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What D.C. police data show about Trump administration's arrests in the city
The Trump administration says it has arrested more than 700 people in Washington, DC as part of its mission to crack down on crime. Data given to NPR by the city's police department indicates a ramp-up in arrests during the campaign, but criminal justice experts caution that it's difficult to draw conclusions about public safety merely from arrests.
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Release of Uvalde school shooting documents raises questions for victims' families
Family members of the victims of the 2022 Uvalde school shooting where 19 students and two teachers died, recently got a look at newly released files from the Uvalde Consolidated School District and Uvalde County from the day of the shooting. More than three years after the tragedy, their suffering lingers without answers to their questions about how the security protocols failed that day.
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Where does Russia's opposition stand today, with shifting U.S.-Russia relations?
Now that multiple countries are talking about negotiating an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, where does the Russian opposition movement stand today, 5 years after Alexei Navalny's death?
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Hurricane Katrina brought a wave of young, new teachers to New Orleans
After Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans 20 years ago, its school system started over. Many of the city's veteran educators were replaced with young people who were new to teaching — and new to New Orleans.
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An aide to New York City's mayor gave a reporter a bag of money disguised as chips
This story starts with a bag of potato chips — but there were no chips inside. A city hall reporter was handed an empty bag with a red envelope filled with money from someone working for Mayor Eric Adams' re-election campaign. NPR's Juana Summers speaks to Katie Honan, the reporter at the center of the incident, about what happened.
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Coastal flooding expected to continue in N.C. as Hurricane Erin moves out
North Carolina is starting to take stock of the impact the winds and waves from Hurricane Erin have had on its coastline that's already dealing with massive erosion.
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A newscaster takes us along on her date with an AI companion
Despite dating apps and social media advice, romantic connections can be hard to make. Enter artificial intelligence.
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What the 'KPop Demon Hunters' and 'Waiting to Exhale' soundtracks have in common
This week on the pop music charts, a film soundtrack has done something that no other soundtrack had done in nearly 30 years.
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What's behind the trend of so-called 'gray divorces'?
What's behind the trend of so-called "gray divorces," and what is it like for newly single people to seek out new relationships over the age of 50?
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A new study challenges what we know about how amputation alters the human brain
Even years after a person has lost an arm, the brain faithfully maintains the circuits that once controlled the missing limb.
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Hurricane science has come leaps and bounds since Katrina. The progress is now at risk
Climate change increased the severity of Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago. Since the scientific understanding of how climate change influences hurricanes has changed and improved.
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At 83 years old, Harrison Ford is still experiencing firsts
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Harrison Ford talks about being too belligerent to listen to advice in his youth.