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Health & Safety

Florida becomes second state to ban fluoride in public water

6:54am May 16, 2025

by Tristan Wood

Florida has become the second state in the country — after Utah — to ban fluoridation of public water systems.

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Peace Prevails After Another Night Of Protests For George Floyd

Despite heavy police and military presence and an extended curfew in many places, protests for George Floyd have persisted nationwide – and the majority of them have been peaceful.

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U.K. Rallies In Support Of U.S. Protests Over Death Of George Floyd

by Frank Langfitt

Britons rally in London's Hyde Park to protest the killing of Floyd George and other Americans who have died at the hands of police.

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Parisians, Inspired By George Floyd Demonstrations, Defy Coronavirus Ban To Protest

by Eleanor Beardsley

Paris police fired tear gas at demonstrators who gathered in defiance of a coronavirus ban and set fires and threw projectiles as they protested police brutality.

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D.C. Protesters Make Noise In Centuries-Old Protest Form

While some march and others sing, these D.C. residents are banging pots and pans – a form of protest called cacerolazo – to speak against the death of George Floyd.

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Nurse Who Died Of Covid-19 Remembered By Daughter

Nina Forbes was a nurse at a memory care facility in Alexandria, Virginia. Her daughter Jenn honors her after she died of COVID-19 in late April.

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Minnesota Lieutenant Governor On The Source Of Unrest In Her State

NPR's Noel King speaks with Minnesota's Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan about who may be behind the disruption in the state, and why Minnesota has become a flashpoint in race relations.

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D.C. Residents Discuss Living In Protest Areas

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the street address of the White House, and lately the scene of protests. NPR spoke with people along D.C.'s famous street to learn what they think of those protests.

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911 Call Fuels Debate About Store's Role In Floyd's Death

by Adrian Florido

The police encounter that led to George Floyd's death in Minneapolis began when a store clerk called 911 over a counterfeit bill. The store's owner says he wishes police had never been called.

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Florida becomes second state to ban fluoride in public water

Peace Prevails After Another Night Of Protests For George Floyd

U.K. Rallies In Support Of U.S. Protests Over Death Of George Floyd

Parisians, Inspired By George Floyd Demonstrations, Defy Coronavirus Ban To Protest

D.C. Protesters Make Noise In Centuries-Old Protest Form

Nurse Who Died Of Covid-19 Remembered By Daughter

Minnesota Lieutenant Governor On The Source Of Unrest In Her State

D.C. Residents Discuss Living In Protest Areas

Maryland Teens Start Program To Buy Groceries For Elderly Amid Pandemic

News Brief: George Floyd Protests Continue, Minneapolis Police Under Investigation

'The Six Feet Away Museum' In Florida Becomes Place For Discussions On Race, Justice

Black Female Lawmaker In Minnesota Worries About Teenage Son's Safety

911 Call Fuels Debate About Store's Role In Floyd's Death