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Like many of his colleagues, postal worker Rickey Ramirez is working overtime to keep up with the crush of Christmas deliveries. Many packages are likely to be delivered after Dec. 25.

Millions Of Christmas Gifts May Arrive Late Due To Overload At The Postal Service

9:36pm December 23, 2020

by Tovia Smith

"We're really busy. It's been unbearable," sighed Manny Huenchunir, a Postal Service truck driver who was unloading and reloading crates of mail at a post office outside Boston on Tuesday night.

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Trump Issues Additional 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations

8:31pm December 23, 2020

by Ryan Lucas

President Trump issued another round of pardons Wednesday. The biggest names in the slate of 26 people include allies, such as former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former adviser Roger Stone.

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Blackwater guards, from left, Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty, Nicholas Slatten and Paul Slough were pardoned by President Trump this week. The former government contractors were convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more a dozen Iraqi civilians de

Shock And Dismay After Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Who Killed 14 Iraqi Civilians

8:14pm December 23, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

"We were surprised that the American president issued a decision to pardon these criminals, murderers and thugs," says an Iraqi man who was shot in the 2007 massacre at Baghdad's Nisour Square.

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U.S. Post Office Strains Under Unprecedented Volume Of Business

7:57pm December 23, 2020

by Tovia Smith

With Christmas around the corner, many Americans tracking their packages find them stuck in the same spot for days. The U.S. Postal Service blames increased volume and the pandemic.

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This image from a Columbus police body camera shows the moments before Officer Adam Coy fatally shoots Andre Maurice Hill early Tuesday.

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Ohio Officer's Bodycam Shows He Shot Unarmed Black Man Within 10 Seconds Of Encounter

6:47pm December 23, 2020

by Gabriel Rosenberg

The Columbus Division of Police released silent video of the fatal shooting Wednesday. The officer who fired the shots has been placed on paid administrative leave.

A Democrat And A Republican On Trump's Reaction To Pandemic Relief Bill

4:07pm December 23, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the Problem Solvers Caucus co-chairs, Reps. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., about President Trump's demand to increase the stimulus checks.

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Some Right-Wing Media Air Segments To Rebut Their Own Claims Of Voter Fraud

4:07pm December 23, 2020

by David Folkenflik

Over the weekend, Fox News, the Fox Business Network and Newsmax have run awkward segments rebutting false claims of widespread voter fraud — claims that have appeared on those networks earlier.

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Columbus, Ohio, Police Officer Fatally Shoots An Unarmed Black Man

4:07pm December 23, 2020

by Nick Evans

A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a Black man while responding to a call. Responding officers did not have their body cameras turned on in the moments leading up to the shooting.

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What We've Lost: Education

4:07pm December 23, 2020

NPR looks at what children and their families are missing without in-person schooling and how schools are losing some of their students during the pandemic.

University Of Florida Forward Keyontae Johnson Diagnosed With Heart Inflammation

4:07pm December 23, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Zach Abolverdi of The Gainesville Sun about reports that University of Florida basketball player Keyontae Johnson has been diagnosed with acute myocarditis.