It has to do with a standard protocol in police training: Officers are trained to shoot a suspect they perceive is a threat until that threat no longer exists. (Image credit: Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR
Read More »Akron police release bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of Jayland Walker
Black motorist Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times last week by police in Akron, Ohio. Outrage has roiled the city, as protesters call for police officers to be held accountable. Read More at NPR
Read More »Examining commuters’ sluggish return to mass transit
Even with gas prices at record highs, people are not flocking to mass transit in urban areas. Public transportation has a lot of work to do to lure people back. Read More at NPR
Read More »It’s been a rough summer so far for air travelers
Airlines struggle to accommodate high demand this weekend, as the number of people flying returns to pre-pandemic levels. Nearly every flight is full and tickets don’t guarantee travelers a seat. Read More at NPR
Read More »News brief: Akron police shooting, Ukraine’s Luhansk region, air travel woes
Akron police release bodycam video of the Jayland Walker shooting. Russia says it now controls one of two eastern regions in Ukraine. Airlines struggle to accommodate high demand this holiday weekend. Read More at NPR
Read More »‘My body, my choice’: How vaccine foes co-opted the abortion rallying cry
A provocative exhibit at NYC’s Met Museum takes a new point of view
The exhibit explores how Native Americans have used water. But it also points out how political water is. (Image credit: Cara Romero/Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) Read More at NPR
Read More »The abortion ruling has troops and veterans speaking out, some for the first time
From abortion and the right to marry to voting rights and racial inequality, some of America’s service members and veterans are concerned their Constitutional rights are under attack. (Image credit: Gregory Oh/Gregory Oh) Read More at NPR
Read More »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. (Image credit: HUM Images/HUM Images/Universal Images Grou) Read More at NPR
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