Logic’s song ‘1-800-273-8255’ may have led to hundreds fewer suicides, study finds
In 2017, the rapper Logic named a song after the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number. Now, a new study has found it may have had a remarkable impact.
A Black Kansas teen’s death while in custody was a homicide, according to autopsy
The report says 17-year-old Cedric Lofton’s heart and breathing stopped after he was handcuffed while lying on his stomach following a physical struggle with staff at a juvenile center.
2 children are killed and 4 are severely injured in a South Florida hit-and-run
A car plowed into the children and the driver the scene outside an apartment building in Wilton Manors. The motorist drove up on a sidewalk to get around a bus before hitting them, a witness said.
LAPD releases video of store shooting in which officer’s bullet killed teen bystander
The department posted an edited video package that included 911 calls, radio transmissions, body camera footage and surveillance video from the shooting at a store crowded with holiday shoppers.
A judge will reconsider a trucker’s 110-year sentence following a public outcry
Around 5 million people have signed a petition seeking clemency for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, who was sentenced for a crash that killed four. A judge set a Jan. 13 hearing to reconsider the sentence.
CDC cuts the recommended isolation and quarantine periods for coronavirus infections
People who test positive need to isolate themselves for 5 days if they don’t show symptoms. The change reflects “what we know about the spread of the virus” and vaccine protection, the CDC chief says.
Winter weather makes travel nearly impossible in parts of California, Nevada
Roads remains closed in many areas of the Sierra, as dozens of flights have been canceled. It’s been the snowiest month in the Sierra in more than 50 years.
Biologist E.O. Wilson, who influenced how people see evolution and nature, dies at 92
Biologist and environmental activist E.O. Wilson died on Sunday at the age of 92. Wilson advocated for biodiversity and conservation.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on the state of the pandemic
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark., about Monday’s call with the White House and governors about the pandemic.
The James Webb Space Telescope is on its trek to a spot a million miles from Earth
The James Webb Space Telescope is on its ways to its parking place a million miles from Earth. What do scientists plan to do with it once it is operational?
People from states with less access to abortion are flocking to Kansas’ clinics
The staff at Trust Women, a Kansas clinic, is seeing an influx of people from other states with limited or no access to abortion services. That could get worse if the state outlaws abortion.
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