Erika Ryan
Stories
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World
Doctor details struggles and horrors of working in a Gaza hospital
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Seema Jilani, who spent two weeks working with the International Rescue Committee in the emergency room of the al-Aqsa hospital in Gaza.
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National
A new California law restricts carrying guns in public — testing the Second Amendment
Gun owners in California can no longer carry firearms into a range of locations deemed "sensitive spaces." It is already facing all kinds of hurdles in the courts.
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National
New California law restricts carrying guns in public. For now
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with UCLA law professor Adam Winkler about a new California law that restricts guns from most public places, even for gun owners with concealed carry permits.
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National
How should the media cover Trump and Biden in 2024? One man has an answer
What have journalists learned from covering the 2016 and 2020 elections? How can we do better? We asked the man who led The Washington Post through the Trump presidency.
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Houston, we have a tomato: ISS astronauts locate missing fruit (or vegetable)
A missing tomato sparked a lighthearted mystery for the astronauts on board the International Space Station — and it's finally been solved after months of accusations and intrigue.
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National
Former clerk remembers Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's legacy
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Justin Driver, former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, about O'Connor's life and legacy.
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World
In the shops of Jerusalem, empty seats and anguished hearts are all that's left
The Old City of Jerusalem is thousands of years old. People from all over the world travel here to see the expansive history and the foundation of religions and empires — until now.
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World
For this Israeli general, the horror of Oct. 7 meant a return to the battlefield
Yair Golan, a member of Israel's parliament and a major general in the reserves of Israel's military, talks about his instinct the morning of the Hamas attacks to put on his uniform and step in.
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National
When disaster strikes, these good boys and girls are your rescue crew
FEMA has 280 certified detection dogs trained to find people in disasters, and it has another 80 that look for human remains. And they are the goodest boys and girls.
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National
Gen. Mark Milley looks back at the war in Afghanistan during exit interview
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with now-retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley about the U.S. military's departure from Afghanistan.