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After Attacks, What Is New York City Doing To Protect Jewish Communities?

7:53am December 30, 2019

After a string of anti-Semitic crimes, Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to NPR's Noel King about the growing number of attacks on Jewish communities, and what the city is doing to protect residents.

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News Brief: Hanukkah Attack, Texas Church Shooting, U.S. Airstrikes

6:08am December 30, 2019

Five people are stabbed at a rabbi's home in New York. Two people die after a gunman opens fire at a Texas church. And, U.S. airstrikes on sites in Iraq and Syria target an Iranian-backed militia.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump Comes Under Fire After Sharing Name On Twitter Of Alleged Whistleblower

11:03pm December 29, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

On Friday, Trump shared a post that included the name of a former intelligence community official whom many of the president's supporters believe is the whistleblower.

Law enforcement vehicles are seen parked outside West Freeway Church of Christ as authorities continue to investigate a fatal shooting at the church on Sunday, in White Settlement, Texas.

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Texas Church Shooter Kills 2 Before Being Fatally Shot By Congregants

9:43pm December 29, 2019

by Gabriela Saldivia

A gunman opened fire during a church service in an area called White Settlement. "Evil walked boldly among us," Sheriff Bill Waybourn said. "Good people raised up and stopped it before it got worse."

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Trump this month. Lewis says he'll stay in office while he undergoes treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Civil Rights Leader Rep. John Lewis To Start Treatment For Pancreatic Cancer

8:34pm December 29, 2019

by Emma Bowman

The Georgia congressman, who spent decades fighting racial discrimination, says he's mounting his biggest battle yet: stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Lewis will stay in office as he undergoes treatment.

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Suspect Charged In Stabbing Attack At Rabbi's New York Home

6:14pm December 29, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

Police have arrested a man who is charged with attempted murder and burglary after a stabbing attack at a rabbi's home in New York.

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New York Gov. Cuomo On Hanukkah Celebrations Stabbing

4:54pm December 29, 2019

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo about a stabbing attack at a Hanukkah party in Monsey, N.Y., that left five injured.

A Dying Language Of Enslaved Africans Lives On At Harvard

4:54pm December 29, 2019

The Gullah Geechee language is spoken by descendants of enslaved Africans who were brought to the coastal South. Now, the language is being taught at Harvard University.

The case is set to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 4.

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The Louisiana Clinic At The Center Of Abortion Case Before Supreme Court

4:54pm December 29, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport is challenging a 2014 state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital in case of an emergency.

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Ramapo police officers escort Grafton Thomas from Ramapo Town Hall to a police vehicle on Sunday. Thomas is accused of stabbing multiple people as they gathered to celebrate Hanukkah at a rabbi's home in the Orthodox Jewish community north of New York.

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Gov. Cuomo Calls New York Hanukkah Attack 'Act Of Domestic Terrorism'

4:44pm December 29, 2019

by James Doubek

A man stabbed people celebrating Hanukkah at the home of a rabbi in Rockland County, a New York City suburb, on Saturday night. The incident comes amid a surge of anti-Semitic violence in the region.