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President Joe Biden speaks before presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony honoring 17 recipients in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.

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  • Politics

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Denzel Washington, Simone Biles, John McCain

The 17 recipients include athletes, artists, and leaders of the civil rights and labor movements.

July 07, 2022
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  • Barbara Sprunt
Flowers are left for victims of the 4th of July mass shooting in downtown Highland Park, Illinois.

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  • National

Why it's time to rethink the 'last place you'd expect a shooting' narrative

A common sentiment after a mass shooting is something like "this is the last place you'd expect this to happen." But what can those sentiments tell us about how society assigns empathy?

July 07, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Hodges
A sign calls for Britney Griner's release at a game between Portland Thorns FC and Angel City FC in Los Angeles earlier this month.

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  • Politics

As calls grow to free Brittney Griner, Biden says he's spoken with her wife

The White House said President Biden and Vice President Harris spoke with Cherelle Griner on Wednesday, as more of the WNBA star's supporters publicly petition him to do more to secure her release.

July 06, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Mike Grier poses for photos as he is introduced as the new general manager of the San Jose Sharks at a news conference in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, July 5, 2022.

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  • Sports

Mike Grier becomes the 1st Black general manager in NHL history

The 47-year-old hockey veteran was just named the general manager of the San Jose Sharks. Grier comes from a line of sports executives, with both his father and brother working in the NFL.

July 06, 2022
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  • Shruti Rajkumar
The Energy Fuels uranium mill and waste cells at White Mesa, Utah.

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  • Environment

Is a Uranium mill in Utah making tribal members sick? They'll find out in 2025

The Utah mill has long concerned a tribal community next door. They hope a new health study will answer their questions. "A lot of our people mysteriously started getting sick," a tribal member says.

July 06, 2022
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  • Lucas Brady Woods
Ralph Reed prays on stage during a Donald Trump campaign event courting devout conservatives by combining praise, prayer and patriotism, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Alpharetta, Ga.

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  • Politics

This conservative leader is trying to make white evangelical politics less white

Faith and Freedom Coalition founder Ralph Reed, an activist in GOP politics for three decades, is working to turn out and expand the evangelical vote in 2022.

July 05, 2022
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  • Susan Davis
<strong>Alresch Jayawardena i</strong><strong>mmigrated to the U.S. from Sri Lanka </strong><strong>on July 4, 1991</strong>

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  • National

6 immigrants reflect on their complicated relationships with the 4th of July

We asked people who immigrated to the United States what the day meant to them — and how their feelings about the holiday have changed since they first arrived.

July 04, 2022
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By:
  • Mallory Yu and
  • Elena Burnett
<strong>Alresch Jayawardena i</strong><strong>mmigrated to the U.S. from Sri Lanka </strong><strong>on July 4, 1991</strong>

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  • National

6 immigrants reflect on their complicated relationships with the 4th of July

We asked people who immigrated to the United States what the day meant to them — and how their feelings about the holiday have changed since they first arrived.

July 04, 2022
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By:
  • Mallory Yu and
  • Elena Burnett
New recruits learn to drill. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps enlisted blacks, June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 black volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st Composite Defense Battalion.

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  • Race

Black Marines were 'dogged' on this base in the 1940s. Now they're honored there

In the 1940s about 20,000 men trained on racially segregated Montford Point in North Carolina. Some of the 300 surviving Marines recently returned for the reopening of a restored museum honoring them.

July 04, 2022
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  • Jay Price
Tyrone Ferrens, a plant electrician at Under Armour, sits for a portrait in his house in Aberdeen, Md.

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  • Family

A Black family in Maryland navigates the pandemic and inflation with some success

Tyrone and Michelle Ferrens build some successes out of their complex story.

July 02, 2022
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Tyrone Ferrens, a plant electrician at Under Armour, sits for a portrait in his house in Aberdeen, Md.

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  • Family

A Black family in Maryland navigates the pandemic and inflation with some success

Tyrone and Michelle Ferrens build some successes out of their complex story.

July 02, 2022
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By:
  • Alana Wise
People gather at a makeshift memorial for the 53 migrants who died this week in San Antonio.

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  • National

Driver in the San Antonio tragedy didn't know the truck's AC failed, complaint says

The suspected driver of the truck packed with migrants, including 53 who died earlier this week in San Antonio, was unaware that the air conditioning unit had failed, according to court documents.

July 01, 2022
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  • Joel Rose
Toni Okamoto started Plant-Based on a Budget to show people how affordable plant-based eating can be.

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  • Health

Nonwhite Americans are eating less meat. Vegan activists of color explain why

The increase in nonwhite Americans identifying as vegetarian and eating less meat is part of the longstanding work of vegan activists of color to make plant-based eating more accessible.

July 01, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda
In this aerial view, members of law enforcement investigate a tractor trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas.

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  • National

No, the 53 migrants who died in Texas didn't likely cross the border in that truck

The trapped people were found after a worker heard someone crying for help. Two experts — one a former Homeland Security Investigations agent — tell NPR how it happened.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Joel Rose
An undated portrait of Emmett Till.

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  • National

Emmett Till's family seeks the arrest of a woman after a 1955 warrant is found

A warrant for an arrest was discovered last week by searchers inside a file folder that had been placed in a box, said Leflore County Circuit Clerk Elmus Stockstill.

June 29, 2022
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