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Police called in to break up confrontations at UCLA campus protest
Police were called to the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles after fighting broke out this morning between some pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counter-protesters.
News brief: Colorado shooting, railroad contract, Thanksgiving meal costs
Latest on the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting. Unions reject a deal brokered by the White House to keep trains running. How much more will a Thanksgiving meal cost? Depends on who's doing the estimate.
How political rhetoric factors into violence against the LGBTQ community
LGBTQ people experience four times more interpersonal violence than non-LGBTQ people, according to UCLA's Williams Institute. NPR's A Martinez talks to Elena Redfield of the institute.
Victims of the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting include 2 bartenders and 3 patrons
Details are coming out about the weekend shooting that killed five people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. Officials stress the probe is ongoing — including into the shooter's motivation.
Twins are born from embryos that had been frozen for 30 years, CNN reports
When the parents went to the donation center, they asked for embryos that had been waiting the longest. Experts say embryos can be frozen almost indefinitely — as long as they're stored correctly.
How much do you need to spend to buy a special edition of Bob Dylan's new book?
The answer my friend is $600. Which is why some people were angry to find out that their signed" copies of The Philosophy of Modern Song were not individually signed, but were "penned replicas."
School district finds eliminating natural gas from new buildings is complicated
by Katia Riddle
Some schools in Portland, Ore., committed recently to some of the most progressive school climate policies in the nation. But the district is already struggling to meet benchmarks.
Qatar, a tiny country in the Middle East, is a controversial host for the World Cup
The soccer tournament is being played in the Middle East for the first time. Qatar's role in the region, aspirations and human rights record are in the spotlight as it hosts the World Cup.
Death toll from the quake in Indonesia is expected to rise as searches continue
NPR's A Martinez talks to freelance journalist Aisyah Llewellyn about emergency workers in Indonesia racing to locate people trapped under rubble after Monday's deadly earthquake.
Art exhibit on the National Mall honors health care workers who died of COVID
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Susannah Perlman, founder of ARTHOUSE.NYC, who lost her mother to COVID-19 and whose Hero Art Project features portraits of other health care workers lost to the pandemic.
Inflation ruffles feathers ahead of Biden's turkey pardoning ceremony
While President Biden observed the tradition of pardoning turkeys, there was a side helping of snipe between the administration and a big farm lobby group over the price of Thanksgiving dinner.
Doctors who would like to defy abortion laws say it's too risky
by Selena Simmons-Duffin
Doctors in states with abortion bans can face prison time and lose their licenses if they violate the laws. Some are calling on doctors to openly defy the bans.