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Travis Rothweiler holds up a photo of his teenage son who was in Canyon Ridge High School on the day of the swatting incident.

National

What could make a hoax call reporting a school shooting worse? Social media

11:25am April 14, 2023

by Jenna McLaughlin

NPR has documented an alarming pattern of hoax school shooting calls across the country. Now another pattern has emerged: bad actors using these moments to spread misinformation online.

In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse on June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis. The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday, April 13, 2023, to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before he used the same move to kill George Floyd.

National

Minneapolis awards $8.9 million to 2 people claiming Derek Chauvin kneeled on them

7:52am April 14, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Chauvin has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from claims he kneeled on a teenager's neck in 2017, while he is accused of kneeling on a woman's neck earlier in that year.

When Pierce Forde was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle in the 1990s, a stranger stayed by his side. Forde says he wouldn't be alive without that man's help.

National

He was lying on the road after being hit by a car. A stranger saved him

6:36am April 14, 2023

When Pierce Forde was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle in the 1990s, a stranger stayed by his side. Forde says he wouldn't be alive without that man's help.

A patient prepares to take mifepristone during a visit to an abortion provider in Kansas City, Kan., in October. A federal judge's preliminary injunction invalidating the FDA's approval of the common abortion medication could have far-reaching effects if it's allowed to stand.

Health & Safety

The pharmaceutical industry urges courts to preserve access to abortion pill

5:01am April 14, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

As the debate over mifepristone makes its way to the Supreme Court, the pharmaceutical industry has raised concerns that ruling against the FDA could chill the development of new drugs.

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Health & Safety

Here's what really happened during the abortion drug's approval 23 years ago

5:01am April 14, 2023

by Sydney Lupkin

A Texas judge ruled that the Food and Drug Administration wrongly approved mifepristone in 2000 and accused it of doing a rush job. Here's what really went down.

This photo provided April 14, 2023, by the North Korean government, shows what it says is the test-launch of Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday, April 13, 2023 at an undisclosed location, North Korea.

North Korea tests a powerful new kind of missile

10:03pm April 13, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

North Korea has successfully tested a solid-fueled ICBM, a type of missile that can be launched far more quickly than its current ones.

DeMar DeRozan embraces his daughter Diar before the game against the Toronto Raptors at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Sports

This 9-year-old girl helped lead the Bulls to a screaming comeback win. Literally

8:43pm April 13, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Diar DeRozan is the daughter of Chicago Bulls player DeMar DeRozan, and while she isn't officially on the team, she had an outsized impact on the stunning victory.