‘Morning Edition’ listeners share their favorite prom memories
It’s prom season! We hear from listeners about proms past and future.
The Biden administration is ending new leases in America’s top coal region
In response to a lawsuit from environmentalists, the Biden administration is ending new leases for coal mining on federal lands in the most productive part of America’s top coal producing state.
20 years ago Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriage
Just after midnight on May 17, 2004, same-sex couples began filling out marriage license applications at Cambridge City Hall. One married couple looks back on their wedding and how it’s gone since.
2 sisters remember who gave them the love they were missing in foster care
In the early 1950s, the mother of Irene Montoya and Linda Garcia was hospitalized for TB. For years the girls lived in neglectful foster homes. Finally, they landed in the home of an older couple.
Ex-Army sergeant, convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester, is pardoned
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned Daniel Perry, a former Army sergeant who was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in Austin in 2020. He had been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Family of Black U.S. airman seeks answers after fatal shooting by Florida deputy
Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old senior airman, was shot and killed at his apartment by a deputy this month. Lawyers for the family dispute the sheriff’s office claim of self-defense.
What did the internet call ‘satanic’? Find out in the news quiz
What looks like “a ghost emerging from a pool of vomit”? Are meme stocks back? And what’s up with the Trump-Biden debates? Plus: orcas with a thirst for violence and more Miss USA drama.
Arrests at the U.S. border fall in April, bucking usual spring increase
U.S. officials have largely attributed the decline to more enforcement in Mexico, including in yards where migrants are known to board freight trains.
As antisemitism grows, it is easier to condemn than define
For American Jews who grew up thinking antisemitism was a thing of the past, the last several years have been startling. White supremacists marched in Charlottesville. A gunman massacred worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Then came the Hamas att…
Trump lost Minnesota twice. Here’s why he’s making an effort in the state this year
While Donald Trump has never won Minnesota, this year his campaign thinks he may have a chance. State Democratic leaders are also viewing the state as competitive and not taking it for granted.
This week in science: baobab trees, lizard-inspired building and stretching eyeballs
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the origins of baobab trees, lizard-inspired construction, and why outside play is beneficial for kids’ eyesight.
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