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Where gun violence is common, some students say physical safety is a top concern
by Meg Anderson
The federal government is investing billions to bolster school safety and mental health resources to combat gun violence. But some sense a disconnect between those programs and what students need.
Independent probe of Uvalde shooting is the right call, Texas state Rep. White says
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to state Rep. James White, an East Texas Republican who supports gun rights, about firearm legislation following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
Biden visits Uvalde seeking to comfort the community after last week's shooting
While President Biden honored the 19 children and two teachers killed in the massacre at Robb Elementary School, residents want to know why the police were slow to respond to the shooting.
World Dracula Day was May 26 and people in Whitby, England, came out in force
More than 1,300 would-be vampires assembled to set a Guinness record. For it to count, participants had to be clothed in all-black, including a cape and have a set of those distinctive teeth.
2 professors, tracking patterns, try to predict who might carry out a mass shooting
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with James Densley, a professor at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota, about the lessons he learned from studying a database of mass shooters.
News brief: Uvalde police response, Colombia election, pandemic mental illness
Biden visited Uvalde as DOJ announced a review of how police responded to the attack. There will be a presidential runoff in Colombia. People with serious mental illness struggled during the pandemic.
Zoe Sadler used to eat only cheese and onion flavored potato chip sandwiches
After 23 years, the British woman figured it was time for a real meal so she tried hypnotherapy. It worked. Sadler says she's looking forward "to trying curry and lots of other different foods."
A rosebush, which hasn't bloomed in decades, adds color to a dim chapter in history
by Ryan Warner
Archaeologists at an ex-Japanese internment camp in Colorado found roses that may have been planted by people imprisoned there. These symbols of internees' resilience haven't bloomed in 80 years.
Despite high prices for wheat, farmers in Montana are pessimistic
by Olivia Weitz
As Russia's war in Ukraine has dragged on, the price of wheat has skyrocketed. U.S. farmers are looking to capitalize on the crop, but drought and inflation are complicating the possibility.
A former president of Estonia predicted Russia would invade Ukraine
by Jenna McLaughlin
Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who shepherded Estonia into the EU and NATO in the early 2000s, hopes the world is finally waking up to the dangers Russia poses.
Colombia's presidential race heads to a runoff
Sunday's first round produced two top vote-getters from very different backgrounds. The June 19 runoff will be a contest between a left-wing former guerrilla and a populist real-estate mogul.
A missing Ukrainian woman's family wants to know if she was forcibly taken to Russia
NPR spoke to five Ukrainian civilians who were detained, deported and subject to what human rights advocates call enforced disappearance.