Raygun responds to Olympics breakdancing performance hate The Australian breakdancer who goes by Raygun apologized for the backlash her Paris Olympic Games performance brought to the breakdancing community. Her performance went viral for her unorthodox moves during competition. Read more on NPR
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NPR News: These Alaska moms couldn’t find a Yup’ik children’s book. So they made one themselves
These Alaska moms couldn’t find a Yup’ik children’s book. So they made one themselves Yup’ik is the most spoken Native language in Alaska, but finding Yup’ik books for young children can be almost impossible. These moms created their own – and now they’re fielding nearly 1,000 orders. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Legal experts want Judge Cannon removed from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents case
Legal experts want Judge Cannon removed from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents case Former federal judge Nancy Gertner and two legal scholars say rulings by Judge Aileen Cannon have raised “well-founded concerns that she may be biased against the Government’s case.” Read more on NPR
NPR News: U.S. accuses Russia of sophisticated influence campaigns against U.S. voters
U.S. accuses Russia of sophisticated influence campaigns against U.S. voters The U.S. government accused Russia of trying to interfere with this year’s elections and announced new steps to counter those actions. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Whatever happened to … the doctors who stand by their patients in gang-ridden Haiti?
Whatever happened to … the doctors who stand by their patients in gang-ridden Haiti? How do you get a cancer patient to a center that provides treatment when the roads are not safe? That’s one of the challenges facing health-care providers in gang-eidden. Haiti. How are they doing? Read more on NPR
NPR News: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she’s kept in every one of her offices
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she’s kept in every one of her offices The first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court says Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “The Ladder of Saint Augustine,” has been a guiding principle. Jackson’s new memoir is Lovely One. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Injuries are reported in a shooting at a Georgia high school
Injuries are reported in a shooting at a Georgia high school Injuries have been reported after a school shooting at a Georgia high school, which was put on lockdown Wednesday and students gathered in its football stadium, the local sheriff’s office said. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Second gentleman Doug Emhoff says he is ‘gutted’ at a vigil for Israeli hostages
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff says he is ‘gutted’ at a vigil for Israeli hostages Emhoff, who frequently uses his platform to talk about his Jewish faith and antisemitism, addressed Adas Israel Congregation this week in the wake of the death of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and others. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Decades of failures turned Grenfell Tower into a ‘death trap,’ report says
Decades of failures turned Grenfell Tower into a ‘death trap,’ report says The report on the deadly London high-rise fire blames government, regulators and the industry for the deaths of 72 people. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Navy commander relieved of duty after photo showed him firing rifle with scope backward
Navy commander relieved of duty after photo showed him firing rifle with scope backward Cameron Yaste, the commander of a Navy destroyer in the Middle East, has been relieved of duty about four months after he was seen in a photo firing a rifle with a scope mounted backward. Read more on NPR