New York City’s new mayor, Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer, says the unit will help curb gun violence and will be run differently than the original, which was ruled unconstitutional.
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It’s been two long years of COVID gloom. But NPR’s readers didn’t let it keep them down. From cicada tracking to open-water swimming to roller-skating squads, you share how you bring the fun.
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Dozens of travelers from Fiji tested positive in Kiribati, prompting the island nation to implement its first lockdown. Samoa’s order followed a cluster of cases in airline passengers from Australia.
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A winter weather system brought colder temperatures and precipitation not often seen in the region. Authorities urged drivers to stay off the roads, which forecasters said are slick and snow-packed.
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The symbolic action comes as Sinema has come under criticism from progressive groups in Arizona after she voted to uphold the filibuster in the Senate.
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Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes announced weeks ago that the raucous street parties, which draw hundreds of thousands of revelers, wouldn’t proceed in the manner they did before the pandemic.
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Nhat Hanh distilled Buddhist teachings on compassion and suffering into easily grasped guidance over a lifetime dedicated to working for peace.
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Avah Lamie, 11, says this is a stressful time to be a kid. Rates of anxiety and depression among children and youth were on the rise even before COVID, but the past two years have made things worse.
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The federal government will stand “shoulder to shoulder” with communities working to fight gun violence, Merrick Garland tells a meeting of U.S. mayors.
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The aid, which includes ammunition, is part of a $200 million package that President Biden approved in December and is meant for Ukraine’s frontline defenders should Russia choose to invade.
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