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Allyson Felix launches a child care initiative for athlete moms

Olivia Hampton — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:08:00 +0000

Allyson Felix is the most decorated US track and field athlete in history. As she wraps up her last season, she focuses on supporting other athletes moms.

How the Jan. 6 hearings are landing in one Virginia swing district

Ben Paviour — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:06:00 +0000

In Rep. Abigail Spanberger's competitive 7th Congressional District, some voters are more concerned with economic issues than the ongoing Jan. 6 hearings at the U.S. Capitol.

New details raise even more questions about the Texas school shooting

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:42:00 +0000

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tony Plohetski of the Austin American-Statesman about reports detailing armed officers in the halls of Robb Elementary in Uvalde shortly after the gunman arrived on campus.

Ottessa Moshfegh on writing the grotesque

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:33:45 +0000

Critics have described Moshfegh as one of America’s most exciting and provocative writers.

Rep. Jamie Raskin on what’s ahead for the Jan. 6 hearings

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:29:26 +0000

Three hearings down. At least two more to go.

Mental health, gun violence, and why America connects them

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:25:40 +0000

Mental health providers say they’ll take all the federal resources they can get, but they aren’t convinced it will do much to prevent mass shootings.

Audio postcard: Spending a day on a forest path in the Silh River valley

Brian Mann — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:56:00 +0000

It's tradition in Switzerland to follow "wander" trails. We hear what it's like to walk along a gorgeous river valley in the hills above Zurich.

Cryptocurrency tech is vulnerable to tampering, a DARPA analysis finds

Martin Kaste — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:55:00 +0000

A new analysis commissioned by DARPA quantifies how the decentralized tech that runs the currency system could be compromised.

A court in Japan says the ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional

Anthony Kuhn — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:55:00 +0000

A Japanese court dealt a blow to LGBTQ rights when it upheld a ban on same-sex marriage. Japan is only member of the Group of Seven major industrial nations that does not recognize same-sex unions.

Jan. 6 hearing to focus on efforts to pressure states to block election certification

Array — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:55:00 +0000

On Tuesday, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will focus on former President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 election results.