will look at reports of deaths in police custody under the tenure of Dr. David Fowler, the retired chief medical examiner who testified for the defense at Derek Chauvin's trial.

Lawsuits, Boycotts: Latest On Fallout From Georgia's Sweeping Voting Law

5:02pm April 24, 2021

by Stephen Fowler

Georgia's controversial voting law has been the subject of criticism and backlash. It's also shaping the political landscape for statewide elections that are set to take place next year.

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