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After the death of George Floyd, New York mandated that every police department in the state launch a "reform and reinvention" process by April 1. Now, many advocates have become disillusioned.
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President Biden is making his opening pitch for an infrastructure plan that could eventually reshape the U.S. economy. It also reframes the idea of infrastructure beyond simply roads and bridges.
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Word spread that the Ohio city's mayor would declare April 1 "Devo Day" to gin up support for the band which is nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The mayor's office hasn't commented.
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The two researchers who discovered the beetles decided to name them after three extremely rare Pokémon from the popular series: Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres.
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The suburbs were key to President Biden's 2020 victory. With the 2022 midterms already heating up, both parties are wondering what the absence of Trump's name on the ballot will mean for voters.
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Kelp forests along Northern California have almost vanished. Divers and scientists are racing to stop purple sea urchins from taking over critical habitat.
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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Celine Gounder, who was on the Biden Coronavirus Transition Advisory Board, about the race to get Americans vaccinated as COVID-19 cases increase.
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The massing of Chinese ships around a contested reef in the South China Sea is drawing unusual attention. The Philippines fired off a diplomat protest calling on China to withdraw some 180 vessels.
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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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NPR's Noel King talks to Peter Daszak, an expert on how animal viruses infect humans, about how the COVID-19 virus may have started on wildlife farms. Daszak was on the WHO team that went to China.