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Oakland, Calif., has named its first Poet Laureate. Dr. Ayodele Nzinga — also known as WordSlanger — will serve a two-year term aimed at making poetry more accessible to Oaklanders.
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The counting of votes to determine whether employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. can form a union begins on Tuesday.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a controversial overhaul of the state's election system into law. Gun control advocates criticize Biden. And, COVID-19 cases rise in some states.
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In Chicago, a metal shredder plant is trying to move from a predominantly white neighborhood to a working-class, majority Latinx one that already suffers some of the worst air quality in Illinois.
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My Savior, the new album by Carrie Underwood, is a first for the country music superstar, who pulls from the songbook of her childhood in church.
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The University of Southern California has agreed to pay $852 million to former patients of a campus gynecologist accused of sexual abuse. It's the largest sex abuse payout in higher education history.
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Georgia's governor has signed an elections overhaul into law. It includes new restrictions but is less restrictive than some original proposals.
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President Biden is calling for Congress to act in the wake of two mass shootings. But he knows better than most how difficult gun control has been over the past three decades.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Judge Dana Marks of the National Association of Immigration Judges about the massive backlog facing immigration judges.
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COVID-19 infections are rising in the Midwest and Northeast, and hospitalizations have started climbing in at least a dozen states, fueling fears of another surge linked to Easter and spring break.
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President Biden holds the first formal press conference of his administration Thursday afternoon. He's likely to face questions about the pandemic and an influx of child migrants on the border.
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On this day in 1863, the Civil War's first medals of honor were presented. Virginia state delegate Lamont Bagby leads a push in his state to remember Black soldiers who fought with valor.